Press Release

Doosan Yonkang Foundation (Chairman Yong Hyun Park) announced on June 25 that it has hosted its annual Overseas Economic Study Tour for 90 elementary, middle and high school teachers. Beginning on June 14, the eight-day, seven-night tour that is divided into three groups offered visits to industrial sites and relevant facilities in Japan, including the Yaskawa Electric Corporation, a Nissan Motor plant, and the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology. The teachers who went on the tour were selected from among those recommended by metropolitan and provincial offices of education nationwide. “I hope that your tour experience to major industrial sites in Japan, an economic powerhouse, provides a solid foundation on which our future talents can be nurtured as leaders of Korea,” said Chairman Park. Since his inauguration as the head of the foundation in 2005, Chairman Park has accompanied teachers on the overseas economic study tour every year, including this year. Since 1989, a total of 2,467 teachers have benefited from Doosan Yonkang Foundation’s Overseas Economic Study Tours. Doosan Yonkang Foundation’s Overseas Economic Study Tour delegates pose for a photo together after touring the factory of the Yaskawa Electric Corporation, an industrial robot manufacturer, on June 22.