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Pukyong National University Announced New Characters 'Baekyong and Ppukong'

- Presented prize to the winner of the 'National Character Contest 2021'

△From the left, Ppukong, Baekyong, and Kyong(-ee)

Pukyong National University (President Jang Young-Soo) has officially announced the new representative characters 'Baekyong(-ee) and Ppukong(-ee).’

Pukyong National University has announced that it has selected the work 'Baekyong(-ee) and Ppukong(-ee)’ by Kim Jae-Hyo (Jeonnong-dong, Seoul) as the grand prize winner of the 'National Character Contest 2021', which was recently held nationwide, and awarded the prize given by the university president and 3 million won.

Pukyong National University held a nationwide character image contest from September to October to discover characters that fully express the innovative and dynamic image of specialized universities.

With a total prize of 6 million won, this contest attracted a lot of attention as experts, the public, and students from all over the country participated. As a result, over 180 high-standard designs were submitted.

The grand prize-winning work ‘'Baekyong(-ee) and Ppukong(-ee)' expresses the spirit of the university in seeking freedom and truth by designing 'Ppukong' in the shape of a seagull in Busan together with 'Baekkyong', the existing character of Pukyong National University. In addition, it received positive reviews for expressing the geographical symbolism of Busan, where the university is located, with a simple and cute image.

Following the grand prize, the 2nd prize of 1 million won was awarded to 'Kyong(-ee)' (Kim Seon-Min) and 'Bao and Furing' (Jeong Yu-Rim), while the 3rd prize of 200,000 won was given to 'Free Sailor, Baekyongee' (Song Ji-Hyeon, Jeong Min-Young), 'Boorim(-ee) & Yeori' (Kim Kang-Min), 'Mobi, Rasom, Gamo' (Lee Soo-Yeon), 'Baekyong-ee and Bookyong-ee' (Kim Seong-Ryeong, Jang Hee-Won), and 'Korae' (Oh Seong-Jin).

Pukyong National University will focus on building a positive image of the university by promoting the university’s vision and specialization image, along with the university’s slogan, ‘New beginning, New inspiration’, by using the award-winning works on/offline as emoticons, souvenirs, and stickers. <Pukyong Today>