On September 27, the ECCK and officials from European embassies participated in a luncheon organized by the FTA Implementation Division of the Korea Customs Service (KCS). The luncheon revolved around exchanging information as to the utilization of the EU-Korea FTA and Korea’s FTA Pass Program, along with addressing inquiries amongst the European industries. The ECCK would …
ECCK M&S Committee held an ‘ECCK M&S Committee Seminar’ on September 27. The seminar was led by Ms. Hwonnarae Ha, Head of M&S Committee, and Dr. Jeomkee Paik, Professor at Pusan National University & University College London, delivered a lecture on the topic of ‘Contributions to the Grand Challenges’ which was followed by a Q&A …
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Paik Un Gyu hosted ‘Ministerial Roundtable for Investors’ in the morning of September 26. The meeting was attended by business leaders from foreign chambers of commerce in Korea including ECCK Vice Chairman André Schmidtgall and President Christoph Heider. During the roundtable, Minister Paik discussed about the new economic …
On September 21, the ECCK Busan chapter held ‘ECCK Busan Welcome Back Network Night 2017 with BJFEZ’ at Praha993. The event started with opening remarks by Mr Jan Benggaard, Vice Chairman of ECCK, which was followed by welcome remarks from Mr Yang-hyun Jin, the commissioner of BJFEZ, as a diamond sponsor of the event. Throughout …
On the occasion of the visit of H.E. Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Trade, the EU Delegation to the Republic of Korea hosted ‘2017 EU-Korea Business Forum’ on September 21. This year’s forum focused on the achievements of the EU-Korea FTA in the past 6 years, and discussed in its role amid the growing concerns …
Following ECCK’s annual Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Campaign at the Busan Global Gathering in May, ECCK IPR Committee conducted another campaign on September 20 at Dongdaemun, one of the largest shopping districts in Korea. The campaign was to raise public awareness on the benefits of intellectual property and the dangers of counterfeit products. In particular, a wide …