Winners of 10th English Economic Essay Contest
Ku Yae-rin
Deborah Cheok
The Korea Times is pleased to announce the winners of the 10th English Economic Essay Contest for University students on a subject related to the ways of improving Korean banks online security systems.
The Grand Awards go to a freshman Ku Yae-rin of Kyung Hee University, the winner from Korean entries, and a senior student Deborah Cheok of the National University of Singapore, from international entries.
Ku will receive a round-trip ticket between Seoul and Los Angeles and Cheok will receive a round-trip ticket between Singapore and Seoul.
There is only one runner-up: a junior student Steve Shideler of Athabasca University, Canada. The prize is a laptop computer.
The three Commendation Awards winners are Hong Soon-young, a second-year graduate student at Hapdong Theological Seminary; Bright Gameli Mawudor, a Ph.D student at Pukyong National University; and Victor Philip Cornet, a Ph.D student at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Each of them will be given a round-trip ticket between Seoul and Jeju.
Their essays will be published on Nov. 19 to celebrate the 64th anniversary of The Korea Times, the nation’s oldest English daily, which falls on Nov. 1.
All winners will be individually contacted for information regarding the award ceremony that is scheduled to be held on Nov. 19.
The Korea Times expresses special thanks to all applicants and Woori Bank, the sponsor of the economic essay contest.