South Korean Deputy Prime Minister Kwon O-Kyu (3rd from right) and EUCCK President Carl-Johan Hagman (center) pose with other VIPs at the EUCCK luncheon meeting at Shilla Hotel in Seoul on Nov. 22, 2006.

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea (EUCCK, www.eucck.org ) hosted a luncheon meeting at Shilla's Topaz Room in Seoul on Nov. 22, 2006.

The meeting drew more than 100 CEOs and top business executives from EUCCK members companies, European ambassadors serving in Seoul, as well as, South Korean government officials.

Among the VIP participants were EUCCK President Carl-Johan Hagman, EU Ambassador Brian Mcdonald, German Ambassador Norbert Baas and South Korean Deputy Prime Minister Kwon O-Kyu.

In this meeting, DPM Kwon O-Kyu emphasized the South Korean government's willingness for social consensus to resolve the low birth rate, an aging society, weakening of the global competitiveness of South Korea in his speech "Future Policy Direction for Expanded Growth Potential of the Korean Economy."

For details or inquiries contact the EUCCK in Seoul at 02-725-9880.