Professor Yong-seok Hwang (Department of Media Communication) at Konkuk University's College of Arts, awarded the Presidential Commendation for being selected as a meritorious person of communication promotion on the 'Science and Information Communication Day 2019' hosted by the Ministry of Science, Technology, Information and Communication and the Korea Communications Commission.
The ceremony was to boost pride and honor through a government award to science and information and communication technology (ICT) advocates, realize innovation growth through 5G + (plus) strategy and a people-oriented fourth industrial revolution, and to motivate building up the will to embody technology-based inclusion society.
The event awarded a prize by evaluating a person’s contribution to the development of science and technology, ICT, national informatization and ICT convergence.
Professor Yong-seok Hwang has served as a member of Konkuk University's Digital Communications Broadcasting and Communications Commission Competition Assessment Committee, as a member of the Media Diversity Committee, and as a policy committee member of the Internet Autonomy Policy Organization. He has been contributed to various field such as the Digital Index Gap Indicator, and the Internet Self Regulation Activity.