Park Yu-hyun, co-founder and CEO of InfollutionZERO, a Korean nongovernmental organization which campaigns to eliminate “information pollution,” will receive a UNESCO prize for her creative use of information technology in education.

UNESCO said in a news release Tuesday that it will present the 2011 UNESCO-King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education to two winners at its headquarters in Paris, France, on Nov. 20.

The winners are Park and Jochen Fasco, who represents Internet ABC Project, a German online community.

Park is rewarded for her leadership and initiative with InfollutionZERO project promoting digital citizenship for children, youth and parents. InfollutionZERO addresses the challenges of “infollution” ― the harmful effects of unsafe digital “pollutants” ― including cyberspace predators, bullies, abusive language and technology addiction.

Park started InfollutionZERO project in Seoul in June, 2010, and is currently spreading it in Singapore, where she works.

The $50,000 annual prize, funded by the Kingdom of Bahrain, will be divided equally between the two winners.

By Chun Sung-woo (swchun@heraldcorp.com)