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Lee Ji-yun, an endowed chair professor in the aerospace engineering department at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), has become the first Korean researcher to receive the Colonel Thomas L. Thurlow Award from the U.S. Institute of Navigation (ION), the university said Sunday. ....
A member of New Zealand’s new National Party-led government took her oath in English and then in Korean, the language of her native country. Melissa Lee, whose Korean name is Lee Ji-yun, was named the minister for economic development, ethnic communities, media and communications, making her the first person of Korean heritage to hold a ministerial position in New Zealand’s government. Lee alternated betw. ....
Conglomerates rushing to appoint female outside directors Posted : 2021-03-01 16:53 By Kim Bo-eun Major conglomerates are scrambling to appoint female board members, before a revised capital market act goes into effect next year requiring large companies to have at least one woman on their boards. Given the lack of female senior executives at most companies, they are seeking to comply with the law by appointing outside board members. We have had calls asking for data on female professionals, said Kim Sang-kyung, who heads the Korea Network of Women in Finance (KNWF). The organization seeks to foster female leaders in the finance sector and Kim has spearheaded movements for better female representation in the private sector. ....