WFPL Press Award Winners Announced

John Yoon — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 06:06:19 +0000

The First Press Awards

WFPL PRESS CORPS will hold a ceremony to celebrate “World Movement Day of School Violence Expulsion(SVE)”. They will also hold a seminar on how to settle safe society and combat school violence.

PRESS AWARD WINNERS
– FORESTING HQ (CEO Eom Daniel) – the winner of PRESS AWARDS for the “Achievement category”
– 26 groups including Sisun News – the winners of PRESS AWARDS for the “News Media category”
– Lee Song-ae and Park Jin- the winners of PRESS AWARDS for the “announcers category”
– 17 reporters including Lee Geun-shik, Kim Hyo-jung, Ryu Gyu-tae and Gang Cheong-wan – the winners of PRESS AWARDS for “journalist category”

The Awards ceremony to be held at the main auditorium of National Assembly Memorial Hall on Jan. 10, 2019(Thu).

WFPL stands for the World Federation of Power Leaders and they have announced the winners for its “First PRESS AWARDS” awarded at the special ceremony celebrating the “World Movement Day of School Violence Expulsion(SVE)”

“Press Awards” are held under the supervision of WPFL-affiliated organization WFPL PRESS CORPS (President Lee Chee-soo, current Internet Newspaper Association of Korea and WFPL senior advisor).

PRESS AWARDS

PRESS AWARDS are intended to improve the quality of media and promote the pride of journalists, and the awards are given to Korean news media and Korean reporters including Korean newspapers and Korean broadcasters who have contributed in disseminating the true value and meaning of communities by spotting, delving into and reporting problems in each field of our society.

This year’s PRESS AWARDS have been chosen through the screening of experts in each field after receiving nominations from July 23 to October 31 in three categories for contribution, news media (newspaper and broadcasting) and journalists (announcers).

The Achievement Award

The achievement award is given to someone who has largely contributed in the development of WFPL PRESS CORPS and the establishment of the true value of media and who has committed to opening up “a world where we live together in peace,” a world where the disadvantaged are not marginalized and the culture of communication is expanded.

The winner of the achievement award was FORESTING HQ (CEO Daniel Eom).

The news media award is given to the news media including newspaper and broadcaster who have significantly contributed to the expansion of values and meanings of our society.

News Media Award

The winners of the news media award were 26 news outlets: Sisun News (President Kim Gwang-woong), IBN Korea Broadcasting (President Song Jong-ho), Social Economy News in Korea (CEO Go Jae-chul), Eco Focus (CEO Shin Mi-ryeong), 100 News (CEO Lee Hoon-hee), Korea Recuperation Newspaper (Kim CEO Yeong-dal), News RG (CEO Im Yang-choon), Jeju Environment Daily (CEO Go Hyun-joon), Yeosu Internet News (Shin Jang-ho), Segye Times (CEO Lee Chae-bong), Spark News (CEO Park Min-geun), Gyeongbook IT News (CEO Park Myung-sook), Environment Times (CEO Yoo Chul), Global News Agency (CEO Kwon Hyuk-joong), KBNS News Agency (CEO Kim Sung-jin), News In Media (CEO Choi Myung-gyu), Jeonguk News (CEO Kim Jin-goo), Korea Network News (CEO Cho Wan-gi), Internet Korea News (CEO Song Gi-man), Daily Grid (CEO Jang Yeong-shin), Police Joint Newspaper (President Kim Gi-soon), Pedion (CEO Jang Young-seung), STARTUP RADER KOREA (CEO Kim Dong-hyuk), Council Newspaper (Kim Dae-eui), Tnews (CEO Kim Jong-joo) and Robot Newspaper (Jo Gyu-nam).

The Journalist Award

The journalist (announcers) award is given to reporters who have contributed to creating more righteous and happy world by spotting, delving into and covering problems in each field of our society and achieved greatness in various fields including the coverage, editing, reporting, photograph, filming and PD. The journalist award is classified into best journalist (announcer) award and outstanding journalist (announcer award).

Best Announcer Award

The best announcer award winners were Linecom announcer Lee Song-ae and Sisun News announcer Park Jin-ah.

The best journalist award winners were WFPL PRESS CORPS issue coverage department head Lee Geun-shik, Jeju Environment Daily coverage department head Kim Tae-hong, Kjtimes economy department head Gyeon Jae-soo, BBC Korea reporter Kim Hyo-jung, WFPL Press Corps exploration coverage department head Shim Dong-chul, Minjok News representative reporter Jung Gyeong-hwa, STARTUP RADAR chief editor Seo Hae, WFPL Press Corps reporter Ryu Gyu-tae, SBS reporter Gang Cheong-wan, WFPL Press Corps coverage department head Lee Cheong-soo and iN The News reporter Gwon Ji-young.

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Korean Media Should not be Obsessed with Just Bitcoin

Tom Alford — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 07:27:49 +0000

Politicians and Mainstream Media in Korea Seem Obsessed With Bitcoin

The Korean media and the Korean government have concerns about cryptocurrency when it comes to it being used as a means to launder money or avoid taxes. Bad people will always use tools to serve their illicit ends. However, criminals are probably using US dollars more than Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency, to fund their criminal endeavors. This point is often forgotten by critics of cryptocurrency.

Politicians and mainstream media in Korea have one thing in common: They overwhelmingly focus on Bitcoin. We are sure most people won’t even be aware that Bitcoin only accounts for 44% of the total cryptocurrency market and that this figure has been as low as 32.5%. What this means is that there are 100’s of billions of dollars of valuation in cryptocurrency projects other than Bitcoin.

The innovation in Bitcoin is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to cryptocurrency. We think that if more coverage was given to other projects in cryptocurrency, then there would be more recognition for the innovation happening in the space. Then the Korean media and government would embrace cryptocurrencies more in Korea.

How Cryptocurrency Technology Can Create Good In Korea

Much has been written on cryptocurrency prices or the death of Bitcoin. It’s near as if the only thing that matters is the price of cryptocurrencies. We are sure that founders of many cryptocurrency projects are horrified by this idea.

What many people do not know is that there are plenty of exceptionally talented people in the cryptocurrency space. These people are working on the cutting edge of technology and trying to solve real-world problems.

Bitcoin rose out of the ashes of the 2008 financial crisis and has gifted the world blockchain technology. In simple terms, this creates a public ledger of transactions and removes the need for a middleman to verify the transaction. Cutting out middlemen saves on cost and a public ledger means that transactions can be policed. There are also a number of business benefits of cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin enables people to freely transact value across the world. In the developed world we may take this for granted. What many do not know is that out of the 7.6 billion people on the planet, over 2 billion are unbanked. Before Bitcoin, the only option open to economic migrants was to use expensive money transfer services such as Western Money Union. Bitcoin empowers these people with an alternative.

Ethereum’s innovation in smart contracts has gone further to cut out middlemen. Smart contracts have enabled the exchange of assets without the oversight of an expensive third party. This innovation really does have the potential to change the lives of many people for the better and Korea should be doing all they can to innovate with this technology.

To be continued…..

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