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Thursday,
27 April 2017
Kingsday at Heineken Korea On
April 27, DBCK and Heineken Korea organized a Kingsday party to celebrate the King's 50th
birthday. A Dutch national anthem sing-a-long and a beer-tap Masterclass were provided by our host Heineken
for creating a genuine Kingsday mood. Thank you all for participating and contributing to this event.
Thursday,
20 April 2017
Brown Bag Lunch Seminar DBCK and TMF Group On
April 20, DBCK organized its second brown bag lunch seminar. During this event, Ms. Youngjoo Kim, Managing Director
of TMF Korea, shared practical local compliance tips with the 20 people audience. The presentation contained insights
on various questions foreign entities operating in Korea have with regards to the most recent tax amendments, types of resident
(local) tax, statutory audits and e-tax invoices. After her presentation Ms. Kim happily answered any remaining questions
from the attendees.
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Lecture
and Lunch at the Dutch Embassy Mrs. Corinne Vigreux, Co-Founder &
Managing Director of Consumer Business Unit of Dutch consumer electronics company TOMTOM joined the DBCK for lunch and shared her
knowledge and experience in business trends in Asia and challenges ahead for consumer electronics business. Click here for more pictures of the event
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| TOMTOM and the future of consumer electronics business in Asia |
26-29 September 2016 Official visit of the Prime Minister
of the Netherlands, H.E. Mr. Mark Rutte, accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Martijn van Dam and the Netherlands
Trade Mission to the Republic of Korea.
Tuesday, 27 September 2016 Netherlands-Korea Trade Dinner
On the occasion of the visit of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mr. Mark Rutte, accompanied
by the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Martijn van Dam and the Netherlands trade mission to the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands-Korea
Trade Dinner was organized by the Netherlands Embassy in Seoul at the Shilla Hotel, Seoul. Around 270 guests were present
to this event and 13 MoU's were signed by Dutch companies/organizations and their Korean counterparts during the course of
the dinner. 18 DBCK members have joined the dinner and had opportunities for networking with the members of Dutch trade mission
and their Korean business partners. Click here for more pictures of the event.
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| The Netherlands-Korea Trade Dinner |
Wednesday, 28 September 2016 Netherlands-Korea Bicycle Donation
Ceremony
On 26, 27, 28 and 29 September,
the Netherlands’ Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, together with a large business delegation, visited South Korea. Part
of the visit included donating 220 bicycles to the city. Bicycles are a common point of interest that both the Netherlands
and the city of Seoul have. Therefore, the Dutch Embassy came up with the initiative to donate bicycles
to the Seoul Metropolitan Government to use in its Public Bike Rental System. The bicycles will have orange accents and will
have the logo of the company that donated the bike and a symbol combining ‘Seoul Bike’ Logo and Dutch National
Flag. The bicycles were donated by the support of the Dutch business community in South Korea. On behalf of the board we would
like to thank the following parties for their donation:
ING Bank Seoul NV (75)
Philips
(50)
Akzonobel (40)
ASML (20)
DSM (10)
Shell (10)
KLM (10)
TMF (4)
DBCK (1)
Wednesday, 28 September 2016 Prime Minister Mark Rutte Visits
ING Korea
On Wednesday 28th September,
the Netherlands’ Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited DBCK Member ING Korea. He arrived together with the Netherlands' ambassador
to Korea Mr. Lody Embrechts and spoke with ING's management and employees.
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| Prime Minister Mark Rutte visits ING Korea |
Wednesday, 28 September 2016 Prime Minister Mark Rutte Visits
Philips Korea
On Wednesday 28th
September, the Netherlands’ Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited DBCK Member Philips. He arrived together with the Netherlands' ambassador
to Korea Mr. Lody Embrechts, and spoke with Philips' management and employees.
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| Prime Minister Mark Rutte Visits Philips Korea |
Netherlands-Korea Business Day
The Netherlands-Korea Business day consisted of seminars, network lunches and a very successful business matchmaking
session. After the plenary session of the seminar officially opened by the Prime Minister Mark
Rutte, five different break-out sessions were held on topics like agriculture, horticulture,
gaming, big data and investment to the Netherlands. About 400 people attended the seminar and more than 50 Dutch companies/organizations
from the Netherlands Trade Mission attended business matchmaking sessions in the afternoon.Click
here for more pictures of the event
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| New Dutch-Korean business relations were established during the succesful matchmaking event |
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