SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The main flames of a fire at the COEX exhibition center in southern Seoul have been contained, firefighting officials said Friday, amid no report of casualties. The fire broke out inside a restaurant on the second floor of the exhibition center and firefighters responded to a fire report shortly [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A conference on electric energy kicked off in Seoul on Wednesday to showcase cutting-edge electric power technologies of local and foreign companies, the industry ministry said. Elecs Korea 2025, hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, will run for three days through Friday at the COEX convention [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul International Sourcing Fair, a major business-to-business consumer goods exhibition, opens December 4 at the COEX convention center, bringing together over 300 companies from around the world for a three-day showcase of products ranging from gifts and home goods to beauty products and digital health technology. The event, running [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Convention and Exhibition Center (COEX) in southern Seoul is gaining popularity as a venue for examinations and interviews in the pandemic era thanks to its safe quarantine environment and variety of spaces. Some 800 students took the U.S.-based Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) at COEX last Saturday. The College [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The global content festival Comic Con, which showcases a variety of pop culture content including cartoons, movies, animations and games, is coming to South Korea in August. The organizer, Reed Exhibitions Korea, said Friday that it will host “Comic Con Seoul 2019″ at COEX from August 2 to 4. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday said it has finished installing the country’s largest light-emitting diode (LED) signage in southern Seoul, tapping deeper into the emerging business. The South Korean tech giant said the signage was installed at COEX, which is a shopping mall and convention center, located in the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – S.M. Entertainment, South Korea’s leading entertainment management agency, said Thursday it plans to hold a yearlong talent audition in 10 countries in 2018. The 2018 S.M. Global Audition will begin on Jan. 21 at COEX in southern Seoul and be held successively in five other South Korean cities, including [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has become the world’s sixth largest exporter, moving up two notches from 2016, on the back of brisk sales of memory chips and a rally in oil prices, the trade ministry said Tuesday. Exports by Asia’s fourth-largest economy jumped 16.5 percent in the first 11 months of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – International online shopping giant Amazon has announced plans to help South Korean sellers with international sales. Amazon set out plans during its first press conference in South Korea dubbed the ‘Global Selling Conference’, which was held at COEX on Thursday. The international shopping giant discussed its global selling service, ‘Amazon [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The city’s schedule for Friday and Sunday is packed with diverse activities. On Friday, September 29, a temporary stage for the 2017 Gangnam Festival will be set up around the Hyundai Global Business Center in Gangnam. Artists expected to perform are Korean legends Lee Seung Chul and Gummy. The [...]