Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, from right in the second row, Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin, Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Won-tae, Shinsegae Group Vice Chairman Chung Yong-jin, LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo, Doosan Group Chairman Park Jeong-won and Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun, are seen during President Yoon Suk-yeol's inauguration ceremony held at the National Assembly in Seoul, Tuesday. Yonhap

Chiefs of major business groups, some foreign CEOs attend Yoon's inauguration ceremony

By Baek Byung-yeul

Leaders of domestic conglomerates and overseas business executives attended the inauguration ceremony of President Yoon Suk-yeol, Tuesday, pinning high hopes on the new administration to create a more business-friendly environment to help them overcome both internal and external risks.

Leaders of the country's five major conglomerates ― Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun, LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo and Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin ― attended the inaugural ceremony, held in front of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul.

The heads of conglomerates and business lobby groups were also invited to a dinner prepared after the inauguration ceremony.

President Yoon Suk-yeol shakes hands with Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, the chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority of the Abu Dhabi government, during the first day of his term as president, at the presidential office in Yongsan District, Seoul, Tuesday. Yonhap