Chairman Lee Jae-yong Supports Busan Expo Bid at PIF Summit

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong visited the Cook Islands in the South Pacific to introduce Samsung's global CSR program, 'Samsung Solve for Tomorrow,' and requested support for attracting the Expo.

On the 9th, the Fiji government announced via Facebook that Chairman Lee met with Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka alongside Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Cho Seung-hwan at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) held in the Cook Islands and took a commemorative photo.

At the 'PIF' summit held in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka of Fiji met with Minister Cho Seung-hwan of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and his delegation for a meeting and took a commemorative photo. (From left: Lee Jae-yong, Chairman of Samsung Electronics; Sitiveni Rabuka, Prime Minister of Fiji; Cho Seung-hwan, Minister of Oceans and Fisheries)

The PIF summit, a regional consultative body consisting of island countries located in the Pacific, is being held in the Cook Islands from the 6th to the 11th. Chairman Lee attended the PIF summit and conducted activities to support the bid for the Busan Expo.

He also introduced Samsung's global CSR program, 'Samsung Solve for Tomorrow,' and signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Cook Islands Ministry of Education. The program is set to begin in 2024, aiming to support Cook Islands youth in growing into future talents.

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is a youth idea competition designed to foster creative problem-solving skills required by society in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Launched in the United States in 2010, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow has expanded globally, with approximately 2.4 million youths and teachers from over 50 countries participating cumulatively by 2022.

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