[Obituary] Lee Se-joong, chairman of the 'Working Together Foundation', dies...Served as president of the Korean Bar Association, Community Chest of Korea, etc.

Lee Se-joong, chairman of the "Working Together Foundation," died of chronic illness on the 16th (he was 89 years old).

Chairman Lee Se-joong was the first member of the foundation's board of directors and served as the foundation's director before he took office, implementing various support activities to resolve the polarization of jobs for the Working Together Foundation, which began amid unemployment and economic recession.

Lee Se-joong, also known as a first-generation human rights lawyer, served as the chairman of the Korean Bar Association, the chairman of KBS, the Community Chest of Korea, and the chairman of the Environmental Foundation, and won the Mugunghwa Medal in 1995, the Hyoryeong Grand Prize in 2005, and the Manhae Grand Prize in 2014.

The mortuary is at Shinchon Severance Hospital and the coffin is at 11 a.m. on the 19th (Saturday).