![The Korea Institute of Standards and Science held a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of its foundation on the 6th and unveiled the bust of the first director of the Korea Institute of Standards and Science Kim Jae-kwan. Yang Hye-sook, chairman of the Korea Park Institute of Arts, Choi Sung-ah, vice mayor of political affairs, economy and science in Daejeon, Koo Hyuk-chae, first vice minister of science and technology information and communication, Lee Ho-sung, chairman of the Korea Institute of Standards and Science, Kim Won-joon, CEO of Samsung Global Research, Kim Young-sik, chairman of the National Science and Technology Research Council, Kim Myung-ja, chairman of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, and Lee Kwang-hyung, president of KAIST (from left), are taking commemorative photos. [Korea Institute of Standards and Science]](https://wimg.mk.co.kr/news/cms/202511/06/news-p.v1.20251106.191c3362f30a49bb8234193a9b8ad639_P1.jpg)
The Korea Institute of Standards and Science (KST) held a ceremony to celebrate its 50th anniversary on the sixth. The Korea Standards Institute develops measurement know-how and distributes requirements.
The ceremony was attended by trade, academia, analysis, and authorities officers, together with Vice Minister of Science and ICT Koo Hyuk-chae, Daejeon City’s Deputy Mayor of Political Affairs and Economy and Science Choi Sung-ah, Chairman of the National Science and Technology Research Council Kim Young-sik, and Kim Myung-ja, Chairman of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology.
The unveiling ceremony of the bust of the late director Kim Jae-kwan, the primary director of the institute, was additionally held to honor the achievements of early kindergarten scientists. First director Kim is Korea’s No. 1 kindergarten scientist, and he laid the muse for the nationwide customary system by stipulating the “national standard system” within the Constitution.
The Institute of Standards was established in 1975 to set up a nationwide customary system. Based on Article 127 (2) of the Constitution, “the state establishes a national standard system,” the Korea Standards Institute has led varied measurement applied sciences and requirements, comparable to setting requirements for measurement.
The Korea Standards Institute is evaluated to have secured the world’s finest measurement functionality in 50 years. The requirements set by the Korea Standards Institute had been distributed to correctional establishments and industries and turned the idea for bettering the standard of Korea’s main industries comparable to heavy and chemical industries, semiconductors, shipbuilding, aviation, and vehicles.
Recently, the Korea Standards Institute is main the event of next-generation measurement requirements in quantum know-how and house, together with 50-qubit superconducting-based quantum computing, based mostly on measurement know-how.
Lee Ho-sung, director of the Korea Standards Institute, stated, “The half-century achievements of the Korea Standards Institute in the barren area of measurement are the result of the dedication of kindergarten scientists and the constant efforts of members in the early days of its establishment. The next 50 years will be a global standard institution that sets world standards beyond Korea.”