In the morning of October 13, ECCK and Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) hosted a breakfast meeting with Mr. Ban Ki-moon, 8th UN Secretary-General and Chairman of GGGI, at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul. The participants were able to attend the meeting both physically and virtually. During his speech, Chairman Ban discussed future concerns including climate …
On October 12, ECCK handed over ECCK White Paper 2020 to EU Ambassador H.E. Maria Castillo Fernandez and Foreign Investment Ombudsman Kim Sung Jin. ECCK Chairperson Dirk Lukat and ECCK President Christoph Heider as well as ECCK board of directors attended the meeting. The White Paper compiles key industrial issues and recommendations from the European …
ECCK is pleased to announce that Mr. Jason Park (President & Representative Director at Maersk Korea) has been appointed as a new Logistic & Transport Committee chairperson. Mr. Park is a Korean citizen and has been the President & Representative Director at Maersk Korea since 2016. We would like to sincerely congratulate and welcome Mr. …
The Korean government has announced that the businesspeople from South Korea to Japan are exempted from a two-week quarantine if they test negative for COVID-19 starting October 8, 2020. In order to also inform our member companies, ECCK has made an English translation released by the government below. Link to the original notice in Korean …
On October 7, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) held its annual policy briefing roundtable meeting with the representatives of foreign chambers and companies in Korea. The meeting was attended by ECCK Vice Chairperson Hyun-Nam Park and ECCK President Christoph Heider and discussed the status of anti-corruption policies and system improvement such as rationalization …
Effective from January 1, 2019, most tax incentives concerning corporate and personal income tax for foreign investors have been nullified. To compensate for this change, the Korean government announced to drastically increase the provision of cash grants. In order to enhance members awareness of such change and the procedures involved, ECCK organized a webinar on …