On October 18, the ECCK held a White Paper 2019 hand-over meeting with Foreign Investment Ombudsman Sung Jin Kim. This year’s White Paper compiles key industrial issues and recommendations from the European business community in Korea covering the year 2019.
It is with great pleasure that we hereby share with you the seventh edition of our Quarterly Report, looking back at the third quarter of 2019. As true European advocacy organization we have included information about EU and EFTA countries’ trade for H1 2019 (information always being delayed by one quarter) and EU and EFTA …
On September 17, ECCK President Christoph Heider and Vice President Bo Sun Kim met with the Yellow Sea Free Economic Zone (YESFEZ) Commissioner Seong Tae Hwang in the ECCK’s meeting room. During the meeting, the ECCK and YESFEZ discussed future cooperation with each other. We are looking forward to collaborating with YESFEZ.
On the morning of October 17, the ECCK Busan hosted the taxation seminar with PwC under the theme of ‘Tax reform 2020’ at Park Hyatt Busan. During the seminar, PwC Partner Robert Browell and Executive Director Joon Kyoo Yang provided an overview of the Korean government’s latest tax reform proposals that will impact foreign-invested companies …
On October 11, ECCK Chairperson Dimitris Psillakis delivered the keynote speech at the Korea Herald Biz Forum 2019 “Korea in crisis: How to survive in an era of trade wars and industrial risks.” Attended by 200 government officials, business representatives and leaders, including Joh Sung-wook, Korea Fair Trade Commissioner, and Kwon Pyung-oh, CEO of KOTRA, …
On the morning of October 8, the ECCK hosted an information session with LEVICK under the theme of ‘The Future in 30 Minutes’ in the Carlton Suite at Lotte Hotel Seoul. During the seminar, Chairman & CEO of LEVICK Richard Levick, Esq. discussed how speed, transparency and trust have changed significantly as to require a …