DAEGU, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Daegu Metropolitan Government said Monday that it will lay the foundation for data-based administrative innovation as it completes a project dubbed “Building a Big Data Integration Platform.” Daegu was selected in May of last year for the first time in the country in the Ministry of the Interior [...]
DAEGU, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Every end of July, the city of Daegu holds its signature Chimac (combination of chicken and beer in Korean) Festival to fight off summer heat. The festival gathered more than 270,000 people over just three days when it first began in 2013, and won the title of Daegu’s most [...]
DAEGU, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Daegu Metropolitan Government said Monday that about 2,000 foreign tourists will visit Daegu during the city’s famous Chimac Festival, held from Wednesday to Sunday. The word ‘chimac’ is a compound of the words chicken and beer in Korean. The tour groups will hail from various countries, including Australia [...]
DAEGU, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea International Cooling Industry Expo 2019, which will allow visitors to view new technologies and products that provide a respite from the scorching summer heat, will be held at Exhibition & Convention Center (EXCO) in Daegu from July 11 to 13. Some 100 related companies will participate in [...]
DAEGU, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Daegu is planning to popularize futuristic vehicles and expand its base for futuristic automobiles in order to foster new growth industries. According to the city on Saturday, local authorities are accelerating the transformation of the industry to futuristic cars in line with the changing trends in [...]
DAEGU, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Daegu will push for projects to protect pets, including strengthening the management of stray animals, with the aim of creating a “pet friendly city.” According to Daegu’s city government, officials have decided to implement various measures to protect pets in order to establish a pet culture [...]
DAEGU, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Daegu is coming up with various tourist programs that combine sports and other special events to attract Chinese tourists. The city said that 350 Chinese tourists will be coming to Daegu to watch the AFC Champions League match between Daegu FC and Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao FC [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault S.A.’s first vehicle test center for the Asia-Pacific region has opened in Daegu, South Korea. Renault will hold an opening ceremony for the center on Friday and begin operations. The Renault vehicle test center will be responsible for testing the reliability of new vehicles before they are exported [...]
DAEGU, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The “2018 Daegu Tuning Car Racing Contest” will be held in Guji-myeon, Dalseong-gu of Daegu on October 14. The contest seeks to promote car tuning with motorsports becoming an increasingly popular hobby in South Korea. According to the city government of Daegu, over 130 finalists maneuvering tuned vehicles will [...]
DAEGU, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A species of red fire ants was discovered at an apartment construction site in Daegu today, by constructions workers, prompting them to halt construction work. The day before, a total of 830 ants including a red fire ant queen, 770 worker ants and others were discovered, raising a red [...]