Dongseo Awarded Gold Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit on 'Taxpayer's Day'

Ministry of Economy and Finance Rewards 569 for Honest Tax Payment
Korean Air Awarded 'High Taxpayer Tower'

Dongseo, the parent company of domestic food company Dongseo Foods, received the Gold Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit in recognition of its faithful tax payment at the '58th Taxpayer's Day' ceremony held on the 4th.

The Ministry of Economy and Finance announced that 569 people were awarded for their contributions to faithful tax payment and tax administration cooperation. The Order of Industrial Service Merit was awarded to 9 people including Kim Jong-won, CEO of Dongseo; the Medal of Merit was awarded to 12 people including Park Myung-ho, associate professor at Hongik University; the Presidential Citation was awarded to 23 people including Kim Jae-gu from Hanwha Ocean; the Prime Minister's Citation was awarded to 25 people including Kang Seung-mo, CEO of Korea Petroleum Industry; and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Citation was awarded to 500 people including Kim Jeong-hwan, CEO of Kyungsung Passenger Automobile.

Fourteen companies including Korean Air, Korea Zinc, Samsung Biologics, CDL Hotel Korea, and SK Siltron were honored with the 'High Taxpayer Tower' for their contributions to the national finances through high tax payments.

Korean Air Maintenance Headquarters technicians Jeongtae Lee and Donggeun Yoo are inspecting a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on the 26th at the Korean Air aircraft maintenance hangar in Jung-gu, Incheon, to achieve the important value of safe aircraft operation. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

The High Taxpayer Tower is awarded to companies that pay more than 100 billion KRW in taxes annually or, if they have a history of previous awards, have increased their tax payments by more than 100 billion KRW compared to the previous award, thereby significantly contributing to national finances.

About 1,000 people attended the ceremony held at Art Hall 1 of Dongdaemun Design Plaza, including exemplary taxpayers and award recipients, Choi Sang-mok, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, and officials from the Ministry of Economy and Finance, National Tax Service, and Customs Service.

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