SEOUL, 21 March 2022 – The ASEAN-Korea Centre will release promotional videos on Start-up Ecosystem in ASEAN and Korea, produced in collaboration with the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and ASEAN Secretariat.

There will be 12 videos released, two videos on general sessions and ten videos on respective ASEAN Member States’ sessions. General sessions videos are comprised of presentations by Ministry of SMEs  and Startups of Republic of Korea, presented by Yong-Seok Roh, Director General for Startup Promotion Policy and the ASEAN Secretariat, presented by Le Quang Lan, Director of Market Integration Directorate.

Videos on ASEAN Members States’ sessions will introduce respective start-up ecosystems of each member state. Relevant government ministries and agencies of each country provide insights on respective start-up ecosystem frameworks, data and statistics, funding, incentives, and capacity- building programmes. The videos can be found on the ASEAN-Korea Centre and ASEAN Secretariat Youtube channels.

The main objective of this project is to share up-to-date information and to enhance awareness and understanding of ASEAN-Korea’s startup ecosystem for potential investors and the general public.

In addition, the project is an extension of the ASEAN-Korea Centre’s continuous efforts in promoting ASEAN start-up through the “ASEAN-Korea Startup Week: Online Challenge” that the ASEAN-Korea Centre has been organizing since 2018.

In this regard, the release of the videos as well as this year’s “ASEAN-Korea Startup Week 2022: Online Challenge”, to be held in October, are expected to further promote economic cooperation and sustain partnership between ASEAN and Korea in startup ecosystem development.

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Contents Inquiries: Lee Yeonjoo, Assistant Officer, TIU (+82-2-2287-1126, yjlee@aseankorea.org) Press Inquiries: Kim Hyun-ji, PR Officer, IDU (+82-2-2287-1143, hjk@aseankorea.org)