2024 Korea Economic Forum — in pictures

A total of 173 participants, including ambassadors and representatives from 42 countries, together with business leaders from Korea’s major companies, attended the 18th annual forum hosted by the Korea JoongAng Daily at Lotte Hotel in central Seoul.

From left, Ambassador of Slovakia Marek Repovsky, Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy of Sweden Johannes Andreasson and Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy of Poland Artur Gradziuk exchange greetings with a Korea AeroSpace Administration official during the 18th Korea Economic Forum at Lotte Hotel in Jung District, central Seoul, on Thursday. [PARK SANG-MOON]

A total of 173 participants, including ambassadors, deputy heads of mission and representatives from 42 countries, together with business leaders and executives from Korea’s major companies, attended the 18th Korea Economic Forum hosted by the Korea JoongAng Daily at Lotte Hotel in central Seoul.

Sung Tae-yoon, the director of national policy at the presidential office, gave a keynote address on Korea' economic prospects, and Yoon Young-bin, the inaugural chief of the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA), gave a special presentation on the vision of the newly launched space agency during the forum.

Clockwise from center, Director of National Policy at the presidential office Sung Tae-yoon, CEO and Publisher of the Korea JoongAng Daily and JoongAng Ilbo Park Chang-hee, Chairman of the Korea Federation of Banks Cho Yong-byoung, German Ambassador Georg Schmidt, Mexican Ambassador Carlos Penafiel Soto, Malaysian Ambassador Mohd Zamruni Khalid, Philippine Ambassador Theresa Dizon-De Vega and British Ambassador Colin Crooks attend the 18th Korea Economic Forum at Lotte Hotel in Jung District, central Seoul, on Thursday. [PARK SANG-MOON]

Director of National Policy Sung Tae-yoon, left, and CEO and Publisher of the Korea JoongAng Daily and JoongAng Ilbo Park Chang-hee, right, attend the 18th Korea Economic Forum at Lotte Hotel in Jung District, central Seoul, on Thursday. [PARK SANG-MOON]

Ambassador of the Philippines Theresa Dizon-De Vega, left, and Director of National Policy Sung Tae-yoon, right, exchange greetings during the 18th Korea Economic Forum at Lotte Hotel in Jung District, central Seoul, on Thursday. [PARK SANG-MOON]

From left, Ambassador of the United Kingdom Colin Crooks, Chairman of the Korea Federation of Banks Cho Yong-byoung and Director of National Policy at the presidential office Sung Tae-yoon exchange greetings during the 18th Korea Economic Forum at Lotte Hotel in Jung District, central Seoul, on Thursday. [PARK SANG-MOON]

Minister Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of Sierra Leone Isatu Sema Aisha Sillah, left, and Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of India Nishi Kant Singh pose for a photo during the 18th Korea Economic Forum at Lotte Hotel in Jung District, central Seoul, on Thursday. [PARK SANG-MOON]

Ambassador of Germany Georg Schmidt, left, and Ambassador of Ukraine Dmytro Ponomarenko, exchange greetings during the 18th Korea Economic Forum at Lotte Hotel in Jung District, central Seoul, on Thursday. [PARK SANG-MOON]

Ambassador of the Dominican Republic Federico Alberto Cuello Camilo asks a question after a keynote speech by Director of National Policy at the presidential office Sung Tae-yoon during the 18th Korea Economic Forum at Lotte Hotel in Jung District, central Seoul, on Thursday. [PARK SANG-MOON]

Ambassador of the United Kingdom Colin Crooks asks a question after a keynote speech by Director of National Policy Sung Tae-yoon during the 18th Korea Economic Forum at Lotte Hotel in Jung District, central Seoul, on Thursday. [PARK SANG-MOON]

Ambassador of Luxembourg Jacques Flies asks a question after a special presentation by Korea AeroSpace Administration Administrator Yoon Young-bin during the 18th Korea Economic Forum at Lotte Hotel in Jung District, central Seoul, on Thursday. [PARK SANG-MOON]

Ambassador of Italy Emilia Gatto, left, asks a question after a special presentation by Korea AeroSpace Administration Administrator Yoon Young-bin during the 18th Korea Economic Forum at Lotte Hotel in Jung District, central Seoul, on Thursday, as Ambassador of Tunisia Kais Darragi, center, and Ambassador of Ireland Michelle Winthrop, right, listen. [PARK SANG-MOON]