GWANGJU, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The opening ceremony of the 2016 Gwangju Biennale, Asia’s oldest contemporary art biennale, is set to kick off in the southwest city of Gwangju next week, the festival’s foundation said Friday. During the ceremony, set to start at the plaza in front of the Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Halo at [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – High-level cultural officials from the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) member countries gathered in the southwestern South Korean city of Gwangju Wednesday to share their experiences in cultivating creative industries. Some 200 delegates from 51 ASEM member countries, including eight culture ministers and 11 deputy ministers, will attend the 7th Asia-Europe [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Spring is just around the corner and along with it comes various fun and vibrant cultural activities around the country. The Asia Culture Center (ACC), a state-run arts and concert venue in the southwestern city of Gwangju, South Korea, is planning to hold various events in the [...]
GWANGJU, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Attention is being drawn towards the city of Gwangju with news that a Chinese automaker plans to establish a large electric car factory in the area. According to Gwangju city officials, the Korean office of China’s Joylong Automobile will sign an MOU with the local government to build an electric [...]
GWANGJU, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Asia’s largest cultural center in the southwestern city of Gwangju said Thursday that it not only exhibits cultural content but produces it, too. The Asia Culture Center (ACC) opened last month after a decade of planning and construction. At 160,000 square meters, it is the largest cultural space on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Asia’s largest cultural center that is expected to provide a window into pan-Asian culture will open in the southwestern city of Gwangju later this week, the organization running the center announced on Tuesday. The Asia Culture Center (ACC) was partially opened to the public in September, but its entirety [...]
SEJONG/GWANGJU, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The first international power technology exposition in South Korea is expected to fuel exports and expand cooperative tieups between energy sector operators, the state power monopoly said Thursday. The Bitgaram International Exposition of Electric Technology (BIXPO), which ran from Monday through Wednesday in the city of Gwangju, 330 kilometers [...]
GWANGJU, Apr. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The gruesome end met by a missing job seeker is making waves in Korean society. Bones from a body hanging from a tree were found by a resident in a secluded part of a park in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju on April 11. According to a police statement, the bones belonged to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Tuesday it will launch a 177.5 billion won (US$163.9 million) fund to support the development of new technologies and business activities for automobiles and hydrogen fuel cells. Hyundai Motor Group, which owns South Korea’s top two car manufacturers, Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp., [...]
GWANGJU, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Gwangju Metropolitan City declared it will aggressively foster an eco-friendly hydrogen fuel cell automobile industry as its core and strategic industry, according to the sixth largest city in South Korea. With an aim to take the lead in the eco-friendly hydrogen auto industry, Gwangju already laid out plans to foster the hydrogen [...]