From left, Jung Woo-sung, president of the Korea Foundation for Science and Creativity; Kim Joong-won, head of the management division at Hanwha Life Insurance; and Kim Dong-yoon, honorary chairman of the Korea Information Science Education Federation, pose after signing a memorandum of understanding to support Korea's national team competing at the 2026 International Olympiad in Informatics at 63 Square in Seoul, Thursday. Courtesy of Hanwha Life Insurance
Hanwha Life Insurance has signed a memorandum of understanding to support Korea’s national team competing at this year’s International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), following the country’s first-ever clean sweep of four gold medals at the prestigious programming contest last year, the insurer said Friday.
The IOI is one of the annual International Science Olympiads that brings together the world’s top secondary school students in computer programming under the age of 20. The competition spans two days, with contestants solving three algorithmic programming problems during a five-hour session each day.
Hanwha Life began sponsoring the national team last year as part of its efforts to nurture young talent in computer science amid growing demand for expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies.
