Seminars & Forums

The Chamber regularly hosts seminars and forums to closely follow market trends and changes in the regulatory environment relevant to the interests of its members. Amid COVID-19 outbreak, ECCK has introduced hybrid style meetings, which can be participated physically and virtually.

ECCK News

Last month the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published its Economic Survey on Korea. Each edition surveys the major challenges faced by the country, evaluates the short-term outlook, and makes specific policy recommendations. In this year’s edition it found that economic activity has contracted less in Korea than in other OECD countries, thanks to the prompt and effective reaction of the authorities to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus and to the wide-ranging government support to households and businesses. Nevertheless, the pandemic generates strong headwinds. Huge uncertainty surrounds global economic prospects and hence the outlook for exports, which are a key engine of the Korean economy. The crisis will have a lasting effect on some economic sectors and therefore require significant resource reallocation. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic compounds pre-existing challenges, notably rapid population ageing and relatively low productivity in parts of the economy. This Survey draws on the OECD Jobs Strategy to outline policies to enable the creation of more and higher-quality jobs and foster more inclusive growth. It also highlights how further digitalization can boost productivity growth, competitiveness and well-being. In order to learn more about the key findings of the 120 page report, ECCK organized a webinar with the team responsible for this report. During this webinar, Mr. Vincent Koen, Senior Official at the OECD delivered a short introduction to the report and the press coverage that the report has garnered since its publication. After such, Mr. Christophe André, Senior Economist at the OECD, spoke about the reports key policy insights and the Korean government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Jinwoan Beom, Economist at the OECD, addressed the need to raise employment and enhance job quality in the face of rapid ageing. Finally, Ms. Mathilde Pak, Economist at the OECD, focused on the outstanding digital ecosystem in Korea and the importance of promoting the diffusion of technology to boost productivity and well-being, especially given the limited digital skills amongst older adults in Korea.

A recording of the webinar will be available for ECCK members at the webinar section of our website.

Information Session on Emerging Capitalism in North Korea

September 21, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a lot of hardship for all parts of society. For employees it has resulted in new ways of working, requiring untact communication, different manner of collaboration ways, in addition to concerns about health and economic turbulence. Against this background it is essential for employers to consider ways to drive employee happiness at the workplace in this new normal. On September 22 ECCK organized a webinar for its HR Forum on Driving Employee Happiness in the New Normal. During this webinar Mr. Brian Sohn, Sales & Marketing Manager at PERSOLKELLY Korea, presented the findings of their Asia-wide survey on workplaces. This was followed by an insightful presentation by Mr. Alvin Leung, General Manager at PERSOLKELLY Hong Kong and Director of its Learning Academy, on driving ‘intrapreneurship’ amongst employees and the concept of ‘Creating Shared Value’ in order to adopt a business model to address a social problem.

ECCK HR Forum on Driving Employee Happiness in the New Normal

September 22, 2020

On September 16, ECCK hosted a CFO Forum under the theme of ‘Update in Recent Tax Law Amendments and COVID-19 Related Tax Measures’. The forum was held as a hybrid meeting for the first time, a group of CFOs physically as well as virtually joined. During the meeting, the new chairperson Mr. Benjamin Banzhaf was introduced and the former chairperson Ms. Gina Kim gave her final remarks. After the introduction and farewell, Partner of PwC Mr. Robert Browell and Executive Director of PwC Joon Yang shared presentations. We would like to thank Mr. Browell and Mr. Yang for their informative presentation as well as providing the venue for the meeting. The participants had a networking opportunity after the meeting and we would like to thank all the participants for attending this meeting and looking forward to the upcoming sessions.

ECCK CFO Forum on Update in Recent Tax Law Amendments and COVID-19 Related Tax Measures

September 16, 2020

On July 16, the ECCK Energy and Environment Working Group hosted ECCK-GGGI Energy and Environment Seminar under the theme of GHG Emission & Blue Skies and Net Zero 2050. The seminar was divided into three sessions, ‘Campaign for Blue Skies and Net Zero 2050 in the Republic of Korea,’ ‘The 3rd Basic Plan on Emission Trading System of the Republic of Korea’ and ‘The Republic of Korean Policy and Actions of GHGs Emission Reduction’. The presenters include, Director-General of GGGI Dr. Frank RIJSBERMAN, Ambassador of Denmark to Korea H.E. Einar Jensen, Ambassador of Italy to Korea H.E. Federico Failla, Lawyer from Lee & Ko Ms. Sangmin KIM and Dr. Sue Kyoung LEE from Green Technology Center (GTC). We would like to thank all the speakers and participants for their interest and active discussion.

ECCK-GGGI Energy & Environment Seminar

july 16, 2020

Effective from January 1, 2019, most tax incentives concerning corporate and personal income tax for foreign investors have been nullified. To compensate for this change, the Korean government announced to drastically increase the provision of cash grants. In order to enhance members awareness of such change and the procedures involved, ECCK organized a webinar on September 24. During this webinar, Mr. Min Jae Lee, Partner at BDO Sunghyun LLC provided an overview of the various types of FDI incentives made available by the Korean government, before focusing on the cash grant. Mr. Lee explained in detail for what purposes tax grants are made available and which conditions apply for each specific purpose. He continued to explain all steps of the application procedure, the required documents in order to facilitate participating members to apply and receive such tax grants. The webinar ended with an interactive discussion between Mr. Lee and the audience.

ECCK Webinar on Cash Grant for Foreign Investors with BDO Sunghyun LLC

September 24, 2020

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