Yoon Hong-seong (尹洪晟), representative of SK JAPAN, said that Japanese companies were also highly motivated to pursue Japan-Korea cooperation, and stated that building trust was the key to economic cooperation.
There was a time when Japan-Korea economic cooperation had to be explained, but the situation is now said to have changed. This was symbolically illustrated when Japanese media gathered to establish the facts about Japan-Korea cooperation during a visit to Miyagi Prefecture by Chairman Choi Tae-won (崔泰源), who advocates Japan-Korea economic cooperation.
In an interview, Representative Yoon Hong-seong (尹洪晟) said that Japanese companies had a high level of enthusiasm for Japan-Korea economic cooperation, and stressed the importance of maintaining long-term business relationships with Japanese companies.
The South Korean side reflected on its experience during the export controls on semiconductor materials and the history of securing materials, expressing the view that economic intervention driven by political logic would be detrimental to both sides.
Specific cooperation projects in Japan, including consideration of building a semiconductor plant, remain under review. The view was expressed that strengthening the two countries' framework for cooperation will require building long-term trust and accelerating economic cooperation.