KAIST Alumni Director of ELK Shin Dong Hyuk Promised to donate 100million Korean Won annually for 5 years.
Director Shin commented revealed his reason for donating was, “I had received a lot of help from KAIST as a KAIST alumni and was therefore wondering what I could do to help out.” And that “I wish that the donation can help KAIST students who are experiencing financial difficulty”.
He added that, “I wish that the donation becomes the basis on which KAIST students can achieve their dreams and also KAIST students contribute back to KAIST after graduation”.
The ELK ltd. where Alum Shin Dong Hyuk is Director at is located in the DaeDuk Techno Valley and is one of the leading touch screen panel specialization companies. It has world’s best technological asset in smartphone touch screen panel production and is responsible for supplying panels for Motorola and LG Electronics, etc.
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