Our goal is to make the Asian steel industry from the center of global steel production to the center of information knowledge. As part of this effort, we have been hosting Asia Steel Forum (ASF) over the past eight years to discuss current issues in the steel market with Asian countries. While ASF plays the role of bringing together the Asian steel markets offline, 'www.steeldaily.com' will be at the center of our effort to tie together the Asian steel markets online.

By bringing together the steel information markets in Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Myanmar and India around Korea, we aim to strengthen the influence of the Asian steel industry in the global stage. Steeldaily.com will also provide a variety of information on the Asian market to steel producers around the world who are interested in the Asian steel market.

ASF has been held in major Asian countries over the past eight years. Through ASF, we've worked hard to find common interests and create common ground among Asian steel companies. The ASF in 2018 will be held in Seoul from November 19 to 21. From next ASF, we plan to subdivide steel materials, and hold ASF by item such as STS, steel scrap and steel pipe. As Korea's steel industry has been rapidly integrating into the international market, the current issues in Korea can no more be addressed merely with domestic information. Without information on the fast-growing Asian steel industry, Key issues in the Korean steel industry cannot be solved.

The Asian steel market, centered in Southeast Asia, is drawing keen attention from steelmakers around the globe. Under this circumstances, we are convinced of the necessity to tie the Asian steel information markets together. We want to play this role.

We believe that it's not impossible for Steel&Steel (www.steelnsteel.co.kr) to be at the center of the Asian steel information market. We opened 'www.steeldaily.co.kr', a Korean steel news site, back in 2004 and started its English version, 'www.steeldaily.com' in 2018. We are engaged in various businesses such as steel information, consulting, education, headhunting services, and industrial inspection seminars based solely on expertise in the steel industry. It is very meaningful for us to move from the domestic steel market and to engage in an English-language steel information business targeting the whole Asian market. We believe that we're on the right path forward.

Through 'www.steeldaily.com' and Asia Steel Forum, we will make Steel&Steel and Steeldaily to be at the center of the Asian steel information market. With my gratitude to Asian steel producers.