Tom Byrne, Moody’s Singapore-based senior vice president and regional credit officer for Asia and the Middle East, discusses the credit profile of Korea and other prominent East-Asian governments against the background of rising sovereign-credit stress in advanced countries. He will also provide a focus on South Korea, which Moody’s upgraded to A1 in April 2010. […]
Jaeyong Song, professor at Seoul National University and co-author of the recent Harvard Business Review article, The Paradox of Samsung’s Rise, examines the strategic management decisions that led to Samsung’s emergence as one of the world’s most successful companies from an ordinary original equipment manufacturer just 30 years ago. He will discuss how Samsung Electronics […]
Hong-Chul “Hank” Ahn, Commissioner of Invest KOREA, visits The Korea Society to outline the unique opportunities for foreign direct investment in Korea. Mr. Ahn will review the current investment climate, location benefits, promising industries, and high-quality human resources available to the foreign direct investor in Korea, and explain the services Invest KOREA offers to help […]
Dr. Jong-Wha Lee, Senior Advisor to President Lee Myung Bak, and G-20 Sherpa in Korea discusses the challenges facing the Korean economy as a result of the global economic crisis. An anemic recovery in the US economy, slower growth in China, unresolved fiscal and financial issues in the Euro Zone, coupled with increased financial and […]
Co-hosted by the Bank of Korea, the Korea Society and Asia Society This event was at Asia Society 725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street) Asian economies have been driving global growth since the 1980s, and their role is expected to be even greater in the future. However, global financial resources have in the past four […]
Dr. Changyong Rhee, Chief Economist for the Asian Development Bank, will unveil the ADB’s annual flagship publication, Asian Development Outlook 2012, at The Korea Society, on Friday, April 20, at 8:15 AM. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of macroeconomic issues in Asia, with growth projections and analyses of 45 economies in developing Asia and […]
Scott Kalb looks back at his three-year tenure as Chief Investment Officer of the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), focusing on the principles that underlie good asset management and the challenges facing sovereign wealth funds in the years ahead. The Korea Investment Corporation was founded in 2005 to manage part of Korea’s foreign exchange reserves and […]
Now that the KORUS FTA has been in effect for three months, what has changed in the business environment between the United States and South Korea? To what extent has the treaty created jobs, spurred economic growth and generated new market demand for U.S. goods and services in Korea? And what are the prospects […]
In March 2009, Seoul ranked 53nd among global financial centers; by March 2012, Seoul skyrocketed to number 9. What factors have enabled Seoul’s marked rise? How is Korea emerging relative to other hubs in Asia? What are the opportunities and challenges for continued growth? Dr. Yoon-shik Park of George Washington University’s School of Business discusses […]
Six months after implementation of the historic Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, how have legal and insurance service sectors fared? Where have there been gains or challenges? What new investments or partnerships have spurred as a result? The Korea Society Board Member Song Jung, chair of the intellectual property and technology practice at McKenna, Long & […]
