German envoy points to renewables, industrial AI and EU opportunities for S. Korea at GBF

German Ambassador to South Korea Georg Wilfried Schmidt stressed his country’s potential as a key economic partner for Korea amid rising geopolitical and trade uncertainties in his opening speech at the 9th Global Business Forum in Seoul on Wednesday. Referring to the ongoing Middle East conflict and growing concerns over energy security, the German envoy said that Germany’s path toward renewable energy may hold lessons for Korea in pursuing a greener future. “More than 50 percent of our electri

By The Korea Herald