Hee-Bum Koh, the former director of the Hankyoreh Newspaper, joined the press as a CBS journalist in 1975 and participated in the foundation of the Hankyoreh. After serving as the head at the political, social, editorial and advertising departments of the company as well as a commissioner, he became the representative director in 2003. In addition, he succeeded in attracting the 2013 World Energy Congress to South Korea as the Secretary General of the Korea Energy Foundation. He led the formation of the Jeju 4.3 Research Institute and the People’s Committee for Promoting the Recovery of Honour of Jeju 4.3 where he acted as the Chairman and the Co-President.