SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s biggest convention and exhibition center, COEX, is hosting the 2016 edition of the Halal Trade Expo Korea, providing an ultimate trading ground for Korean businesses looking to enter the fast-growing halal market. “Despite the global economic downturn, the halal market is a newly emerging one with average annual [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A science festival showcasing the latest technology and the leading edge in science kicked off at Seoul’s COEX (Convention and Exhibition Center) on Thursday. Hosted by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the Korea Science Festival marked its 20th anniversary. Almost 300 booths have been set up [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Auto Salon opened Thursday at the Convention and Exhibition Center (COEX) in Gangnam, Seoul. The exhibition is offering a wide variety of products and services related to automobile tuning, care, electronics, and consumables. The Seoul Auto Salon first launched in 2003, and has since accumulated over 1 [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea is the leading global consumer of noodles, with an average annual consumption of 76 packages of noodles per capita (2014), which equates to 13.3kg of noodles per year, per person. In 2015, the estimated value of the Korean noodle market was 2 trillion won ($1.7 billion). With such a [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A giant statue of two hands dancing Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ showed up at COEX square in Gangnam-gu. Gangnam-gu officials announced that they will celebrate the completion of the ‘Gangnam Style Landmark Sculpture’ at COEX’s East Square. The structure, which is five meters tall and eight meters wide, looks like two [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NasdaqGM:AEIS) today will highlight its advanced power and control technologies at SEMICON® Korea 2016. Among its process power, high voltage power and thermal products on display, the company will feature its new, floating, high voltage bipolar power supply and next-generation high-speed pyrometer. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec.11 (Korea Bizwire) – COEX will accelerate the development of its surrounding area into a global MICE (Meeting · Incentives · Convention · Events and Exhibition) base, starting next year. Byun Bo-kyung, the CEO of COEX, commented at a press conference held on December 10 that the company will be rebranding COEX as a [...]
SEOUL, Nov.27 (Korea Bizwire) – Small ideas that have the power to change an individual’s everyday life were presented at the ‘Creative Economy Expo’ held at COEX, on November 26. Featured products included 3D printers that only cost 290,000 won, fermented brown rice that includes lactic acid bacteria, and ‘Car-Talk’, which offers drivers of nearby [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Sunday they have received intelligence claiming that a group linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) has threatened to bomb a store in a posh Seoul district. In a posting on social media, the unidentified group said they would detonate explosives at a shop near COEX, a large [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) – “With smartphones, users will be able to change their home lighting in 36,000 different ways. At the same time, they won’t need to push a cart at a store. All they’ll need to do is scan barcodes, and the products will be delivered to their homes,” said an SK [...]