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Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho, front row center, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choo Kyung-ho, front row fourth from right, and Employment and Labor Minister Lee Jung-sik, front row fourth from left, pose with distinguished guests before the beginning of the Korea Times Forum themed “Survival and Growth Strategies in the AI Era” at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Wednesday. From left in the first row are Korea Times President-Publisher Oh Young-jin, Spanish Ambassador to Korea Guillermo Kirkpatrick, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic Federico Alberto Cuello Camilo, Lee, Seung, Choo, German Ambassador Georg Schmidt, Export-Import Bank of Korea Chairman Yoon Hee-sung and Coupang Representative Director Kang Han-Seung. From left in the second row are Sierra Leonean Ambassador Kathos Jibao Mattai, Korea Network of Women in Finance Chairperson Kim Sang-kyung, Ecuadorian Ambassador Carlos Eduardo Emanuele, Croatian Ambassador Damir Kusen, Ukrainian Ambassador Dmytro Ponomarenko, Brazilian Ambassador Marcia Donner Abreu, Chilean Ambassador Mathias Francke, Argentine Ambassador Emiliano Waiselfisz, Deutsche Bank Korea Managing Director and Branch Manager Park Hyun-nam, Kuwaiti Ambassador Deyab Farhan Al-Rashidi and Pakistani Ambassador Nabeel Munir. From left in the third row are assistant professor Yang Yoon-seok of the State University of New York, Korea, LG AI Research Principal Policy Officer Kim Myoung-shin, Communication General Counselor of the Greek Embassy to Korea Efthymios Aravantinos-Koutsouvis, Indonesian Deputy Chief of Mission Zelda Wulan Kartika, McKinsey partner and Co-Leader of QuantumBlack Japan Matt McDevitt, Mckinsey’s Korea office partner Sonny Kim, Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Martin Henkelmann, Wrtn Technologies Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Yoo Young-joon, British Chamber of Commerce in Korea Executive Director Lucinda Walker, Latvian Deputy Ambassador Ieva Majore, Korea Financial Investment Association President Seo Yoo-seok, Hankook Ilbo CEO and Publisher Lee Sung-chul, and Israeli Deputy Chief of Mission to Korea Barak Shine. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho, left, shakes hands with Deputy Prime Minister and Economy and Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho during the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Korea Times President-Publisher Oh Young-jin, right, speaks with Ecuadorian Ambassador to Korea Carlos Eduardo Emanuele during the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Spanish Ambassador to Korea Guillermo Kirkpatrick, left, talks with Coupang Representative Director Kang Han-Seung during the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Employment and Labor Minister Lee Jung-sik, center, poses for a selfie with company and embassy officials during the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in central Seoul, Wednesday. From left are Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Martin Henkelmann, Wrtn Technologies Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Yoo Young-joon, Lee, Latvian Deputy Ambassador to Korea Ieva Majore and British Chamber of Commerce in Korea Executive Director Lucinda Walker. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho, second from right, talks with Employment and Labor Minister Lee Jung-sik, second from left, during the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

British Chamber of Commerce in Korea Executive Director Lucinda Walker, left, speaks to Latvian Deputy Ambassador to Korea Ieva Majore during the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho gives a congratulatory speech during the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Deputy Prime Minister Choo Kyung-ho gives a congratulatory speech during the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Employment and Labor Minister Lee Jung-sik gives a special speech during the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

McKinsey partner Matt McDevitt gives a keynote speech during the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Latvian Deputy Ambassador to Korea Ieva Majore, right, and Israeli Deputy Chief of Mission to Korea Barak Shine, left, applaud during the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Chilean Ambassador to Korea Mathias Francke reads The Korea Times newspaper during the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Government and company officials take part in the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Export-Import Bank of Korea Chairman Yoon Hee-sung, front, applauds during the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Deputy Prime Minister Choo Kyung-ho gives a congratulatory speech during the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

University of Utah Asia Campus Dean Gregory Hill, left, shakes hands with McKinsey partner Matt McDevitt during the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Korea Nabeel Munir, front, listens to a speech during the Korea Times Forum at the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry building in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk