{
  "id": 16161530,
  "title": "KEPCO wins UNLEASH award for 2nd straight year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/kepco-wins-unleash-award-for-2nd-straight-year",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-23T07:22:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20261023/kepco-wins-unleash-award-for-2nd-straight-year"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) has once again been honored with the prestigious UNLEASH Learning and Development Award, marking its second consecutive victory. This accolade places KEPCO as the first Korean company to achieve this feat and underscores the company's global leadership in human resource development (HRD), as reported by the state-run utility on Friday. The award was bestowed at the UNLEASH World 2026 conference, a significant HRD gathering held in Paris on Thursday, local time, according to KEPCO. Founded in 2016 by the European Association for People Management and the U.K.-based HR technology firm UNLEASH, the award evaluates companies based on their strategic impact, organizational contribution, and influence on business performance. This latest recognition follows KEPCO's back-to-back wins at the ATD Awards, a U.S.-based event organized by the Association for Talent Development, showcasing the company's prowess in employee training and talent management. Evaluators commended KEPCO for its strategic alignment of HRD with business goals, its utilization of data-driven personalized training, and its integration of HRD with its human resources.",
  "summary": "Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) has won the UNLEASH Learning and Development Award for the second consecutive year, becoming the first Korean company to achieve the feat and reaffirming its global competitiveness in human resource development (HRD), the state-run utility said Friday. The award was presented at UNLEASH World 2026, a major human resources development conference, in Paris on…",
  "key_points": [
    "KEPCO wins UNLEASH Learning and Development Award for second straight year",
    "First Korean company to achieve this feat, leading globally in HRD",
    "Recognized for strategic HRD alignment, data-driven training, and integration"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Securing consecutive international honors validates KEPCO's transition toward data-driven training models that align human resource development directly with global business performance and strategic organizational goals.",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}