May 26, 2026AnnouncementsAnthropic appoints KiYoung Choi as Representative Director of Korea ahead of Seoul office opening

# Anthropic appoints KiYoung Choi as Representative Director of Korea Source: [https://www.anthropic.com/news/kiyoung-choi-representative-director-anthropic-korea](https://www.anthropic.com/news/kiyoung-choi-representative-director-anthropic-korea) Korea is one of the most active markets in the world for Claude\.ai\. According to our latest[Economic Index](https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index#country-usage), Koreans use Claude at more than 3\.5 times the rate expected for the population size, with usage skewing heavily toward technical and creative work\. To support that momentum, KiYoung Choi is joining Anthropic as Representative Director of Korea, ahead of the opening of our[Seoul office](https://www.anthropic.com/news/seoul-becomes-third-anthropic-office-in-asia-pacific)\. In the coming weeks, senior leadership from Anthropic will travel to Seoul to officially open the office and meet with customers\. KiYoung joins from Snowflake, where he served as General Manager for Korea\. He brings over three decades of experience leading technology businesses across Korea and Asia\-Pacific\. Throughout his career, he has helped some of the largest Korean enterprises navigate transformative shifts in technology, ranging from cloud computing to AI adoption\. Previously, he held country leadership roles at Google Cloud, Adobe, Autodesk, and Microsoft\. “Korea is one of the most sophisticated AI markets in the world, leading in hardware innovation, developer activity, and enterprise adoption,” KiYoung said\. “Korean organizations combine technical depth with a commitment to responsible deployment, which is exactly where Anthropic operates\. That alignment is what brought me to Anthropic—and why we are focused on building in Korea for the long term\.” At Anthropic, KiYoung will lead a go\-to\-market strategy that supports the unique uses of Claude in Korea\. Innovative startups and leading enterprises in Korea are already building with Claude\.[Law&Company](https://claude.com/customers/law-and-company)uses Claude to power its AI legal assistant, helping lawyers reduce time spent on legal research and document preparation while maintaining high accuracy for sensitive legal work\.[SK Telecom](https://claude.com/customers/skt), the largest telecommunications company in Korea, chose Claude to build a custom AI customer service model, helping improve service quality and support customer service teams at SKT\. “Korea is one of the markets where we’ve seen the most enthusiasm for Claude, and few people understand its technology landscape the way KiYoung does,” said Chris Ciauri, Managing Director of International, Anthropic\. “He’ll build the team and the local partnerships to support how Korean organizations are putting Claude to work\.” Our Korea team will focus on building partnerships with enterprises and startups, engaging with government and research institutions, and supporting the vibrant developer community building with Claude\. For more information about career opportunities in our Seoul office, visit[anthropic\.com/careers](http://anthropic.com/careers)\. ## Related content ### Anthropic co\-founder Chris Olah's remarks on Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica humanitas" [Read more](https://www.anthropic.com/news/chris-olah-pope-leo-encyclical) ### Widening the conversation on frontier AI [Read more](https://www.anthropic.com/news/widening-conversation-ai) ### KPMG integrates Claude across its core business and workforce of more than 276,000 in strategic alliance KPMG and Anthropic announce a global alliance, with Claude integrated into KPMG's Digital Gateway platform and available to all 276,000\+ employees\. [Read more](https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-kpmg)