Dear Readers,

•    It is my privilege and pleasure to invite you to Invest Korea Week (IKW) 2017, to be held on November 7-9 in Seoul.
•    First introduced in 2006, IKW (formerly known as Foreign Investment Week) celebrates its 13th anniversary and proudly stands as Korea’s largest international investment promotion event. This three-day event brings together key players from across the globe and serves as a platform for participants to share insights on Korea’s investment environment.
•    Under this year’s theme, ‘Foreign investment’s impact on job creation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution’, IKW will provide information on new investment opportunities amid the rapid pace of industrial transformation.
•    By converging its manufacturing industry and information technology, Korea is revolutionizing the industrial landscape. Against this backdrop, IKW 2017 will help investors find ideal Korean partners to strengthen their business cooperation. We are also proud to announce IKW’s first-ever job fair, which will link promising Korean talent to foreign businesses, including a number of Fortune 500 companies. Along with the job fair, participants can also enjoy investment conferences, pitching seminars by startups, site visits and networking events.
•    But that’s not all Invest KOREA has in store. Later this month, IK will be hosting its biannual Get to Know Korea program in PyeongChang, the host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics. We invite foreign investors and their family members to be a part of this cultural event, as they will get an exclusive tour of the Olympic venues. It will also be a time for us to learn more about PyeongChang’s vibrant investment and living environment.
•    I thus ask for your continued interest in IK’s activities and look forward to seeing you in November.

Sincerely,


Yong Kook Kim
Head of Invest KOREA