Winners of 7th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards - Outstanding high school student
Outstanding high school students
Jung inspires with considerate, communicative leadership
Jung Da-eun
Jung Da-eun, 18, is a student president of Geumnam High School in Hadong County, South Gyeongsang Province, where she has proven herself a good leader with smooth communication with fellow students. She formed a “communication department” to gather opinions from freshman and sophomore students and reflect on school policies.
She is an enthusiastic student who participates in class activities and inspires other students and teachers with her focused attention on learning materials. She has also won multiple awards in science competitions and Korean language contests at school.
Born to a Thai mother and Korean father, Jung volunteers teaching Korean language to children with multicultural backgrounds and provides a friendly ear and helpful advice to those who need it.
With her considerate personality, she is good at consulting and listening to other people's problems. She hopes to become a biotech engineer when she grows up.
Na commended for her great service spirit in library
Na Ha-min
Na Ha-min, 18, is a senior at Munhyang High School in Jangseong County, South Jeolla Province.
While frequenting a library near her home, she gained respect and admiration for librarians and is now hoping to become a librarian herself. She has been participating in community work, logging 269 hours in total over three years at the library.
Na shares her passion for books while working as an assistant at the school library. Also as the head of the school's library club, she has developed a sense of achievement.
Having a Japanese mother, she has excellent bilingual skills in both Japanese and Korean. Na won a silver medal at a bilingual speech contest hosted by the provincial government in 2017, and another excellence award this year in a contest hosted by the Jangseong County office.
She also participates in class enthusiastically and leads her own studies without relying on private tutoring.