Background
Kyung, Koo Ja was born on April 24, 1925 in Chinyangkun, Kyungnam, Republic of Korea. Son of In-Hwoi Koo and Eul-Su Huh.
Kyung, Koo Ja was born on April 24, 1925 in Chinyangkun, Kyungnam, Republic of Korea. Son of In-Hwoi Koo and Eul-Su Huh.
Bachelor, Chinju Teacher's College, Republic of Korea, 1945. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Korea University, 1986.
Director, Lucky Limited company, Seoul, 1950-1958; managing director, Lucky Limited company, Seoul, 1963-1967; director, Goldstar Limited company, Seoul, 1959-1962; vice president, Goldstar Limited company, Seoul, 1968-1969; chairman, The Lucky-Goldstar Group, Seoul, since 1970. Chairman The Yonam Foundation, Seoul, since 1970. Board director Koren Long Term CreditBank, Seoul, since 1972.
Board director United Nations Association of the Republic Korea, Seoul, since 1980. Member Korea-Japan Cooperation Council, Seoul, since 1982. Chairman The Korea-Japan Cultural Found, Seoul, since 1983.
Central committee member The Republic of Korea National Red Cross, Seoul, since 1986. Member The Korean Invention and Patent Association (chairman 1979-1988), The Federation Korean Industries (deputy chairman 1973-1986, chairman 1987-1989).
Married Chong-In Ha, May 4, 1942. 4 children.