On September 11, the new Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Ukraine Kwon Ki-chang visited Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. His visit was an acquaintance, as he had only recently led the South Korean representation in Ukraine. Yu Sang-bom, director of the Korean Education Center in Ukraine, and an employee of the administrative department Gil-ho Lim accompanied him.
After the guests got acquainted with the university and the expositions of the State Polytechnic Museum at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, the representatives of the university management met them. The rector of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Academician of NAS of Ukraine Michael Zgurovskiy, Vice-Rector for International Relations Corresponding Member of NAS of Ukraine Serhiy Sidorenko, Head of Foreign Economic Affairs Andriy Shisholin and others took part at the meeting.
During the conversation with the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Ukraine, the issues of support to the Embassy of cooperation between Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and the universities, research organizations and innovative enterprises of South Korea, as well as facilitating its deepening were discussed. This cooperation has been established for many years and now the world-famous Samsung Corporation is among the partners of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, the Ukrainian-Korean Information Technology Training Center is opened at the university, based on Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute joint scientific and technical forums and more were held. However, the space for developing cooperation remains quite considerable. The demonstration to the guests of the film about innovative activities in Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and discussion of the directions of cooperation between the university and its Korean partners, as well as the issues of expanding the circle of its participants was the evidence of this.
Photo: Director of the Korean Educational Center in Ukraine Yu Sang-bom, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Ukraine Kwong Ki-chang, and an employee of the administrative department of Gil-ho Lim during an interview with Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute leadership