GUNSAN, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) –Gunsan, located in Jeollabuk-do, is a coastal city known for its delicious seafood all year round. While it offers a wide variety of fish, its standout dish is jjamppong. They call Gunsan the “Holy Land of Jjamppong.” They’ve just announced the third annual Gunsan Jjamppong Festival, happening from October 7 [...]
SEOUL/INCHEON, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – General Motor Co.’s South Korean unit and its labor union have been holding last-minute negotiations on Thursday over a turnaround plan, a day before the deadline that would see GM Korea file for bankruptcy. The Detroit automaker, which announced in February that it will shut down its Gunsan plant by May, has said GM Korea will file for [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – General Motors Co. on Wednesday offered to relocate workers from the South Korean plant it plans to close next month to other local production lines in an effort to get the union to accept the restructuring plan laid out by management. The suggestion comes against a background of strong resistance from GM Korea Co.’s union to the U.S.-based carmaker’s decision to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte Department Store has announced plans to hire hundreds of local workers at a new shopping complex that will open in Gunsan in April, after residents were hit hard by the news that city’s GM Korea plant would be shutting down. Up to 70 percent of the job openings at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s general public and industry experts are divided over how to handle the unfolding crisis at GM Korea Co., which announced plans to close one of its four car assembly lines in the country, observers here said Sunday. The differing views comes as the South Korean unit of [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed General Motors Co.’s decision to shut down a plant in South Korea, saying the carmaker will now “move back” to Detroit. GM announced the same day that it will close one of its four car assembly plants in South Korea by the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — General Motors Co. will shut down one of its four car assembly plants in South Korea by the end of May due to lower demand for its vehicles, the local unit of the U.S. carmaker said Tuesday. The plant to be closed is in Gunsan, 270 kilometers south of [...]
GUNSAN, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Body-worn video systems have been introduced to Korean police officers for the first time, as four of the cameras were put into use by the Gunsan Police Station on May 7. The body cams will work as personal black boxes providing footage of evidence for crimes or documenting excessive [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Gunsan Regional Oceans & Fisheries Administration is planning a 1.5 billion won (US$ 1.3 million) project to install five light beacons off the coast of Gyeokpo-ri, Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do, said the administration on February 9. The light beacons, navigation facilities for maritime guidance on rocky hazards, will be built in form of [...]