Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with three prominent South Korean business leaders for a pork-belly dinner in Seoul on June 5, 2026 [3].
The gathering signals a deepening strategic alignment between the world's leading AI chip designer and South Korea's dominant conglomerates in semiconductors, electronics, and internet services.
Huang dined at a "samgyeopsal" restaurant located near Hongdae-ipgu [1]. The meeting included Choi Tae-won of SK Group, Koo Kwang-mo of LG Group, and Lee Hae-jin of Naver [1]. Reports said Koo Kwang-mo arrived at the venue at 6:52 PM [2], ahead of the official 7 PM start time [1].
The informal setting served as a venue to lay the groundwork for further cooperation in the AI era [5]. This dinner follows a previous meeting between the parties in October 2025 [5].
Reports from the scene said the leaders began the evening by sharing a glass of beer upon sitting down [3]. The meeting took place amidst significant local interest, with news outlets reporting from the restaurant entrance as the executives arrived [1].
While the dinner was informal, the presence of the chairmen from SK and LG—two of the most influential companies in the global hardware and memory chip supply chain—underscores the importance of the partnership. The inclusion of Naver, South Korea's largest search engine and an AI developer, suggests the discussions spanned both hardware infrastructure and software implementation.
“The gathering signals a deepening strategic alignment between the world's leading AI chip designer and South Korea's dominant conglomerates.”
This meeting highlights the critical interdependence of the AI ecosystem, where Nvidia's GPU architecture requires the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) produced by Korean firms like SK Hynix. By engaging with the heads of SK, LG, and Naver simultaneously, Huang is securing a comprehensive pipeline that covers everything from chip manufacturing and hardware integration to the end-user AI services deployed by Naver.
