Daewoo Automobile Conservation Research Institute carries out a memorial project for the first anniversary of President Nick Riley

Jun 09, 2025
















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According to the Daewoo Automobile Conservation Research Institute (Director Kim Hyung-joon/hereinafter referred to as the 'Rice Institute') on June 7, GM Daewoo's first president Nick Riley celebrated the first anniversary of his death.The deceased died last year at the age of 74 while battling cancer.Accordingly, the research institute has been conducting a memorial project since January to honor the management performance of the deceased.Related data can be found directly on the institute's official blog and SNS channel.









On June 7, the institute released a memorial video and commentary to mark the first anniversary of the death of the deceased.The memorial videoNick Riley's Dream introduced the deceased's efforts to normalize Daewoo Motor's management and establish co-prosperity between labor and management.Representatively, the Daewoo Challenge (2003), the integration of the Bupyeong plant (2005), and the reinstatement of laid-off workers (2006).MSX International, where the deceased served in the past, also cooperated with the use of some video materials.













In addition, the institute also introduces card news'Nick Riley's words'on SNS channels once a month. 'Nick Riley's words' is a project to look back on the deceased's past remarks and the management situation of GM Daewoo at the time.It was designed to give implications to the external situation of GM Korea, which has recently been confused by various issues.

Kim Dong-young, an advisory researcher at the institute who is in charge of the memorial project, said, `Although young people subscribe to the institute's SNS mainly, we focused on delivering the achievements of the deceased rather than getting immediate responses.'

The institute also honored the deceased's will in comments.In particular, he and executives and employees expressed concern about the recent situation facing GM Korea."Korea GM has contributed to GM and the domestic automobile industry for 23 years since the launch of the corporation," he said in a commentary, criticizing, "The headquarters' attitude of being silent about future volume allocation is like covering the sky with the palm of your hand."













Meanwhile, the research institute's SNS views averaged 60,000 per month on Instagram.This is an increase of 62% compared to the past.Kim Dong-young, an advisory researcher, said, "Many people are focusing on planning the memorial of President Nick Riley through SNS," adding, "We hope that many people will pay attention to the deceased's achievements from the GM headquarters' reduction-oriented business strategy."Finally, the institute also included a special article looking back on the life of President Nick Riley in the newsletter "Autocom" No. 3, and will run the "Nick Riley's Words" series until December.

Editor Kim Tae-jin, tj.kim@carguy.kr











This article was translated by Naver AI translator.