- Registration date2026-02-27
Minister JK (Jung-Kwan) Kim of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (MOTIR) chaired the first Public–Private Export Expansion Meeting on February 25, 2026, at the KOTRA headquarters in Seoul. Prior to the meeting, he attended the signing ceremony of an MOU between the Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-SURE) and Hana Bank to provide KRW 5.0 trillion in preferential financing for exporting SMEs and mid-sized firms.
Participants included officials from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) and the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), as well as representatives from K-SURE, Hana Bank, and leading companies across key industries such as automobiles, bio, nuclear power, defense, power equipment, steel, and shipbuilding. The meeting focused on public–private cooperation measures to sustain export momentum amid a rapidly changing global trade environment.
In his remarks, Minister Kim stressed the need to maintain export momentum despite heightened uncertainty and reaffirmed the government’s commitment to proactive export diversification. He also highlighted plans to expand support for priority export sectors and strengthen inclusive trade finance to broaden the export base.