[2025 Women’s Forum] Will You Try the “10-Minute Daily Routine” Recommended by Hachuping?

2025 Power K-Women Talk Concert
"The Driving Force That Changed My Life"
Sohn Ichun, Baek Mikyung, Jo Gyeongi, Yoo Seonkyung, Minseon Kim
"Everyday routines, more than grand success, help us regain our balance"

The "Power K-Women Talk Concert" of the 2025 The Asia Business Daily Women Leaders Forum was held on November 6 at Lotte Hotel in Sogong-dong, Seoul. Sohn Ichun, Director of K Auction, served as the moderator and opened the event by saying, "Today, let us summon the turning points in your lives as if we were auctioning them." Among the audience, several participants could be seen preparing to take notes.

Sohn Ichun, Director of K Auction, is speaking at the Power K-Women Talk Concert under the theme "Power K-Women: The Driving Force That Changed My Life," held on November 6, 2025, at Lotte Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, hosted by The Asia Business Daily. Photo by Cho Yongjun

A Single Word Can Make a Writer

In the first round, "Turning Points and Driving Forces," drama writer Baek Mikyung recalled that a single comment from a teacher during her high school years became the catalyst for her career path. She said, "I used to write reflection essays every day, and my teacher once told me, 'I look forward to your stories. Why don't you try becoming a writer?' That remark stayed in my mind and connected like a link." She added, "Even if AI assists with research, the 'kick' that stirs emotions and the power to move people ultimately belong to humans."

Voice actor Jo Kyoungyi said, "The decisive moments came during difficult times." She shared her experience of transforming a history class for elementary students into a role-play scenario to boost engagement, saying, "Language is the temperature of emotion, and the warmth of words can reach others' hearts." She added that the advertising copy she repeated to herself while knocking on the narrow door of the voice acting world-"If you believe you can, you can. Nothing is impossible"-became her driving conviction.

Writer Yoo Seonkyung said, "It wasn't a single decisive blow, but long-standing persistence that fueled me." She defined "transcription"-a habit she has maintained since elementary school-as "reading with your body," explaining, "Marking good sentences, copying them out again, and asking myself why I was drawn to them helps restore order to my thoughts."

Minseon Kim, Director of the Human-Centered Production Technology Research Institute at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, cited her conviction that "the ultimate destination of technology is humanity" as her turning point. When introducing "ground traffic lights" for pedestrian safety with smartphones, she observed vehicle responses in Samcheok City for a month in the middle of winter to accumulate data, which she then used to persuade relevant ministries and pass regulatory verification. She said, "Cross-verification through hypotheses, pilots, and data is the way to open the door to change."

Seongwoo Jo is participating in a panel discussion at the Power K-Women Talk Concert held on November 6, 2025, at Lotte Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, hosted by The Asia Business Daily. The theme of the 2025 Women Leaders Forum is "Power K-Women: The Driving Force That Changed My Life." Photo by Jo Yongjun

Maintaining Routine Is the Art of Recovery

In the second round, "Shaking and Recovery Routines," Baek Mikyung said, "The tougher the market, the more I stick to my routine," adding, "I maintain the rhythm of daily life from morning to evening, and instead of asking 'What went wrong?' I write down 'What is the smallest choice I can make right now?' to restore my rhythm."

Jo Kyoungyi said, "My profession reveals my mood in my tone," and added, "Every morning, I spend three minutes checking, 'Is my tone today gentle?' and say it out loud. When I use a kind tone first, that warmth reaches my own ears and helps me pull myself together."

Artist Yoon Sungkyung is participating in a panel discussion at the Power K-Women Talk Concert under the theme "Power K-Women: The Driving Force That Changed My Life," held on November 6, 2025, at Lotte Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, hosted by The Asia Business Daily. Photo by Jo Yongjun

Yoo Seonkyung defined a slump as "a period when you can't fully demonstrate your abilities." When external factors are at play, she said, "I wait quietly and build up my skills," while for internal factors, "I stop everything and start over from scratch." She added, "Along with physical strength, the courage to ask for help is key to recovery."

Director Minseon Kim said, "Speed doesn't matter. What matters is not stopping." She explained that she always checks "standards, specifications, and safety" and cross-verifies them with on-site reactions, moving forward only when the data and the field point in the same direction.

Minseon Kim, Director of the Human-Centered Production Technology Research Institute at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, is participating in a panel discussion at the Power K-Women Talk Concert titled "Power K-Women: The Driving Force That Changed My Life," hosted by The Asia Business Daily at Lotte Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul on November 6, 2025. Photo by Yongjun Cho

Sustainable Drive: Each Person's 10-Minute Routine

In the third round, participants shared diverse opinions on "sustainable attitudes." Baek Mikyung said, "Even in the age of AI, writing that records the warmth of relationships is essential." Voice actor Jo Kyoungyi said, "The tone of a single sentence-'Are you okay?'-can change your whole day." Writer Yoo Seonkyung suggested a 10-minute routine: "Five minutes of transcription, three minutes of reading aloud, and two minutes of vocabulary substitution." Director Minseon Kim introduced her own constant checklist of "basics x field" to continuously refine her work.

On the 6th, at Lotte Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, the Asia Business Daily hosted the 2025 Women Leaders Forum under the theme "Power K-Women: The Driving Force That Changed My Life," featuring the Power K-Women Talk Concert. From the left: Lee Cheon Son, Director of K Auction; Minseon Kim, Head of the Human-Centered Production Technology Institute at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology; Mikyung Baek, drama writer; Seongyeong Yoo, writer; and Gyeongi Jo, voice actor. November 6, 2025. Photo by Yongjun Cho

In the final lightning talk, the four panelists each left a single sentence for young women at the start of their careers.

"Do your best and leave the rest to fate. Even if one thing doesn't work out, another path will open. The process itself is a drama." (Baek Mikyung)

"Believe in the power of words. The tone filled with emotion shapes your image. Nothing is impossible-prove it with your own routine, not someone else's path." (Jo Kyoungyi)

"Rather than following a set goal, create your own. Vocabulary is the skill to reduce misunderstandings-start writing and reading aloud from today." (Yoo Seonkyung)

"Speed doesn't matter. Even if you can't run, don't stop-just keep walking." (Minseon Kim).

Sohn Ichun, Director of K Auction, is speaking at the Power K-Women Talk Concert under the theme "Power K-Women: The Driving Force That Changed My Life," held on November 6, 2025, at Lotte Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, hosted by The Asia Business Daily. Photo by Cho Yongjun

Moderator Sohn Ichun concluded, "A driving force doesn't have to be something grand. Small, specific routines help us regain our balance." Even after the talk concert ended, the sound of pens jotting down "my 10-minute routine" could be heard throughout the audience.

The "Power K-Women Talk Concert" was held as the mid-session of the forum. This year's forum theme was "Women Leading the Great Transition," aiming to explore new roles and directions for women's leadership amid the sweeping changes of artificial intelligence, technological innovation, demographic shifts, and environmental crises.

The event took place at Lotte Hotel in Sogong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, beginning with an opening address by Jang Beomsik, CEO of The Asia Business Daily, and a keynote speech by Anne Kari Hansen Ovind, Norwegian Ambassador to Korea, followed by discussions in each session.

More than 300 participants from industry, academia, and public institutions attended the event, reaffirming that women's leadership is a key driver of national competitiveness.

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