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Invest KOREA

Invest KOREA (IK) is a national investment promotion agency whose aim is to support the establishment of foreign businesses in Korea. The agency was established within the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA).
Invest KOREA promotes Korea’s investment environment abroad and provides comprehensive services to foreign companies ranging from consultations, notifications of investments, establishment of corporations, support for business activities to complaint handling to foreign companies doing business here.

Introduction to Invest KOREA

Invest KOREA (IK) staff members consist of KOTRA employees, specialists, public officials dispatched from related government ministries and agencies, and experts from the private sector, all who have extensive knowledge and experiences in the field of foreign investment.
Invest KOREA cooperates closely with 36 overseas investment-focused offices. Invest KOREA works on foreign investment policies formulated by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Foreign Investment Committee.
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Korea's Foreign Investment Promotion System
  1. MINISTRY OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND ENERGY (POLICY MAKING)
  2. FOREIGN INVESTMENT COMMITTEE (POLICY COORDINATION)
  3. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ↔ KOTRA IK (POLICY IMPLEMENTATION) ↔ RELATED AGENCIES / FEZ
  4. KOTRA'S OVERSEAS OFFICES, HEADQUARTERS
    • TARGETING
    • FINDING NEW INVESTMENT PROJECTS
    • INVESTMENT PROMOTION
    • BUSINESS SUPPORT
    • VIGILANCE
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Investment Promotion Office

Invest KOREA has 36 overseas offices and 64 investment promotion specialists around the world to assist and attract foreign investment to Korea. Overseas offices work as points of contact with potential foreign investors by providing a range of information related to investment in Korea and carrying out a variety of investment promotion activities, such as investor relations sessions.
Headquarters and Global Network : Country,Overseas Office,Contact
Country Overseas Office Contact Country Overseas Office Contact
United States of America New York (1)646-918-5855 Belgium Brussels (32)2-205-0088
Silicon Valley (1)408-432-5000 Italy Milan (39)02-795-813
Los Angeles (1)323-954-9500(#112) Switzerland Zurich (41-44)202-1232
Chicago (1)312-644-4323 Austria Vienna (43-1)586-3876
Dallas (1)972-243-9300 Singapore Singapore (65)6426-7200
Detroit (1)248-619-1601(#102) Australia Sydney (61-2)8233-4030
Atlanta (1)470-682-3960 Melbourne (61-3)9860-0500
Canada Toronto (1)416-368-3399(#201) Japan Tokyo (81-3)3214-6951
Vancouver (1)604-683-1820-201 Osaka (81)6-6262-3831
Germany Munich (49)89-2424-2631 Fukuoka (81)92-473-2005
Frankfurt (49)69-242992-20 Nagoya (81)52-561-3936
Hamburg (49)40-3405-7410 China Hong Kong (852)3465-2901
United Kingdom London (44)20-7520-5300 Shanghai (86)21-5108-8771/2
France Paris (33)1-5535-8888 Beijing (86)10-6410-6162
Sweden Stockholm (46)830-8090 Qingdao (86)532-8388-7931
Denmark Copenhagen (45)3347-7220 Guangzhou (86)20-2208-1600
Spain Madrid (34)91-556-6241 Taiwan Taipei (886)2-2725-2324
Netherlands Amsterdam (31-20)673-0555 UAE Dubai (971)4-450-4360

History

  • 2015
    • Jan - Foreign Investment Ombudsman oversees the Investment Aftercare Division
  • 2012
    • Feb - Foreign Investor Support Office opens
  • 2010
    • Aug - The function of research is added to Invest KOREA's mission
  • 2009
    • Invest KOREA ranked 1st among APEC countries for investment promotion websites by the Foreign Investment Advisory Service under the World Bank.
  • 2006
    • Nov - Invest Korea Plaza, a foreign business incubation center, opens
  • 2003
    • Dec - The KISC is re-launched as Invest KOREA
  • 1999
    • Oct - Office of the Foreign Investment Ombudsman opens
  • 1998
    • Jul - The Korea Investment Service Center (KISC) is established at KOTRA.
    • Apr - The government designated KOTRA as the national investment promotion agency of Korea.
  • 1995
    • Aug - KOTRA added supporting function for attracting foreign investment