Together with AustCham Korea’s resident corporate social responsibility (CSR) expert Harry Lee, members of the AustCham Secretariat visited the office of the Yeouido Saetgang Ecological Park, a huge green space in the heart of Seoul. The reason for the visit was to discuss a future CSR activity there, in which members of the extended AustCham members and associated community will be invited to take part.

As well as being a leafy oasis in the middle of the city where Seoul residents go to take walks (often barefoot), Yeouido Saetgang Ecological Park is also home to wild Eurasian otters, a protected species designated Natural Monument No. 330 by the South Korean government in 1982.

Secretariat members were led on a brief inspection of the park, where AustCham Korea members and friends will soon be invited to take part in a clean-up exercise. As a result of the visit and discussion, Harry and the Secretariat members feel confident that AustCham Korea can play a part in improving the attractiveness of the park for both its human and otter visitors.