Jakarta –
A unique moment occurred on the sidelines of the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea (South Korea). Three conglomerates who own world-renowned companies gather and eat at a popular fried chicken restaurant.
The three conglomerates are Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong, and Hyundai Motor Group executive chairman Chung Eui-sun. On that occasion, those with a combined net worth of US$ 195 billion or Rp. 3,242.85 trillion (exchange rate Rp. 16,630/US dollar) treated all the visitors who came.
Launch CNNFriday (31/10/2025), the three conglomerates ate fried chicken and cold beer at the famous restaurant chain, Kkanbu Chicken, in Seoul. The three reportedly ate cheese balls, cheese sticks, boneless chicken and fried chicken along with Korean Terra beer and local alcoholic drinks, namely soju.
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“I love fried chicken and beer with friends, so Kkanbu is the perfect place, right?” said Huang to other visitors at the location.
“The chicken wings are delicious. Have you been here before? Amazing, right?” Huang said when asked about his favorite food.
Don’t forget, Huang, Lee and Chung also came out to offer chicken drumsticks and cheese to the crowd gathered at the restaurant. “Does anyone want anything? Fried chicken?” he offered while lifting the chicken basket.
When Huang rang the ‘golden bell’ to signal that he would pay everyone’s bill in the restaurant, the diners started cheering. Although it is reported that Lee as Samsung boss paid the bill, and Chung paid for the second round.
For your information, Huang’s visit to South Korea was intended to meet with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. On that occasion, Nvidia announced that it would provide more than 260,000 graphics processing units to Ginseng State companies, including Samsung and Hyundai.
Huang said his company would work with Samsung and Hyundai, as well as local web service provider Naver and chipmaker SK to strengthen the use of AI chips such as by developing AI-powered autonomous vehicles, according to the presidential office.
(igo/fdl)
