Jin-Tae Jo, Executive Director of the 5·18 Foundation, Awarded the National Medal of Honor for Official Recognition in National Records Management

Investigation, Collection, and Digitization of 5·18 Related Records... Efforts to Improve Public Accessibility

Jin-Tae Cho, Executive Director of the 5.18 Memorial Foundation.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Cho Jintae, Executive Director of the 5·18 Memorial Foundation, received the ‘National Medal of Honor’ in recognition of his contributions to national records management.
According to the 5·18 Memorial Foundation on the 10th, Executive Director Cho was awarded the ‘National Medal of Honor’ at the ‘2022 Records Day’ event held yesterday at the National Archives Auditorium of the National Archives of Korea.

The National Medal of Honor is awarded to individuals with outstanding achievements contributing to the development of political, economic, social, educational, and academic fields.

Executive Director Cho was recognized for his active efforts to investigate, collect, and digitize records related to the May 18 Democratic Uprising while working at the 5·18 Memorial Foundation, enabling the general public and researchers to easily access and utilize these records.

He was also highly praised for contributing to the inscription of the May 18 records as UNESCO Memory of the World and clarifying the role of the state in uncovering the truth about May 18.

Meanwhile, the 5·18 Memorial Foundation was selected as a national records management meritorious institution and received the Minister of the Interior and Safety Award at the ‘2019 Records Day’ event in recognition of its contributions to the development of national records management and the spread of records culture.

Established in 1994, the 5·18 Memorial Foundation continuously investigates and collects records related to the May 18 Democratic Uprising, preserving and utilizing them as materials for truth investigation and historical documentation.

It also conducts commemorative and memorial projects, academic and research projects, educational and cultural projects, scholarship programs, truth investigation projects, publicity and publishing, award programs such as the Gwangju Human Rights Award, Literature Award, and Press Award, as well as domestic and international solidarity projects.

Going forward, the 5·18 Memorial Foundation plans to build an integrated 5·18 records management system to systematically collect, discover, preserve, and utilize records and provide 5·18 records information services.

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