Lee Seung-woo, Lee Kyung-ah, Kim Se-won... Honored at the 1st Korea Publishing Editors Awards

[Asia Economy Reporter Seomideum] The honor of the 1st ‘Korea Publishing Editor Award’ presented by the Korea Publishing Culture Promotion Foundation went to editors Lee Seung-woo, Lee Kyung-ah, and Kim Se-won.

The foundation selected Mr. Lee Seung-woo (28 years of editing experience, Gil) as the grand prize winner, and Ms. Lee Kyung-ah (25 years of editing experience, Dolbegae) and Mr. Kim Se-won (22 years of editing experience, Gilbut) as the two gold prize winners.

From September to October 12, the foundation received recommendations for editors with more than 15 years of publishing editing experience and selected three winners out of thirty-two candidates. The grand prize winner receives a prize of 10 million KRW, and each gold prize winner receives 5 million KRW.

The judging panel consisted of Mr. Jeong Haeryeom, former head editor, CEO, and advisor of Changjakgwa Bipyeongsa; Mr. Jeong Byeong-gyu, former head editor of the monthly magazine ‘Soseolmunye’, head editor of Minumsa, and chief editor of Hongsungsa; Mr. Bu Gil-man, professor emeritus at Dongwon University; and Yoon Jae-seung, director of the Korea Publishing Culture Promotion Foundation and CEO of Minjoksa Publishing. To ensure transparency, employees of publishing companies where executives of the Korea Publishing Culture Promotion Foundation serve as representatives or participate in management were excluded from eligibility.

The award ceremony will be held on the 24th at 3 p.m. on the 19th floor of the Korea Press Center.

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