SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A global pop culture extravaganza Comic Con Seoul is set to open on Friday afternoon, creating a venue for Korean comic and game fans as well as businesses to check the latest trends and meet globally renowned artists and industry experts from companies like Marvel and Blizzard Entertainment. The [...]
SEOUL, July. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Plans for Seoul’s largest underground construction project yet have been revealed, which will see the city inject 1.3 trillion won into building a massive ‘underground city’ 30 times bigger than Jamsil Baseball Stadium underneath the busy roads of Gangnam by 2023. According to the master plan for the Yeongdong-daero [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s largest consumer electronics and technology trade fair will kick off in Seoul later this week to showcase the latest mobile gadgets and telecommunications technologies, the ICT ministry said Tuesday. The World IT Show, hosted by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, will kick off Wednesday [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2017 Korea Travel Expo kicked off Thursday at COEX for a four-day run, featuring over 300 businesses and organizations related to domestic tourism. This year’s expo marks its 14th anniversary, and will include information on travel content in Korea, traditional and modern, lectures by famous travel writers and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – With the slogan “Of Men, By Men, For Men,” the Men’s Show 2017 kicked off Friday at Seoul’s COEX for a three-day run. It is Korea’s only exhibition that specifically targets male consumers, showcasing products and activities related to health, beauty, leisure, and fashion. It even features “adult products” [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – AppShow Korea 2016 kicked off Wednesday for a three-day run at Seoul’s COEX, with some 112 app developers in attendance. The annual event will provide an important promotion platform and business opportunities for developers and startups in a wide range of businesses, from fintech and smart devices to IoT [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Thousands of prospective college students and parents visited COEX on Thursday for the 2017 academic year university fair, hosted by the Korea Council for University Education. The event was attended by officials from 135 universities across the country, and offered free counselling, information about different schools and the college [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs has ruled in favor of Seoul’s COEX area in Gangnam as the ultimate destination for Korea’s first “free outdoor billboard display zone”. In line with the decision, the region will be turned into a neighborhood similar to Manhattan’s Times Square, with [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The ASEAN Fair 2016 kicked off at COEX Wednesday with chefs and food and beverage businesses from ten ASEAN member nations participating. The fair will be highlighted by the ASEAN Food Festival and an exhibit of ASEAN food and beverage products, providing ASEAN companies (some 100 participants) the opportunity [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization is operating what is being called a “Souvenir Truck”, visiting Seoul’s most renowned tourist attractions. The venture took off on September 30 at the east plaza of COEX (Convention and Exhibition Center), to mark the start of [...]