KICT chief Park Sun-gyu elected chair of research institutes body

The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology said Friday that its President Park Sun-gyu has been elected chairman of the Association of Directors of Government-Funded Research Institutes. The decision was made at the association’s fourth regular meeting of the year, held Thursday at KICT’s headquarters in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. Park will officially begin his two-year term in January 2026. As chairman, he will lead a key consultative body tasked with promoting cooperation