Daehyun Kang, co-CEO of NEXON Korea Corporation, and Yeonsu Lee, CEO of NC AI, will attend the “21st President’s People’s Appointment Ceremony,” which will be held on the 15th at Gwanghwamun Square in Jongno-gu, Seoul, as citizen representatives.

Marking the 80th anniversary of Liberation Day, the ceremony will take the form of citizens conferring an appointment certificate on the president. A group of 80 citizen representatives from all walks of life will personally hand President Lee Jae-myung their appointment certificates.

From the games and IT sector, Kang was named to the list of 80 as a representative of “Korea’s leading game company,” while Lee was included as the CEO of a company participating in the “National AI Foundation Model Project.”

Notably, Lee was selected as one of four citizen representatives who will join the president on stage to deliver the appointment certificate. She is the only figure from the IT industry among the four.

The 80 citizen representatives were chosen from among people who have achieved emblematic accomplishments over the 80 years since Korea’s liberation in fields such as democratic development, economic growth, and science and technology.

Presidential Office spokesperson Kang Yoo-jung explained that once the final certificate from the citizen representatives is placed, the “Light of Appointment” will be complete. She added that the moment is meant to convey both gratitude and a renewed pledge to serve the people faithfully as loyal public servants of the nation’s sovereign citizens.

This article was translated from the original that appeared on INVEN.