The European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK) hosted ‘The 10th Anniversary Conference on the EU-KOREA FTA’ in cooperation with the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) and BusinessEurope on July 1, 2021. Commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the EU-Korea FTA, the online conference was organized to recognize milestone achievements and discuss the next step of …
On June 30, the ECCK held a CFO Forum focusing on recent trends and compliance issues in Korean labor and employment law at Kim & Chang office. The session was presented by Mr. Hoin Lee, Senior Foreign Attorney at Kim & Chang, who is an expert on labor and employment law issues. The forum covered …
On July 1, ECCK President Christoph Heider had a meeting with National Assembly Member Kang Sunwoo, who belongs to Democratic Party and a member of National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee. The two parties shared opinions on fair treatment for foreign residents regarding the COVID-19 policies and discussed continuous future cooperation. Kang Sunwoo is to …
On July 1, ECCK President Christoph Heider had a meeting with National Assembly Member Hong Jungmin, who belongs to Democratic Party and a member of National Assembly Trade, Industry, Energy, SMEs, and Startups Committee. The two had constructive talks on EU-Korea FTA modernization, Sustainability, especially Green Deal and Climate Change, etc. As a future cooperation, …
The ECCK is pleased to announce that, Mr. Frederic Lucas, Executive Managing Director of Byucksan Engineering has been re-elected as the Chairperson of the ECCK Energy and Environment Working Group. Mr. Lucas was elected as the Chairperson during the Energy and Environment Working Group Meeting held on June 28, 2021. He will serve a two-year term as …
Today marks the 10-year anniversary of EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA)! The FTA was provisionally applied from July 1, 2011, and since then has helped many companies – European but also Korean companies – to expand their business operations. Thanks to the FTA, the ECCK has welcomed a substantial number of European companies opening their business …