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South Korea Puts AI at Core of APEC CEO Summit as SK Confirms High-Profile Forum

Seoul seeks to lock in marquee tech CEOs to advance its APEC AI initiative.

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won (C) speaks to reporters on the sidelines of the 2025 Trans-Pacific Dialogue hosted by the Chey Institute for Advanced Studies at a hotel in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 21, 2025, in this file photo. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
In this file photo, Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong (L) and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won (R) talk with Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang during the reception for a roundtable meeting of South Korean and U.S. business leaders at a Washington hotel on Aug. 25, 2025. (Yonhap)
This undated file photo provided by SK Group shows its artificial intelligence solutions, which will be presented on Oct. 28, 2025, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in the southeastern city of Gyeongju, South Korea. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
In this file photo, Chung Shin-a (L), chief of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., shakes hands with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during a press conference at a Seoul hotel on Feb. 4, 2025. Kakao announced a partnership with OpenAI to use ChatGPT in its new artificial intelligence service, joining a global alliance led by the U.S. AI company amid intensifying competition in the global AI market. (Yonhap)

Overview

  • The APEC CEO Summit runs Oct. 28–31 in Gyeongju and is organized by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which serves as ABAC secretariat.
  • SK Group will host the Future Tech Forum AI on Oct. 28 and plans to unveil AI data center solutions integrating SK hynix, SK Telecom and SK Enmove technologies.
  • Attendance is still being finalized, with an industry source saying Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is “most likely” to visit while the company says plans are not fixed.
  • KCCI Chairman Chey Tae-won has personally invited Huang and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and OpenAI has opened a Seoul office and is exploring work with Kakao, Samsung and SK hynix.
  • South Korea plans to present an APEC AI Initiative at the leaders’ summit, with final CEO confirmations expected by mid-October shaping how central AI becomes to the meetings.