Sir John Whittingdale, MP for Maldon, visits South Korea as the Government’s Trade Envoy

From 7^th to 9th May, Sir John Whittingdale, MP for Maldon, visited the Republic of Korea in my capacity as the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy. I had a very busy programme arranged by the British Embassy to strengthen links and promote trade between our two countries building on the State Visit of President Yoon to the UK last year.

Sir John met Representative Han JeongAe and Representative Kim Byung-Joo at the National Assembly. Sir John also visited the leading K-Pop company, JYP Entertainment, and Naver, the Korean equivalent of Google. During the latter visit, Sir John discussed AI Regulation, ahead of the AI Safety Summit in Seoul the following week. In addition, Sir John met representatives of a number of British companies both at the British Korea Chamber of Commerce and at Bio Korea 2024 exhibition.

Sir John is pictured below standing outside the National Assembly Building in South Korea