Hwaseong City Announces Six Winners of Culture Awards

Hwaseong City announced on the 20th six recipients of the Culture Award who have contributed to cultural development.

The city selected recipients in six categories: Civic Devotion—Seo Young-sook (57, Hyangnam-eup); Filial Piety—Park Chan-myeong (51, Namyang-dong); Local Education—Choi In-gab (58, Jeongnam-myeon); Regional Development—Na Jong-seok (68, Paltan-myeon); Arts Promotion—Kim Ki-hun (65, Banwol-dong); and Sports Promotion—Lee Yeon-sang (57, Jeongnam-myeon).

Seo Young-sook in the Civic Devotion category has been conducting volunteer activities for elderly seniors living alone and children from single-parent or orphaned households, including hosting noodle festivals for seniors over 65 three times monthly and baking activities for elderly individuals living alone.

Park Chan-myeong in the Filial Piety category has demonstrated exemplary filial conduct by devotedly caring for his father-in-law, who is over 90 years old, and his mother-in-law, who has difficulty with mobility and communication due to old age.

Choi In-gab in the Local Education category, during his tenure as principal of Jeongnam Middle School, has cultivated numerous students and developed both Byeongjeom Middle School and Jeongnam Middle School into renowned local institutions.

Na Jong-seok in the Regional Development category, serving as the head of the Paltan Agricultural Cooperative, contributed to Paltan Agricultural Cooperative receiving the Best Agricultural Cooperative Award three consecutive times. Since 2001, he has established the Na Seok Scholarship Foundation and has worked on nurturing talent.

Kim Ki-hun in the Arts Promotion category has served as a photographer for the Cultural Heritage Handbook and the Garden of Culture, contributing to building a database of records on Hwaseong City's cultural heritage.

Lee Yeon-sang in the Sports Promotion category, during his tenure as chairman of the Hwaseong City Shooting Federation, directly assisted in the reorganization of the Jeongnam Middle School shooting team and has been developing shooting athletes in Hwaseong City.