Lee Jae-yong Returns Home After Europe Business Trip... First Words "It Was Good"

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is returning to Korea on the 18th through the Seoul Gimpo Business Aviation Center in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, after a 12-day business trip to Europe. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Sun-mi]"It was good"

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong returned to Korea from France on the 18th after a 12-day business trip to Europe. Upon arriving at Gimpo Business Aviation Center on the morning of the 18th, Vice Chairman Lee first told the press, "It was good."

He said, "(The Europe trip) was good," adding, "I visited ASML (a Dutch semiconductor equipment company) and the semiconductor research institute imec, where I was able to get a sense of how next-generation semiconductor technology will develop."

He continued, "Going to Europe made the Russia-Ukraine war feel much more real," and said, "There is a lot of market confusion, change, and uncertainty, but what we (Samsung) need to do is bring in good people and create a flexible culture that allows the organization to adapt to predictable changes. After that, no matter how much I think about it, first, second, and third is technology. We will work hard."

Vice Chairman Lee left for Europe on the 7th, just two weeks after deciding to invest 450 trillion won over the next five years focusing on future new businesses such as semiconductors, bio, and new growth information technology (IT). This was his first overseas business trip in six months since his visit to the Middle East in December last year. During this trip, he is known to have visited Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.

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