On September 27, ECCK handed over ECCK White Paper 2022 to Foreign Investment Ombudsman Kim Sung Jin. ECCK Chairperson Dirk Lukat and President Christoph Heider attended the meeting. The ECCK White Paper compiles key industrial issues and recommendations from the European business community in Korea covering the year 2022. This year’s publication contains 96 issues …
On September 22, the ECCK held a CFO Forum under the topic of ‘Finance-related considerations of EU and Korean ESG Rules’. The session was presented by Mr. Andrew Park, Senior Managing Attorney of Dentons Lee and Ms. Vivien Teu, Partner & Head of Asset Management & ESG of Dentons Hong Kong LLP. The session covered …
South Korea to lift outdoor face mask mandate Effective next Monday, September 26, the obligation to wear a mask outdoors will be completely lifted. Accordingly, it will no longer be required to wear a mask when attending outdoor gatherings of 50 or more people, live performances or sports events. However, the obligation to wear a …
The ECCK on September 22, 2022 successfully hosted and organized the 10th edition of its IPR Conference at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul. Held under the theme of “Innovation and IPR Protection”, this year’s IPR Conference was co-hosted by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), and supported by the Seoul Finance, Shin & Kim LLC, Hoffmann Eitle …
The ECCK is pleased to announce that, Ms. Kyungeun Bae (Kay Bae), General Manager of Sanofi-Aventis Korea has been elected as the new Chairperson of the ECCK Healthcare Committee. Also, Mr. Dae Whan Kim, VP / General Manager of bioMerieux Korea has been appointed as the new Vice-Chairperson of the ECCK Healthcare Committee. The two will serve a two-year …
On September 21, the ECCK briefed two delegations from the European Parliament, the Delegation of the relations of Korea Peninsula (DKOR) and the Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy (ITRE). H.E. Maria Castillo Fernandez, Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Korea opened the session and she was followed by short speeches by …