Bahk Eun-ji has been with The Korea Times since 2012, building a career across multiple desks. She began at the Business Desk, where she conducted in-depth interviews with key figures in Korea's corporate world. Later, she moved to the Politics & City Desk, focusing on education policy and social affairs. She later served as team leader of the digital content team, leading curation efforts on the newspaper’s homepage and reshaping print stories for social media audiences to enhance digital reach. Now back on the Politics Desk, she covers the National Assembly and the Ministry of National Defense, with a renewed focus on political developments.
Prime minister's message: For dreams of multicultural children
By Chung Sye-kyun
Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun / Korea Times file
By Bahk Eun-ji
I would like to welcome you all, the awardees, family members and distinguished guests.
Congratulations on hosting the Korea Multicultural Youth Awards, which plants seeds of hope and courage in the hearts of the young students from multicultural families.
I offer my gratitude to the executives and employees of The Korea Times and CEO Oh Young-jin for creating a meaningful event as the number of people from multicultural families in Korea is reaching 1 million.
In particular, I congratulate the winners of the honorable awards and their parents.
All of you have chased your dreams even in difficult situations. You've reached out to your friends in an even more difficult situation and helped them.
You've given hope and courage to many multicultural children. That's why the awards you receive are valuable and meaningful.
The government will make every effort to help you realize your dreams. We will make the country a stage where you can fulfill your dreams.
Each and every multicultural child represents a proud future for Korea. Once again, I congratulate hosting the Korea Multicultural Youth Awards and I wish you all the best in the future. Thank you.
Chung Sye-kyun is the prime minister of the Republic of Korea.