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◇ The Fire Department signed a business agreement with Seonhyeon, a KG group foundation, to support scholarships for children of firefighters who died on the 14th. KG Group plans to support tuition fees until graduation for the children of college students who are committed firefighters and excellent firefighters who have merit in the field. ◇ The Cultural Heritage Administration appointed 26 members and 38 expert members of the 4th Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee on the 14th. Kim Young-woon, director of the National Gugak Center, was elected as chairperson, and Kim Sam-ki, former director of the Cultural Heritage Administration, and Kim Jong-dae, director of the National Folk Museum of Korea were elected as vice chairpersons. The Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee investigates and deliberates on matters related to the preservation and promotion of intangible cultural heritage, and the term of office is two years. ◇ The Seungdal Woori Sori High Beop Preservation Association will hold the 20th Muan National Seungdal Gugak Festival on the 25th and 26th at the Seungdal Culture and Arts Center in Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do. The Gugak Daejejeon is divided into six areas (myungin, seniors, rookie, student, disabled general, disabled youth), including string music, wind music, pansori, dance, gayageum byeongchang, and pansori high law. ◇ The Yuhan Foundation elected Kim Jung-soo, former governor of the Bank of Korea, as the new chairman on the 14th. The new chairman Kim served as the president of the Korea Tax Research Institute and the president of the Bank of Korea and the chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee. ◇ Yonsei Dairy Industries appointed Park Sang-myeon as a new CEO on the 14th. CEO Park served as the head of CJ CheilJedang’s health business division and the CEO of GN Health Life. ◇ COEX will hold an exhibition specializing in photo and video equipment at COEX Hall A until the 18th. 66 companies in the photo and video field, including Canon Korea, Epson Korea, and Samyang Optics, will participate, and 508 booths will be set up to experience the latest equipment. See website (photoshow.co.kr). ◇ The Changwon Cultural Foundation will hold an event to commemorate the launch of a special city at Seongsan Art Hall, Seongsan-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, from the 22nd to the 4th of the new month. About 420 works by 10 local artists, including Jooyeon Kang, Daeha Kim, and Jo Jungah, will be on display. ◇ On the 14th, the Seoul International Forum gave the ‘2022 14th Youngsan Diplomat Award’ to Hyosung Honorary Chairman Cho Seok-rae. The Youngsan Diplomat Award is given to those who have played an active role in enhancing the national interest and national image on the international stage and on the diplomatic front. ◇ Lotte Home Shopping donated 70 million won to the Korea Foundation for the Disabled on the 14th. The donation is used to produce audio books for visually impaired children. By December of this year, 25 audio books will be produced and delivered to welfare facilities for children with disabilities. ◇ The Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the Small Business Market Promotion Corporation are recruiting small business owners to participate in the ‘Experiential Smart Market Support Project’, which introduces smart devices to stores and introduces services by the 8th of the new month. It selects 100 small business stores and supports up to 21 million won per store for the cost of infrastructure construction. See website (semas.or.kr). ◇ Daehong Planning will hold the ’39th DCA College Student Advertising Award’, a college student advertisement contest to nurture preliminary advertisers from the 1st to the 11th of each month. The winning team will receive a total of KRW 33 million in prize money. You can apply at DCA Nurijip (dca.daehong.com). ◇ Seoul Transportation Corporation is open for entries to the ’13th Seoul Transportation Corporation International Subway Film Festival’ until August 5th. Recruitment is divided into domestic competition, international competition, and ESG (environmental, social, governance) special competition. Registration on the website (festhome.com). ◇ The Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency is recruiting participants for the ‘2022 Social Venture Contest’ until the 18th of the new month. Applications for new social economy startup ideas are divided into four categories: youth, college students, general, and global. A total of 39 ideas will be selected and awarded a total of KRW 200 million in prize money. Apply on the website (2022svc.com). ◇ The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs will hold the ’28th Future Growth Forum for Agriculture, Forestry and Food Industry’ at Intercity Hotel in Daejeon on the 15th with the Rural Development Administration’s Forest Service. Under the theme of ‘alternative food for the future,’ Ryu Ki-hyung, professor of Gongju University, Kim Min-soo, CEO of Ag Scout, and Jang Young-joo, team leader of the National Assembly Legislative Investigation Office, will attend and present and discuss. ◇ The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, together with Gyeongsangbuk-do, will hold the ‘Marine Bio Forum’ at the International Pavilion of Pohang University in Gyeongsangbuk-do from the 22nd to the 23rd. In order to foster the marine bio industry, a national task of the Yun Seok-yeol government, marine bio experts and entrepreneurs gather to discuss future strategies and investment directions.