From the Front Lines: Seoul Foreign Investment Forum/KT Olleh Venture Awards

On Tuesday December 6th, I attended two events.

The first was the Seoul Foreign Investment Forum held at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents Club on the 18th Floor of the Seoul Press Center in Gwang-Hwa-Moon.

I had helped SBA and the Seoul Government edit some of the English documents and presentations for the event. The event had speakers from the Foreign Investment Ombudsman's Office and the Seoul Global Center. The material of the seminar included Seoul's recent efforts to attract and keep foreign companies in the city. To that end, the Ombudsman's Office had made some significant improvements and solved a number of problems facing foreign companies.

Also, the Seoul Global Center's Director Alan Timblick gave a short speech about the initiatives and programs his office had put in place to help foreign companies grow.

The presentations also covered the three new district building projects: the Yeuido Financial District, Digital Media City, and the Maggok Biotech area. Overall, the event was very informative about Seoul's recent attempts to improve their overall international competitiveness.

Dr. Choong Yong Ahn, Foreign Investment Ombudsman

Dr. Ahn answering a question posed during the Q&A

Portion of the text I helped edit in the Handbook

The Seoul Foreign Investment Forum Handbook

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The next event I attended was the KT Olleh Venture Awards, also in Gwang-hwa-moon. I went there to support Haena Jun of Add2Paper, where she won 2nd place in the competition!

Her idea for her new project called 'Goorum' received 2nd place and 20,000,000 won at the competition.