Pukyong National University

A luncheon meeting with 24 national university presidents, including President Moon Jae-in PKNU President Kim Young-seup
- President Moon stressed that “National Universities should be a base for regional innovation”

△ Presidents of the National Universities, including Pukyong Natioanl University's President Kim Young-seup (fourth to the right), are listening to President Moon Jae-in. (Photo source: Blue House homepage)

President Moon Jae-in held a luncheon meeting at the Blue House Main Building on the 22th of August with 24 Presidents of the National University, including Pukyong National University's President Kim Young-seup, who is chairman of the National and Public University Presidents' Councils.

President Moon stressed that "The National University should be the base of regional innovation.” in a round-table conference that lasted for 1 hour and 30 minutes from 12 pm on the same day, he emphasized the importance of future convergence education, the need for human resource development, and the securing of original technologies such as materials and parts.

According to the Korea University Newspaper, President Moon said, “Please play a more active and active role so that the local people can feel that 'the innovation of all regions starts with the local national university.'", and added, "Regional innovation is also possible when local national universities and local governments are central, and communities and local industries work together. In addition, I believe that it is possible to cultivate local talents needed by the region, and to achieve balanced national development. I think that the sum of all the innovations in the region is making Korea's innovation. In that regard, let's work together in partnership with the national universities."

Pukyong National University's President Kim Young-seup spoke as the president of the National and Public University Presidents' Councils at the meeting.

President Kim said, “40 national universities throughout the country are striving to become a global prestigious university as well as acting as a center of balanced regional development and regional innovation in accordance with the government's national fostering policy.”

Kim said, “Now, the national university is establishing a policy to play a role as a platform for the 'local government-university cooperation-based regional innovation project' where universities, corporations, public institutions and local governments all work together.”, "“We will do our best to be a chance to drastically increase the core manpower and basic science and technology research power necessary for the development of the parts and materials industry, which is the core keyword of Japan and Japan through the platform business of the National University.”, he added.

Meanwhile, the luncheon meeting included Pukyong National University's President Kim Young-seup, Ban Seon-seop, the president of Gangneung-Wonju National University, Kim Heon-young from Kangwon National University, Kim Nam-kyung from Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Kim Sang-dong from Kyungpook National University, Lee Sang-kyung from Gyeongsang National University, Won Sung-Soo from Kongju National University, Kuack Byong-Sun from Kunsan National University, Lee Sang-cheol from Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Park Min-seo from Mokpo National University, Park Sung-hyeon from Mokpo National Maritime University, Chun Ho-hwan from Pusan National University, Kim Jong-ho from Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Oh Se-jung, from Seoul National University, Ko Young-jin from Sunchon National University, Kwon Soon-tae from Andong National University, Cho Dong-sung from Incheon National University, Jeong Byung-seok from Chonnam National University, Song Seok-eon from Jeju National University, Oh Deok-seong from Chungnam Natioanl University, Yim Tae-hee from Hankyong National University, Park Joon-hoon from Korea National University of Transportation, Ryu Su-noh from Korean National Open University, and Choi Byoung-wook from Hanbat National University have attended.