Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong attended a Sept. 30 gala dinner at the British Museum marking the opening of Korea: 2000 Years of Creative Journeys, an exhibition featuring works from the collection of late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee. The event brought together more than 240 executives from companies including BT Group, Vodafone and Standard Chartered, senior U.K. officials and major Samsung semiconductor partners. Lee met three Korean War veterans, including Mike Ro, and thanked Princess Anne for visiting the UN Memorial Cemetery in Busan in July. He highlighted more than 140 years of ties between South Korea and the United Kingdom, as well as Samsung’s more than 80-year relationship with Britain and its use of the country as a European business hub for over 50 years. The exhibition is the British Museum’s first major Korean art special exhibition in 42 years and the third stop on an international tour after Washington and Chicago. It includes 10 national treasures and 13 treasures, while the first two U.S. exhibitions drew a combined 195,000 visitors. The dinner also gave Lee an opportunity to discuss future business cooperation with executives from ASML, Merck, Zeiss and imec amid uncertainty in the global business environment.