The city of  Seoul awarded the ECCK Secretary General Christoph Heider honorary citizenship on October 28. The presentation ceremony was held at Sejong Center of the Performing Arts, attended by Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon with over 200 guests including family and friends of 21 honorary citizens who have made singular contributions to the city’s development.

On October 25, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) hosted a seminar to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Korea’s joining of the OECD. The ECCK Secretary General Christoph Heider participated as a presenter of the day’s event, discussed on the economic achievements Korea has made over the past two decades and …

The ECCK has been kept busy with a number of activities, particularly, the month of October was an extremely eventful time for us. The Chamber has hosted reputable conferences including EU Research & Innovation Day, Global Alternative Investment Insights Conference, and Korea-EU IPR Conference in October. Joined by more than 1,000 participants in total, our October events …

Green Drinks Seoul finally held its launch event on October 25 at Le Moulin in Noksapyeong. Green Drinks Seoul is an informal networking event for people interested or working in the environmental field, supported by the ECCK. Green Drinks started in 1989 in London and now it is active in over 500 cities around the world. …

The ECCK held an Extraordinary General Meeting on October 11 at Banyan Tree Seoul for the approval of the amendment of the Articles of Association (AoA) of the Chamber. The adoption of restated AoA has been approved as the ECCK members agreed unanimously on the suggested amendments. The Chamber is currently waiting for the final confirmation of the new AoA from the …