Yongin city in Gyeonggi said on the 14th SK hynix(000660) that it signed a business agreement with the Ven. Jigwan Foundation for the creation and operation of the Yongin Jigwan Seoga ("Jigwan Bookshelf").

Lee Sang-il, Yongin Special Mayor (center), poses for a commemorative photo on the 14th after signing a business agreement to create the Yongin Jigwanseoga, with Han Hye-seung, SK hynix Executive Vice President of Brand Strategy (left), and Choi Seon-jae, Ven. Jigwan Deputy Minister. /Courtesy of Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province

At the signing ceremony were Mayor Lee Sang-il of Yongin, Han Hye-seung, executive vice president for brand strategy at SK hynix, and Choi Seon-jae, Deputy Minister at the Ven. Jigwan Foundation.

The agreement was prepared to create "Jigwan Seoga" inside the history education center being built at Simgok Seowon in Sanghyeon-dong, Suji-gu, and for the three organizations to cooperate to improve citizens' mental health and spread humanities culture.

Jigwan Seoga is part of SK Group's social contribution initiative. It is a complex humanities and cultural space designed to help people reflect on life and care for the mind through books and the humanities. Currently, Jigwan Seoga is operating in 11 locations nationwide, and the Yongin Jigwan Seoga will be the 12th. Among SK Group affiliates, this is the first time SK hynix has taken part in creating a Jigwan Seoga.

Yongin will provide the space to create Jigwan Seoga inside the Simgok Seowon history education center and will handle facility management and operations going forward.

SK hynix will fund the resources needed to create Jigwan Seoga, and the Ven. Jigwan Foundation will create the space and run various humanities programs such as humanities lectures and book discussions.

The Yongin Jigwan Seoga is scheduled to open in May next year along with the Simgok Seowon history education center.

Mayor Lee Sang-il said, "I thank SK hynix and the Ven. Jigwan Foundation for creating a fine humanities and cultural space in Yongin," adding, "When Jigwan Seoga opens, not only citizens but also teenagers and young adults will be able to encounter books and the humanities here, nurture their dreams, and broaden their thinking."

He added, "Yongin is a representative city of reading, recording a reading rate of 54.2%, well above the national adult reading rate of 38.5%, and it has as many as 10 libraries among the top 100 nationwide in book lending," noting, "Given citizens' high interest in reading and the humanities, they will welcome the birth of Jigwan Seoga even more."

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