SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday opened a research and development center in its production line located in the southern part of the country, which will accommodate 1,500 researchers. The opening came around two years after the South Korean tech giant started the construction of the facility in Changwon, 400 [...]
CHANGWON, South Korea, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – About 15,000 migrants from 12 countries are expected to show up at a massive street parade in the southeastern city of Changwon this Sunday as part of an annual multicultural festival, organizers said. The 12th Migrants’ Arirang Multicultural Festival (MAMF) will kick off Friday evening for a three-day run featuring traditional performances, an Asian pop concert, folk [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it plans to spend 600 billion won (US$527 million) on renovating its aged kitchen appliances production lines in South Korea. First built in 1976, the factory located in Changwon, about 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, currently produces small products, while demand for larger appliances [...]
CHANGWON, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual festival aimed at understanding and sharing cultural values between Koreans and migrants is slated to open in South Korea’s southeastern city of Changwon later this month, organizers said Wednesday. The 12th Migrants’ Arirang Multicultural Festival (MAMF) will kick off its three-day run Sept. 29, bringing together art [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – S.M. Entertainment, one of the largest South Korean entertainment companies, plans to build an ‘SM Cultural Complex’ in Changwon, the capital city of South Gyeongsang Province. Ahn Sang-soo, the mayor of Changwon, held a press conference at Changwon City Hall’s Press Center on Tuesday June 21 to announce the development [...]
CHANGWON, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Changwon City, IPM Group, and IPM’s Korean subsidiary CKIPM signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday to cooperate in creating an 800-yacht marina facility on Changwon’s upcoming artificial island, also known as Masan Ocean New Town. IPM Group is a Spanish company responsible for the management of marinas and dry [...]
CHANGWON, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The streetlights in Changwon will get ‘smarter’ through the use of light control technology. The local government of Changwon announced that it has started energy saving programs in collaboration with companies such as SK Telecom. Changwon is seeking to automatically control 26,000 streetlights in the city so that it can [...]
CHANGWON, Dec.28 (Korea Bizwire) – Although the electric car is gathering popularity as an eco-friendly transportation means, many people have a common misunderstanding that the mileage will be shorter than that of normal cars. Changwon city, Gyeongnam province, which is the ‘Leading City of Electric Cars’ designated by the Ministry of Environment, made an attempt [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The final round of an annual international K-pop festival will open in South Korea next month, wrapping up a contest that involved participants from a record 67 countries, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. The K-pop World Festival, now in its fifth year, drew more than 12,000 participants, or more [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The Spanish Ambassador to Korea, Gonzalo Ortiz, paid a visit to Céspedes Memorial Park in Changwon, Gyeongsamnam-do on February 5. Gregorio de Céspedes, a Spanish Jesuit Priest, was the first European to arrive in Korea. He came to the Korean peninsula at the request of the Roman Catholic Church in 1593, [...]