Moon Sang-il, a professor of School of Law at Incheon National University

Moon Sang-il, a professor of School of Law at Incheon National University, has been elected as the 17th president of the Korea Economic Law Association. The term of office of the 17th president of the Korean Economic Law Association, Moon Sang-il, is one year from March 2025. Founded in 1978 under the sponsorship of the late Chairman Chung Ju-young of Hyundai Group, the association is the nation's most prestigious academic organization with more than 600 members of academic and legal circles, including professors, researchers, judges, prosecutors, and lawyers in economic-related legal fields such as commercial law and economic law. 

Moon Sang-il, a professor of School of Law at Incheon National University, completed his Ph.D. after earning his bachelor's and master's degrees from Yonsei University School of Law and then obtained his Ph.D. from Indiana University in the U.S. He then served as a legal advisor to the Financial Services Commission and chairman of the Incheon Public Service Ethics Committee, and is currently working as a working member of the Shared Growth Commission, an Internet Newspaper Ethics Commission, and a member of the Incheon Fair Economy Commission.

Meanwhile, on February 20 (Thursday), at 13:00 p.m., the Winter Academic Conference and Regular General Meeting of the Korea Economic Law Association were held at the Incheon National University Faculty Hall under the theme of "Enhancing Corporate Competitiveness and Legal Issues."

Park Jong-tae, president of Incheon National University, said in a welcoming speech at the conference, "The main issues raised at the point of contact between corporate management and laws and systems, such as expanding directors' duty of loyalty and protecting shareholder interests, are important processes to create corporate responsibility and a fair market environment beyond simple legal amendments." "We look forward to in-depth discussions on how laws and systems should be designed in and out of discussions and ideas to maintain fairness and secure competitiveness in a rapidly changing economic environment today," he said.