"New Year's address" to executives and employees of business leaders... "We need to strengthen fundamental competitiveness."

In celebration of the New Year's Day, business leaders issued a series of New Year's speeches and called for strengthening internal competitiveness.

First of all, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won sent an email to SK Group members and emphasized, "We need a mindset of courage and '難而' to act even though we know the difficulties."

In particular, he said that the driving force behind future leaps is "fundamental competitiveness," and encouraged SK to reach the expected level if it persists and persistently challenges it with its own "spirit."

Doosan Group Chairman Park Jung-won also stressed the need to strengthen "fundamental financial power" so that they can catch it immediately when the opportunity arises.

Chairman Park said, "In an uncertain business environment, increasing profitability is a priority," and called for strengthening internal stability and strengthening competitiveness in the overall business sector, especially in areas related to AI.