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Title [Book] Grace Upon Grace 2007.05.10

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Title: Grace Upon Grace
Author: Soo Keun Kim
Editor: Jung Joo Kim
Language: Korean and English (side-by-side text)
Category: Biography
Publication Date: May 10, 2007
Format: Hardcover/251 pages/130mm x 185mm
Price: ₩9,500 US$10.25 (plus shipping & handling)

About the Book:
60th Anniversary Special Publication of the Daesung Group:
Memoirs of husband and wife, founding Chairman and Honorary Chairwoman of the Daesung Group—valuable stories and secrets behind the success of the Group...

Daesung.com’s JCR books releases Grace Upon Grace and Walking After the Light: Beautiful Memories—memoirs of the late founding Chairman Soo Keun Kim and the late Honorary Chairwoman Kwi Ok Yeu—in celebration of the Daesung Group’s 60th anniversary (May 10). Written with side by side Korean and English text, the memoirs of Soo Keun Kim reveals the grace that God has showered down throughout the Group’s 60-year history.

Grace Upon Grace is a biographical work about Soo Keun Kim who, once a poor newspaper boy and left to be man of the house at a young age, victoriously overcame the adverse conditions of the Korean War and turmoil of contemporary history and led his company to be named among the top ten businesses in Korea, thus entering his name in Korean business history.

Revealed inside are stories about his hardship and also glorious accounts of how his Christian faith, put into action through the practice of transparent management, paved the way for the Daesung Group to be named a ‘region of calm’ in the midst of the 1997 East Asian Financial Crisis, and why he declined world-renowned financial speculator and stock investor George Soros’ proposal. Also included are brief mentions of the role and vision of his son Younghoon David Kim, current Chairman of the Daesung Group.

About the Author:
28 August 1916 Born in Daegu Korea
1929-1934 Attended Daegu Commercial High School
1943 Bachelor of Law, Nihon University, Japan
1947 Founded Daesung Industrial Corporation
1965 Founded Daesung Consolidated Coal Mining Co., Ltd.
1983 Founded Seoul City Gas Co., Ltd.
Founded Daegu City Gas Co., Ltd.
2000 Honorary Chairman, Daesung Group

Publisher’s Review:
In publishing the memoirs of the late founding Chairman Soo Keun Kim, the Daesung Group hopes to reflect upon the past 60 years, embrace the spirit of the late founder, and be the light that brightens our society and leads the future.




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