S-Oil Honors 19 Citizen Heroes of the Year

140 Million Won Awarded to 19 Citizen Heroes
369 People Supported and About 2.6 Billion Won Distributed Since 2008

S-Oil announced that it held the ‘2026 Citizen Hero of the Year Award Ceremony’ with the Korea National Council on Social Welfare at its headquarters in Mapo-gu, Seoul on October 1 and presented plaques and a total of 140 million won in prize money to 19 citizen heroes.

On the 1st, at the S-Oil headquarters in Gongdeok-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Anwar Al Hizazi, CEO of S-Oil (center front row), is taking a commemorative photo with award recipients including Ryu Yeol, President of S-Oil (to the CEO's left), and Kim Hyunhoon, Chairman of the Korea National Council on Social Welfare (to the CEO's right), during the "2026 Citizen Hero of the Year Awards Ceremony." S-Oil

S-Oil awarded the Citizen Hero Award and 15 million won each to Go Kyungsik and Jeong Taekeun, who were injured during rescue operations. In June of this year, Mr. Go suffered a fracture while rescuing a ship that was wrecked at Jeju Port, but managed to tow the vessel to a safe area. In December last year, Mr. Jeong was hospitalized after inhaling toxic gas while extinguishing a residential fire in Jangandong, Seoul. Aside from these two, the other citizen heroes each received a prize of 10 million won.

Anwar Al Hizaji, CEO of S-Oil, stated, “Citizens who have demonstrated a spirit of sacrifice for neighbors in danger are true heroes in our society,” and added, “We will continue to support and cheer on the citizen heroes who have sacrificed for others.”

S-Oil has been supporting citizen heroes since 2008. To date, it has awarded approximately 2.6 billion won in prize money to 369 individuals.

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