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Samsung chief joins chip industry leaders at Korean art gala in London

Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong joined global business leaders at a London gala celebrating a Korean art exhibition on Wednesday (local time), bringing cultural outreach and semiconductor partnerships together at the British Museum in the United Kingdom. About 240 political, business and cultural figures attended the dinner. Britain's Princess Anne attended a reception…

Samsung chief joins chip industry leaders at Korean art gala in London

Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong attended a London gala at the British Museum on Wednesday, alongside global business leaders and cultural figures, to celebrate a Korean art exhibition titled “Korea: 2,000 Years of Creativity.” The exhibition, which explores 2,000 years of Korean creativity through works from Lee Kun-hee’s collection, marked the British Museum’s first major Korean art exhibition since 1984.

Notable attendees included ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet, Merck CEO Kai Beckmann, ZEISS CEO Andreas Pecher, and Imec CEO Patrick Vandenameele, whose organizations collaborate with Samsung on semiconductor technology.

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