Hoban Group Joins Efforts to Solve Population Issues... Provides 550 Million KRW Support

Donation of Support Funds to the Hanbando Future Population Research Institute

Hoban Group announced on the 17th that it will support the Korea Peninsula Future Population Research Institute with 550 million KRW to help address the issues of population decline and regional extinction in South Korea.

Kim Seon-gyu, Chairman of Hoban Group (left), Jung Un-chan, Chairman of the Korean Peninsula Future Population Research Institute, and Kim Jong-hoon, Chairman of HanmiGlobal, are posing for a commemorative photo. (Provided by Hoban Construction)

The handover ceremony held at the POSCO Center was attended by both parties, including Chung Un-chan, Chairman of the Korea Peninsula Future Population Research Institute, Kim Jong-hoon, Chairman of HanmiGlobal, and Kim Sun-kyu, Chairman of Hoban Group. The Korea Peninsula Future Population Research Institute is a non-profit research organization established to seek solutions at the corporate and private levels for South Korea’s population issues such as ultra-low birth rates and aging.

The funds provided by Hoban Group will be used for ▲ campaigns to solve the problem of regional extinction ▲ regular seminars related to the population decline crisis ▲ forums and academic events. Through this sponsorship, Hoban Group and the Korea Peninsula Future Population Research Institute plan to raise awareness of the seriousness of South Korea’s population decline problem and make greater efforts to bring about practical changes in the regional population structure.

Chung Un-chan, Chairman of the Korea Peninsula Future Population Research Institute, stated, “In a situation where the sustainability of industries is threatened by population decline, Hoban Group’s support has been a great help for research aimed at solving population issues,” and pledged, “We will study measures that companies can implement to recover the population.”

Kim Sun-kyu, Chairman of Hoban Group, said, “I hope this sponsorship will be a small contribution to activities aimed at solving population problems,” and added, “As a member of our social community, Hoban Group will continue various corporate efforts to overcome the population crisis.”

On the same day, the Korea Peninsula Future Population Research Institute held a symposium at the POSCO Center titled “Low Birthrate Crisis and Korea’s Future: Reality and Prospects from an International Perspective.” Professor David Coleman, Emeritus Professor of Demography at Oxford University, delivered the keynote speech. Professor David Coleman is a demographer who, at the 2006 United Nations Population Forum, mentioned South Korea’s severe low birthrate phenomenon and predicted that Korea would be the first country to disappear from the Earth due to population extinction.

Meanwhile, Hoban Group actively supports various activities to resolve the population crisis, having participated in the launch ceremony and campaign of the National Movement for Childbirth and Care last year, and sponsoring the ‘2023 Low Birthrate and Aging Society Population Forum’ in June in collaboration with the Low Birthrate and Aging Society Committee and others.

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