Chairman Oh Won-kyu of Nawonsanup Co., Ltd. newly joined the Gyeongju Honor Society as a member.


Members of the Gyeongju Honor Society held a New Year's greeting event on the 23rd, hosted by the Gyeongbuk Community Chest of Korea, to welcome the Year of the Gapjin.


About 30 people attended the New Year's greeting event, including Hwang In-sik, Secretary General of the Community Chest of Korea, Jeon Woo-heon, Chairman of the Gyeongbuk Community Chest of Korea, Son Young-hoon, Head of the Gyeongju Love Fruit Sharing Volunteer Group, and Honor Society members, spending time in harmony and communication.

Members of the Gyeongju-area Honor Society are gathered in one place holding a New Year's greeting event.

Members of the Gyeongju-area Honor Society are gathered in one place holding a New Year's greeting event.

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On this day, the induction ceremony for Oh Won-kyu, Chairman of Nawonsanup Co., Ltd. and the 26th Gyeongju (164th Gyeongbuk) Honor Society member, was held.


Also, the Silver Club induction ceremony was held for Lee Sang-chun, Chairman of Hyundai Gangup Co., Ltd., the 1st Gyeongju Honor Society member with cumulative donations exceeding 300 million KRW, and Kim Jun-ho, CEO of Seintech Co., Ltd., the 2nd Gyeongju Honor Society member. Among Honor Society members, those with cumulative donations of over 300 million KRW belong to the Silver Club, and those with over 500 million KRW belong to the Gold Club.


Following this, Mayor Joo Nak-young of Gyeongju received a plaque of appreciation from the Chairman of the Community Chest of Korea in recognition of his contributions to the early achievement of the 2024 Hope Sharing Campaign goal and the development of the Honor Society, as well as the spread of a culture of sharing.


The Honor Society is a group of individual high donors who pledge to donate 100 million KRW within five years through the Community Chest of Korea. Currently, Gyeongju has 26 Honor Society members, ranking first in Gyeongbuk Province.


The Hope 2024 Sharing Campaign achieved its target of 800 million KRW early and has currently raised 933 million KRW, recording a Love Temperature of 116 degrees.


Hwang In-sik, Secretary General of the Community Chest of Korea, said, “I am honored to start 2024 together with Mayor Joo Nak-young and many local Honor members,” and added, “I sincerely thank all of you who are leading the spread of a culture of sharing by practicing the spirit of noblesse oblige of the Choi family, the wealthiest family in Gyeongju.”



Mayor Joo Nak-young of Gyeongju said, “I would like to express my deep gratitude to the Gyeongbuk Community Chest of Korea, the Honor Society members who prepared the New Year's greeting event to welcome the hopeful Year of the Gapjin, and everyone who attended,” and added, “We will work harder to make Gyeongju the number one city for sharing culture and the hometown of the Honor Society nationwide.”


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