·From PC bangs and baseball to boardrooms and labs, Nvidia CEO combines celebrity appeal with business diplomacy (The Korea Herald) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's Korea trip has unfolded with fanfare, selfies and a full course of Korean crowd-pleasers — from a PC bang appearance with a legendary League of Legends player to candid talks with the country's top tech chiefs over Korean barbecue.
·Through Monday night, Huang's itinerary was set to span more PC bang stops, fried chicken, samgyetang and baseball as he discussed next-generation technologies and sought to reinforce Nvidia's collaboration with Korean partners in AI, robotics and semiconductors.
·Hongdae outing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, SK Group Chair Chey Tae-won, LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo and Naver founder Lee Hae-jin share pork belly and soju at Hyeongnim Jeoyo, a restaurant in Hongdae district in Seoul, on Friday.
·(Pool photo via Yonhap) Crowds fill the streets of Seoul's Hongdae district on Friday as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang meets with SK Group Chair Chey Tae-won, LG Group Chair Koo Kwang-mo and Naver Chairman Lee Hae-jin for a pork belly dinner gathering.
·(Yoon Chang-bin/The Korea Herald) Touching down in Seoul on Friday with what he called many "surprises" for Korea, Huang rekindled the buzz of last year's Kkanbu Chicken meetup, this time with SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo and Naver founder Lee Hae-jin over pork belly and drinks in Hongdae, Seoul.