On June 20, the ECCK organized an HR Forum on ‘2019 Regulatory Developments’ at WeWork Seomyeon for its Busan members. During the forum, Mr. Jungwoo Lee, partner from Bae, Kim & Lee shared his observation into regulatory development, including reduction of working hours, minimum wage increase and harassment in workplace. A particular focus was placed …
On June 20, the ECCK President Christoph Heider met with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Secretary General Henri Gétaz to discuss the EFTA-Korea free trade relations and the perspective of the Korean economy. The EFTA is the intergovernmental organisation of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. It was set up in 1960 by its then …
The European Business Organisation (EBO) Worldwide Network met in Brussels from June 17 to 19, 2019 for its annual meeting, hosted by European Commission’s Directorate General GROW. The EBOs met with various representatives from the European Commission and the European Parliament from whom they received up-dates on most recent initiatives; in return the EBOs, including …
The ECCK is proud to announce that its IPR Committee has won a Global Anti-Counterfeiting Award for its activities to combat counterfeiting and raise IP awareness. The Global Anti-Counterfeiting Awards are made as a continuing recognition of achievements in IPR Enforcement by organisations, companies and individuals, and this years winners were announced in Paris on …
ECCK is pleased to announce that, Mr. Julien Samson, Vice President & General Manager of GSK Korea, has been elected as the new Chairperson of the ECCK Healthcare Committee succeeding Dr. Uloff Münster. Also, Mr. Erwan Vilfeu, President of Zuellig Pharma Korea, has been elected as a Vice-Chairperson of the Healthcare Committee. We would like …
On June 11, ECCK President Christoph Heider met with Namyangju City Mayor Kwang-Han Cho at the Namyangju City Hall. As Namyangju City’s Wang Suk district was recently appointed as New City, the city is planning to build an industrial complex in the area. The two parties discussed about cooperation related to Sustainable Development Goals, Smart …