President Moon Considers Inviting Samsung and Other Business Leaders to Blue House

Possible First Face-to-Face Meeting After Lee Jae-yong Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman's Parole... COVID-19 Situation Emerges as a Variable

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Jeong-min] It was reported on the 3rd that President Moon Jae-in is considering inviting heads of major conglomerates to the Blue House at the end of this month.

The Blue House is reviewing a plan to invite heads of major companies such as Samsung, Hyundai Motor, SK, LG, KT, and POSCO, which participated in the public-private cooperative youth job creation project ‘Youth Hope ON’.

If Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is invited to the event, it will be his first meeting with President Moon since his parole in August.

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On the 2nd, at the ‘Digital Korea’ event, President Moon stated, "Through Youth Hope ON, our representative companies KT, Samsung, SK, LG, POSCO, and Hyundai Motor have announced plans to train 180,000 personnel."

If the Blue House schedule proceeds at the end of this month, President Moon is expected to express gratitude for the efforts of major companies in job creation amid the COVID-19 situation and convey a message asking them to continue playing a role in economic recovery.

However, the worsening COVID-19 situation is a variable. With changes in quarantine measures such as restrictions on the number of attendees, the Blue House event is also flexible. The Blue House states that it is only reviewing the schedule, and specific dates and participants remain uncertain.

Meanwhile, the most recent occasion the Blue House invited heads of major conglomerates was a luncheon on June 2. At that time, President Moon invited Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Kim Ki-nam, Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Eui-sun, SK Chairman Chey Tae-won, LG Chairman Koo Kwang-mo, and others for a luncheon meeting.

At Samsung, Vice Chairman Kim attended instead of Vice Chairman Lee. At this meeting, President Moon expressed gratitude to the four major groups that announced large-scale investment plans related to the Korea-US summit.

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