The Korea Foreign Company Association (FORCA)
was established in 1977 under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerce
and Industry to support and promote foreign trade and investment
in Korea. FORCA has a special membership comprised of approximately
3,800 foreign-invested companies, a regular membership comprised
of 500 buying offices of foreign corporations, and a Buying Office
Business Club membership comprised of 120 Korean companies.
November 25th, 1977 |
First general meeting of organizers held |
December
20th, 1977 |
Inaugural
meeting held In-Mo Ahn inaugurated as 1st (and 2nd)
chairman |
April 7th, 1978 |
Authorized by the Ministry of Trade &
Industry |
May 31st,
1978 |
Registered
as a legal entity |
June 1st, 1978 |
Executive office established |
September
11th, 1978 |
Notification
No. 78-110 of the Ministry of Trade & Industry
issued |
February 28th, 1979 |
Held first regular general meeting |
November
1st, 1979 |
Appointed
as an organization for registration of B-class trade
agencies |
February 26th, 1982 |
Seung-Woo Lee inaugurated as 3rd (and
4th, 5th) chairman |
February
28th, 1989 |
Kil-Ung
Pak inaugurated as 6th chairman |
June, 1990 |
Dispatched economic fact-finding team
to USSR |
April
16th, 1992 |
Hee-Chul
Kang inaugurated as 7th chairman |
November 30th,1993 |
Won "Presidential Prize" (Group
category) at the 30th Trade Day |
February
23rd, 1995 |
Hee-Woon
Chang (May Department Store Int'l Inc.) inaugurated
as 8th Chairman |
June 13th, 1997 |
Name changed to Korea Foreign Company
Association |
May 29th,
1997 |
In-Hak
Choi (Motorola Korea) inaugurated as 9th chairman |
February 25th, 1999 |
Yong-Hwan Chung (Intel Korea Ltd.) inaugurated
as 10th (and 11th) chairman |
May 28th,
1999 |
First
general meeting of Buying Office Business Club |
February 9th, 2000 |
Signing ceremony for Foreign Company Legal
& Management Assistant Center |
April 24th,
2001 |
Young-Seok
Sohn (Texas Instruments Korea Ltd.) inaugurated
as 12th chairman |
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