{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://gonzalez-colon.house.gov/media/press-releases/jenniffer-gonz-lez-promueve-en-corea-del-sur-puerto-rico-como-destino-de", "Jenniffer Gonzlez promueve en Corea del Sur a Puerto Rico  como destino de inversin", "2017-09-01", "2017", "2017-09", "Republican", "House", "PR", "Jenniffer Gonz\u00e1lez-Col\u00f3n", "G000582", "gonzalez-colon.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonz\u00e1lez-Col\u00f3n presented to various Korean enterprise groups the opportunities for business in Puerto Rico during her visit as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation working to create closer trade and security links between the United States and South Korea.\u00a0\n\u00a0\nSe\u00fal, Rep\u00fablica de Corea del Sur-\u00a0 La comisionada residente, Jenniffer Gonz\u00e1lez Col\u00f3n, present\u00f3 las oportunidades para hacer negocios en Puerto Rico a varios conglomerados de empresas, como parte de su visita, junto a una delegaci\u00f3n congresional bipartita, para estrechar los lazos comerciales y de seguridad entre Estados Unidos y Corea del Sur.\u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\nLa comisionada resalt\u00f3 los incentivos econ\u00f3micos, la infraestructura de la isla, la mano de obra local especializada y las regulaciones federales como atractivos para hacer negocios en Puerto Rico.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\nGonz\u00e1lez Col\u00f3n particip\u00f3 de una mesa redonda de trabajo con la C\u00e1mara de Comercio Americana en Corea, donde discuti\u00f3 en m\u00e1s detalles las ventajas de invertir en Puerto Rico. All\u00ed convers\u00f3 con el presidente y CEO de la organizaci\u00f3n, James Kin.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\nEn la noche, la congresista habl\u00f3 ante cientos de empresas que integran el Korea International Trade Association (KITA) sobre los incentivos que ofrece Puerto Rico en \u00e1reas especializadas como farmac\u00e9utica, tecnolog\u00eda, biomedicina, industrias creativas, textiles, inform\u00e1ticas, entre otros. \u00a0\n\u00a0\nLos congresistas se reunieron adem\u00e1s con el presidente de SPC Group, Hur Young-in, gran conglomerado en Se\u00fal que re\u00fane productores de alimentos y confiter\u00eda; y con el presidente de CJ Group, Sohn Kyung-Shik, otro conglomerado, pero en esta ocasi\u00f3n de compa\u00f1\u00edas de inversi\u00f3n.\u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\nLa delegaci\u00f3n congresional busca reforzar la alianza comercial entre Estados Unidos y Corea del Sur ante el Tratado de Libre Comercio entre ambas naciones o KORUS que entr\u00f3 en vigor el 15 de marzo del 2012.\u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\nLa comisionada residente visit\u00f3, adem\u00e1s, la zona desmilitarizada (DMZ) entre Corea del Norte y Corea del Sur donde se reuni\u00f3 con el secretario de las Naciones Unidas para esta misi\u00f3n.\n\u00a0\nEl DMZ se cre\u00f3 el 27 de julio de 1953 con la firma del Armisticio que dio fin a la Guerra de Corea; cubre un \u00e1rea de dos kil\u00f3metros donde la actividad militar est\u00e1 prohibida; sirve como reserva ecol\u00f3gica; y conserva t\u00faneles y edificios como herencia hist\u00f3rica de la guerra.\u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\nLa visita se dio el mismo d\u00eda del lanzamiento de un misil bal\u00edstico por cielo japon\u00e9s por parte de Corea del Norte.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\nLa delegaci\u00f3n congresional sostuvo reuniones con sus hom\u00f3logos en Corea del Sur en el Parlamento coreano. All\u00ed se reunieron con Shim Jae-Kwon, presidente del Comit\u00e9 de Unificaci\u00f3n y Asuntos de Exteriores de la Asamblea Nacional Coreana y representantes de varios partidos pol\u00edticos.\u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\n###\n\n\tJenniffer Gonz\u00e1lez promotes Puerto Rico as investment destination in South Korea\n\t\u00a0\n\t\u00a0\n\t\u00a0\n\tSeoul, Republic of Korea -\u00a0 Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonz\u00e1lez-Col\u00f3n presented to various Korean enterprise groups the opportunities for business in Puerto Rico during her visit as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation working to create closer trade and security links between the United States and South Korea.\u00a0\n\t\u00a0\n\tThe Resident Commissioner highlighted the island\u2019s infrastructure, Enterprise incentives, specialized workforce and protection of federal regulations as factors that make Puerto Rico attractive for business.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\t\u00a0\n\tGonz\u00e1lez-Col\u00f3n joined the work of a roundtable of the Korea American Chamber of Commerce to discuss more in detail Puerto Rico\u2019s investment advantages, and held conversations with the organization\u2019s President and CEO James Kim.\n\t\u00a0\n\tThat evening the Congresswoman addressed representatives of the hundreds of companies that form the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) about Puerto Rico\u2019s incentives for specialized industries like pharmaceuticals, biomedical, high tech, IT, textiles and others.\u00a0\n\t\u00a0\n\tThe Members of Congress had meetings with Hur Young-in, president of SPC Group, a Seoul-based conglomerate of food and Candy producers; as well as Sohn Kyung-Shik, president of investment firm conglomerate CJ Group.\u00a0\u00a0\n\t\u00a0\n\tThe congressional delegation seeks to reinforce the commercial partnership between South Korea and the United States under the Korea-US Free Trade Zone, established March 15, 2012.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\t\u00a0\n\tThe Resident Commissioner visited the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea where she met with the UN secretary for the Mission. The DMZ, created on July 23 1953 when the armistice was signed stopping the Korean War, covers a span of two kilometers on each side of the ceasefire line where military activities are banned. 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