이갑수 기자 최진식 한국중견기업연합회 회장은 15일 웨스틴조선서울에서 열린 ‘제9회 중견기업인의 날 기념식’에서 “민간주도성장을 천명한 정부의 기업 경영 환경 개선 노력이 킬러규제 혁파 등으로 빠르게 이어지고 있는 것은 매우 바람직하다”라면서, “환경, 노동은 물론 제반 영역에 있어서 기업과 근로자가 직접 토론하고, 해법을 찾을 수 있는 환경을 조성하는 데 지혜를 모아야 할 것”이라고 말했다. 최회장은 또한, “대부분의 기업 활동에 확대된 국가의 영향을 축소해 기업의 활력과 자율성을 끌어올려야 한다”라며, “국가 성립의 기본 조건인 국부를 생산하는 핵심 주체가 기업이라는 자명한 사실을 직시해야 할 것”이라고 강조했다. 최 회장은 “민간주도성장을 천명한 정부의 기업 경영 환경 개선 노력이 킬러규제 혁파 등으로 빠르게 이어지고 있는 것은 매우 바람직하다”라면서, “환경, 노동은 물론 제반 영역에 있어서 기업과 근로자가 직접 토론하고, 해법을 찾을 수 있는 환경을 조성하는 데 지혜를 모아야 할 것”이라고 덧붙였다. 올해 3월 30일 상시법으로 전환된 ‘중견기업 특별법’이 10월 19일 시행된 이후 첫 번째로 열린 이날 기념식에는 한덕수 국무총리, 장영진 산업통상자
By Lee Kap-soo (New Year Message) Dear readers of the Diplomacy Journal, On the occasion of Christmas and New year, the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq is happy to extend our biggest congratulations, blessing and best regards to your esteemed Journal. We wish you good health, prosperity and success, along with the achievements in your work, prosperity and progress of our friendly country. May the new year be a year full of energy, vitality and achievements that you aspire to accomplish. We are keen on to follow up with your great interest as we believe it deals with many international, diploma
By Lee Kap-soo (New Year Message) Dear readers of the Diplomacy Journal, On behalf of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Republic of Korea, Aida Ismailova, and on behalf of the entire diplomatic mission, I sincerely congratulate you on the upcoming New Year 2024. May this year bring joy, prosperity and new achievements to your lives. The year 2023 has become a significant stage in the development of Kyrgyz-Korean relations, emphasizing our desire to deepen and comprehensively expand cooperation. I would especially like to highlight the official visit
By Lee Kap-soo (New Year Message) Dear readers of the Diplomacy Journal, As a newly appointed Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Korea, I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Russia and Korea are bound by longstanding friendship and good neighborly ties. Our relations began to develop vigorously with the signing of the first bilateral treaty in 1884. In 1886, a Russian diplomatic mission was opened in Seoul. Despite many historical upheavals, from the first contacts in the 19th century to the present day Russia has always been a good neighbor of K
By Lee Kap-soo (New Year Message) Dear readers of Diplomacy Journal, The year 2023 is coming to an end, and with it also an important year in strengthening relations between the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Korea. The most important event this year was undoubtedly the official opening of the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia to the Republic of Korea, which took place during the official visit to Korea of the Slovenian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tanja Fajon and the Minister of Economy, Tourism and Sports Matjaž Han. Besides the embassy becoming fully operational, w
By Lee Kap-soo (New Year Message) Dear readers of Diplomacy Journal, It is with pleasure that I convey, in my name and on behalf of the Moroccan Embassy team, my sincere greetings to the people and the Government of the Republic of Korea. I seize this opportunity to extend my heartfelt wishes for success to Diplomacy Journal, its editors as well as to Damwha Media Group. On New Year’s Eve, it is an occasion to review what has been achieved over the leaving year and envision what to expect in the upcoming one. Korea, under the President Yoon’s Administration, has accomplished many projects in v
By Lee Kap-soo Indian Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ICCK) appointed Yoon Sock-joong as its new Secretary General. The newly appointed Secretary General Yoon served as the Minister for Public Affairs, Korean Embassy in the United States, Secretary to the President for Overseas Communications, and the Public Relations Consul at the Consulate in Los Angeles. He also formally served as Secretary General of the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ICCK) from 2016 to 2018, which means he is now reappointed in 2023. The Secretary General Yoon stated, "It is an honor to re-take an important position a
By Lee Kap-soo Dear readers of Diplomacy Journal, Philippines and Korea relations ended 2023 on a high note with a number of milestones, increased exchanges, and a re-affirmation of our commitment to common goals based on shared values. One of the highlights was the signing of the Philippines-Korea Free Trade Agreement on September 7, 2023 at the sidelines of the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta by Philippine Trade and Industry Minister Alfredo Pascual and Korea Trade Minister Ahn Duk-geun and witnessed by Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. and Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. The past y
By Lee Kap-soo The Embassy of Azerbaijan in Seoul held an event dedicated to the Memorial Day of Azerbaijan’s national leader Heydar Aliyev at Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul on Dec. 11. Delivering welcoming remarks at the event in honor of its national leader Heydar Aliyev, Amb. Ramin M. Hasanov of Azerbaijan to Korea said, “We celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Heydar Aliyev, the National Leader of Azerbaijani people, the founder and architect of the modern, mighty, independent state of Azerbaijan. “Heydar Aliyev, with his charismatic personality, successfully saved Azerbaijani peop
이갑수 기자 | 스타벅스 코리아가 초록우산 어린이재단과 함께 12일 스타벅스 지원센터에서 ‘2023 산타바리스타 희망기금 전달식’을 갖고, 총 9억 3천여만 원의 산타바리스타 희망기금을 초록우산 어린이재단에 전달했다고 12일 밝혔다. 이날 기금 전달식은 스타벅스 코리아 손정현 대표이사, 초록우산 어린이재단 황영기 회장, 초록우산 어린이재단 홍보사절단인 미스코리아 진 이승현, 서울주니어합창단 및 스타벅스 코리아 파트너들이 참석한 가운데 진행되었다. 스타벅스는 2006년부터 초록우산 어린이재단과 함께 매년 연말 고객과 함께 매장의 수익금 중 일부를 기금으로 조성하는 산타바리스타 희망기금 캠페인을 진행해오고 있다. 해당 기금은 전국의 소외계층 아동과 청년 후원활동 등에 사용되며, 스타벅스가 지난 18년간 전달한 희망기금은 누적 약 72억 원에 달한다 ‘2023 산타바리스타 희망기금’은 올 한 해 동안 희망배달 캠페인을 통해 모금된 스타벅스 임직원 기부금과 이익공유형 매장인 커뮤니티 스토어 1,2호점에서 적립한 청년인재 양성 기금, 문화예술인재 후원금 등이 더해져 조성되었다. 스타벅스는 기금 전달식과 더불어 12일 스타벅스 별다방점 옥외공간에 부스를 마련하고 오전
By Lee Kap-soo The Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced on Dec. 11 that its German chairperson, Holgar Gerrmann, CEO of Porsche Korea, and Susanne Woehrle, Senior Executive Director of KGCCI, have been appointed as an Honorary Foreign Citizen of Seoul. This honor recognizes their outstanding contributions to the city and leadership in both business and community spheres. The honorary citizenship ceremony took place at the Seoul City Hall on December 8, 2023, as part of the city's initiative to acknowledge individuals who have significantly contributed to the development of
By Lee Kap-soo Dear readers of Diplomacy Journal, I am very pleased to convey best wishes for the year 2024 to Diplomacy Journal magazine and its distinguished readers. This will constitute a very special year for Peru for two main reasons. Firstly, we will chair the APEC forum which constitutes a unique space for coordination and economic and technical cooperation in which twenty-one developed and developing economies converge to promote the continuous advancement on trade and investment in the Asia Pacific and to configure the most important mechanism for economic cooperation in our region.
By Lee Kap-soo Highlighting breakthrough startups, LG NOVA, LG Electronics’ North American Innovation Center, announced the winners of the Startup Pitch Competition at its annual Innovation Festival in October 2023. The LG NOVA Innovation Festival is a unique event that brings together innovators to discuss, explore and build next-generation technological solutions for the advancement of people and the planet. The Innovation Festival provides an ideal setting for the recognition of new growing startups with the potential to make a positive impact for a better future. This year, twelve companie
By Lee Kap-soo Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Bang Moon-kyu met with Vietnam’s Industry and Trade Minister Nguyen Hong Dien on December 7 at the Shilla Seoul to hold the 13th Korea-Vietnam Industrial Joint Committee and 7th Korea-Vietnam FTA Joint Committee meetings, where they discussed measures for stronger economic cooperation. During the Industrial Joint Committee meeting, the two leaders agreed to push forward the establishment of a critical minerals supply chain center and cooperation in materials and parts technology development as a swift follow-up to the memorandum of understandi
By Lee Kap-soo Dear readers of Diplomacy Journal, The year 2023 has come to an end, and with it many of the dreams we had hoped to achieve during that period. Therefore, and on the occasion of the New Year 2024 - which is now beginning, giving us a new opportunity to renew our plans and look to the future, hoping to be promising, especially with regard to Angola and Korea relations - I would like to extend, on behalf of the Angolan Embassy in Korea, the warmest greetings and best wishes to the Korean people, especially the business-class! This is the fourth time I have celebrated the New Year