If you want to understand where Korean business is going in America, look at New Jersey.
Not Silicon Valley. Not Manhattan. New Jersey — a state that already houses the US headquarters of Samsung, LG, and Hana Bank, and is now attracting a new wave of Korean companies in biotech, food, technology, and cultural enterprise.
New Jersey offers Korean companies something no other state can match: proximity to New York City's capital markets, a deep pharmaceutical and biotech ecosystem anchored by Merck and J&J, one of the largest Korean American communities in the United States, and direct flight connections to Seoul via Newark Liberty International Airport.
Organizations like KCED (Korean Culture & Economic Development) are building the institutional infrastructure to help Korean companies navigate their US entry — from regulatory compliance and real estate to banking relationships and cultural translation.
The corridor is real, it is growing, and New Jersey is its center of gravity.