“We’ll Promote Foreign Investments”

On December 5, KOTRA allowed Invest Korea to officially set sail at its main office in Yumkok-dong, Secho-gu, Seoul, holding an opening ceremony and nominating Alan Timblic as head of Invest Korea. Invest Korea will have the exclusive task of inducing foreign investment. William Oberlin, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, Warwick Morris, the British ambassador to Korea, Oh Young-kyo, the president of KOTRA, Alan Timblic, Kim Jin-pyo, the deputy prime minister and the minister of Finance and Economy, Yoon Jin-sik, the minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy, Bae Sun-hun, the chairman of the committee for promotion of Northeast Asia As A Center, and Philip Broyanigo, president of Carrefour are pictured. (from left to right)

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