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Obituary: Ko Ji-woon (Cheongho Nice Corp. Executive Director) Loses Father

PolicyOctober 28, 20261 min read

This is a death notice. It says that Ko Ji-woon, an executive at Cheongho Nice, lost her father. It also gives the funeral details.

What happened

Ko Jin-park, the father of Ko Ji-woon, has died. Ko Ji-woon is the Chief Marketing Officer and an executive director at Cheongho Nice. Her brother, Ko Dong-jae, works at Samsung Electronics in its infrastructure purchasing group. The notice was posted by the tech news site ZDNet Korea.

Key details

Date of death: the 28th (month not stated in the notice)
Place of wake: Room 7, Severance Hospital Funeral Home at Yonsei University, Sinchon
Funeral procession (leaving the wake hall): 9:00 a.m. on the 30th
Burial place: Yongin Park Cemetery

Why it matters

This is a personal family notice, not business news. It is shared so that colleagues, friends, and business contacts can pay their respects. It also shows the family ties between two large Korean companies.

Glossary

Cheongho Nice: A Korean company that makes water purifiers and related home products.
Samsung Electronics: A large South Korean company that makes phones, computers, TVs, and computer chips.

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