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Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon attends the UN Global Compact Board of Directors... AI collaboration tool proposal

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Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon attended the UN Global Compact Board of Directors meeting held at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA and proposed a cooperation plan using Naver Works and Papago Plus, and announced that they plan to seek cooperation with networks in over 70 countries to support the implementation of the UNGC's 2026-2030 strategy.

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Naver CEO Soo-yeon Choi was appointed as a director of the UN Global Compact in September last year, the first Korean in 17 years, and through this visit, she sought to strengthen global partnerships using Naver's AI and collaboration tools.

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Naver announced on the 30th that CEO Soo-yeon Choi attended the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) board meeting held at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York, USA on the 19th (local time) and proposed the use of Naver's artificial intelligence (AI) collaboration tool.

Key directors, including UN Secretary-General António Guterres and UNGC Secretary-General Sanda Ozambo, attended this board meeting and discussed the role of corporations for sustainable development.

During his visit, Representative Choi suggested reviewing the use of Naver Cloud's collaboration platform 'Naver Works' and AI-based interpretation and translation service 'Papago Plus' to strengthen collaboration in the UNGC global network.

The purpose is to help implement the UNGC's '2026-2030 Strategy' to support corporate sustainability practices.

Naver plans to seek ways to cooperate with the UNGC headquarters, networks of over 70 countries, and participating small and medium-sized enterprises. The specific method and timing of cooperation will be decided through future discussions.

UNGC is a corporate sustainability initiative in which more than 25,000 companies and organizations from more than 100 countries around the world participate.

We support responsible management based on 10 principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption.

CEO Choi said, "I hope Naver's AI and digital technology will help the digital transformation of the UNGC local network and accelerate global communication."

In September of last year, Representative Choi was appointed as a UNGC director for a three-year term, becoming the first Korean in 17 years.

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Specific cooperation plans between Naver and the UN Global Compact will be announced in the coming months.
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