A Female College Student's Bold Confession... President Lee Jae Myung and Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong Both Burst Out Laughing

[Financial News] President Lee Jae Myung and Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong both burst out laughing at a college student's bold 'job interview revelation' during a major investment event to promote advanced industries in the Chungcheong region.
According to the presidential office and business circles on the 12th, President Lee attended the 'Chungcheong Region Mega-Project Groundbreaking Ceremony' that morning at Samsung Electronics' Onyang Campus in Asan, South Chungcheong Province. The event marked the first on-site groundbreaking under the government's 'three mega-projects,' announced last July, involving a total investment of 4,755 trillion won in semiconductors, physical AI and AI data centers. Around 100 people attended, including key government officials such as Minister Lee So-young of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, as well as business executives and other attendees, including Chairman Lee and Jun Young-hyun, CEO of Samsung Electronics.
The remarks that instantly created a warm, friendly atmosphere at the event came from So Juwon, a fourth-year student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Chungnam National University, who took the stage as a youth representative for the Chungcheong region.
Taking the microphone to share a message of hope for the future, So began, “The biggest concern for many college students, myself included, is finding a job,” adding, “I realized that opportunities and an environment in which to put in that effort are just as important as individual effort.” She went on to explain that she had built practical skills by taking part in 26 extracurricular activities through Chungnam National University's semiconductor-specialized university program, including 130 hours of process training and an overseas study program in Australia.
Facing Chairman Lee, who was seated in the front row, So said, “Thanks to that, I’m fortunate to have gotten the valuable opportunity to interview with Samsung Electronics next week,” adding, “Being here in person at a Samsung Electronics facility today makes that opportunity feel even more meaningful.”
When she unexpectedly revealed her interview schedule right in front of the head of the company she hopes to join, laughter broke out throughout the venue. The live broadcast captured President Lee laughing heartily and speaking to Chairman Lee, seated beside him, while Lee, who seemed surprised for a moment, soon broke into a broad smile. Other attendees, including Minister Lee So-young, who was seated nearby, smiled as well, and the warm, friendly atmosphere continued.
So added, “Large-scale corporate investment and the creation of quality jobs through the Chungcheong region's mega-projects are truly welcome news for job seekers like me.”
The groundbreaking ceremony was a key event bringing together the government's policies to promote balanced regional development and build an advanced-industry ecosystem with companies' large-scale facility investments. The government plans to link talent development at regional hub universities with companies' investments in advanced facilities, creating a virtuous cycle that will enable young people to find quality jobs outside major cities as well.
Beginning with the groundbreaking ceremony, Samsung Electronics plans to make a large-scale investment in its Onyang Campus and fundamentally transform its existing process, which has focused on conventional semiconductor assembly and inspection, into a production hub for state-of-the-art high-bandwidth memory (HBM) packaging, a key component of AI semiconductors.
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