President Kim Daejin of K-Arts Is Awarded the 64^th Samil Prize

President Kim Daejin of K-Arts was granted the Samil Prize by the Samil Foundation. Succeeding the spirit of the Samil (March 1^st) Independence Movement, the Samil Prize aims to build and improve the foundation for the cultural industry. Professor Cho Seungwoo (Yonsei University, Department of Biotechnology) and Professor Son Jaebok (Korea University, School of Mechanical Engineering) are the co-recipients.

With the win, Kim Daejin, Korea's representative pianist and conductor, earned recognition as an arts educator who contributes to fostering young future artists. The awards ceremony takes place at the Westin Chosun Hotel on 1 March at 10 a.m. The winners granted the medals along with the prize money of one hundred million KRW.

President Kim contributed all his grants to the K-Arts Development Fund, saying "Allow me to nodate this grant to my beloved K-Arts, which makes me stand here. Hopefully the fund to be used to develop an innovative art education system and to nurture young, creative, and unique artists for the new leap forward of the K-Arts." 

The Samil Prize came out in 1959 and gave the first award in 1960. The foundation was established in 1966.