SKT and Choi Kyung-ju Basis Assist 300 College students By means of Scholarship Venture

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Choi Gyeong-ju (heart), Lee Seung-min (left), and Kim Han-byeol take a commemorative picture collectively on the ‘SKT Charity Open’ held on the fifteenth. Supplied by SK Telecom

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Choi Gyeong-ju (heart), Lee Seung-min (left), and Kim Han-byeol take a commemorative picture collectively on the ‘SKT Charity Open’ held on the fifteenth. Supplied by SK Telecom

SK Telecom introduced on the twenty fourth that it has supported skilled participant Choi Kyung-ju, who just lately gained the SK Telecom Open, since 2010, and has supported 300 college students via a scholarship venture collectively for 11 years from 2014 with the Choi Kyung-ju Basis led by him.

SKT and the Choi Kyung-joo Basis have been working collectively on a venture to foster ‘scholarship goals’ since 2014. This venture selects 15 to twenty school and graduate college students from low-income households throughout of the nation and supplies scholarships yearly, and as final 12 months, a complete of 301 scholarship college students had been supported. Seongwook Kim, a member of the fifth class of Scholarship Dreamers, just lately turned a scorching matter when he was chosen because the assistant director of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute on the Goethe Theater in Germany.

SKT mentioned, “Professor Choi Kyung-ju’s comfortable companionship for greater than 10 years has created a cradle of gifted individuals who stand out in numerous fields corresponding to artwork, drugs and sports activities. “

As well as, SKT has been an official sponsor of the American Junior Golf Affiliation (AJGA) New Jersey Match hosted by the Choi Kyung-joo Basis yearly since 2018. This match valued as an necessary basis for the revival of the golf business in addition to a stepping stone for home golf dreamers to maneuver ahead to america.

Skilled Choi Gyeong-ju was additionally current at first of the ‘Expertise Sharing Happiness Spherical’, which is held yearly earlier than the primary competitors SK Telecom Open. This program is a spot the place skilled golfers impart {golfing} expertise, private data, and expertise to younger gamers, and Professional Choi has been a mentor to younger gamers for 3 years for the reason that tour started in began in 2017. Particularly, this 12 months, Chan-min Jeong, who participated in this system as a younger participant in 2018, returned as an expert golfer after 6 years and took part as a mentor, who ‘ add to the that means of ‘virtuous circle of sharing’.

Professional Choi is taking part within the ‘SK Telecom Charity Open’, which began in 2022 and is now in its third 12 months, for 3 consecutive years, and can be actively taking part within the ‘SK Telecom Adaptive Open’, a golf match for builders. disabled which is maintained by donations from the match.

SKT mentioned, “We do not have a traditional player-support relationship with Professional Choi, however we’re ‘companions’ who’ve carried out scholarship initiatives and ESG actions collectively,” and added, “Professional Choi’s win this time is extra priceless. ”

Reporter Min Na-ri