The annual Swiss-Korean Innovation Week (SKIW) kicked off on May 20, on the topic of Building Bridges in Digital Trust. For its seventh edition, the theme was The Trust Equation.
The Embassy of Switzerland hosted Story-telling Night on May 15 in the courtyard of the Swiss Hanok, a new building just west of downtown Seoul that presents a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Korean houses known as hanok.
Swisspeace, a peace research institute based in Basel and organizer of the Basel Peace Forum, held a spin-off event in Seoul, discussing the topic of sustainable peace. Organized with the Embassy of Switzerland in Korea, “The International Basel Peace Forum: New Avenues to Promote Peace” brought together experts from academia, business, NGOs and art to the Swiss Hanok in central Seoul, Friday.