[THE INVESTOR] Following the ouster of former President Park Geun-hye and the election of President Moon Jae-in, some foreign investors in Korea have heaved a sigh of relief in anticipation that the country’s economic instability during the turbulent political times will finally begin to normalize. Foreign-invested firms make up 20.9 percent of the nation’s total …
On May 19, the ECCK and Ulsan Metropolitan City co-hosted a network luncheon seminar at the Hyundai Hotel in Ulsan. Around 30 ECCK members, foreign-invested companies from various industries in Korea, participated the event to learn in detail about the Korea´s investment environment and Ulsan´s promising investment projects as well as to listen to success …
Business groups in South Korea sent congratulatory messages to President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday, urging the new leader to rejuvenate the nation’s economy by eradicating unnecessary regulations and normalizing the government’s role in the face of rising protectionism. The foreign business community in Korea urged for continued close ties and economic partnerships in the import …
The ECCK will be hosting “All European Network Night”, the largest scale reception night for European business people in Korea. The network night will be co-hosted with 11 other European chambers and business associations in Korea at the Atrium Terrace in Millennium Seoul Hilton Hotel on the evening of May 11. The event is organized …
April 26, 2017 marks the 47th World Intellectual Property (IP) Day. Initiated by the World Intellectual Property Organization, numerous IP organizations participate in raising global awareness of the benefits that IP brings to our society on this meaningful day. For this purpose, Sven-Erik Batenburg, ECCK Head of Legal & International Affairs, interviewed with the Seoul Economic Daily. During the interview, …
In the afternoon of April 21, the ECCK held a luncheon with Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea H.E. Chung Sye-kyun. Attended by ECCK Chairman Dimitris Psillakis, EU Ambassador H.E. Michael Reiterer, and 30 representatives of European companies in Korea, the afternoon’s discussion focused on how to increase foreign investment opportunities in …