Seoul: HD Hyundai Co, South Korea's leading shipbuilding conglomerate, is committed to playing a key role in the Seoul-Washington partnership aimed at revitalising the U.S. naval and commercial shipbuilding industries, its chairman said on Monday.

"We intend to actively participate in the U.S.' new maritime vision and policies, particularly the initiatives for maritime dominance and prosperity, including the construction of a next-generation fleet spearheaded by the U.S. Navy and the rebuilding of shipyards," Chairman Chung Ki-sun said in a keynote speech at the Future Tech Forum in Gyeongju, some 275 kilometers southeast of Seoul, the host city of this week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit.

The forum was held as part of an official business event of the APEC gather

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