Seoul, South Korea - May 2023 - The IX Provincial Congress of the Salesian Salesian Cooperators Association (SSCC) of South Korea (KOR) was held on May 14 at the 7th-floor chapel of the Salesian Provincial House in South Korea, attended by 47 members in attendance, while 68 voting members of the 29 Local Councils and the Provincial Council, including Delegates who are entrusted with voting, connected remotely. The event opened with a well-prepared liturgy, followed by a video presentation of the past three years of SSCC activities in South Korea. Then the focus was on evaluation and planning for the large provincial community of over 700 SSCC members. The provincial secretary and treasurer reported on the 2022 review and planning for 2023 with all the positive developments and the financial situation of the province. The focus of the Congress was the election of the new leadership, seven members of the provincial board for the three-year term 2023-2026. Mr. Lawrence Shin Shin Tae Heung was elected as the new provincial coordinator. A new council will begin to assume leadership of the South Korea province on June 1, 2023. Then the provincial SSCC formator presented statistics and analysis of SSCCs in South Korea from 2005 to 2023, which introduced a discussion divided into groups to find new strategies to meet the challenges. In the next session, the 10th Regional Congress of Salesian Cooperators East Asia-Oceania to be held in Hong Kong on May 26 was presented.