Korea

Our office in Seoul partners with South Korean government agencies, the private sector, and civil society involved in international development and facilitates regional cooperation in Northeast Asia. Entrepreneurship development and a sustainable finance ecosystem play a key role in promoting inclusive economic growth for South Korea. Korea office website.

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Country overview

한국어

Kwang Kim,
Country Representative

Staff in Korea »

Contact

The Asia Foundation – Korea

7th Floor, Bunam Building
447 Samil-daero, Jongno-gu
Seoul, Korea 03148

Tel: +82 (2) 732-2044
Email: [email protected]

Energizing the startup/social innovation ecosystem

Entrepreneurship development and a sustainable finance ecosystem play a key role in promoting inclusive economic growth for South Korea. The Foundation’s Startup and Social Innovation Ecosystem Analysis study assesses the landscape, challenges, and opportunities for Korea’s startup and social innovation ecosystem and provides recommendations for both policy and programmatic engagements.

NEWS FROM KOREA

Asian Voices on the Future of U.S.-Asia Relations

Han Sung-Joo, Kirida Bhaopichitr, and C. Raja Mohan
September 29, 2021
Publication

The Asia Foundation Organizes Session on Regional Perspectives on the State of the Korean Peninsula
September 1, 2021
News

Virtual Event – North Korean Refugee Entrepreneurs in South Korea: Unveiling Korea’s Hidden Potential
Berkeley, CA
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Events

Impact Investing

Our online Impact Investment Digital Platform serves as a direct link between global impact investors, social enterprises, women entrepreneurs, and reduces transaction costs in identifying, assessing, and connecting them. In addition, our regular Impact for Breakfast (IFB) Seoul meetings bring together impact investors, regular investors, and ecosystem builders such as foundations, government, and NGO’s, to strengthen the sustainable finance ecosystem in Korea and other Asian countries.