SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – In the wake of South Korea’s pesticide egg scandal, popular unrest and indignation has fomented a change in attitudes that may not have been possible in ordinary times. As of the date of this article, none other than the president has spoken out about the need for reform. Reform [...]
SUWON, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Speaking on youth unemployment and the difficulties small and medium-sized businesses face in hiring and retaining new employees, Gyeonggi Governor Nam Gyeong Pil unveiled a number of policy proposals that would seek to resolve both issues. There were three chief proposals for those ages 18 through 34 in his [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul and its neighboring districts Incheon and Gyeonggi are teaming up in an all-out effort to attract foreign tourists from countries like Taiwan and India, as part of efforts to revive tourism amid the recent Chinese economic retaliation over South Korea’s deployment of a THAAD missile defense system. As the [...]
GOYANG, South Korea, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Gyeonggi’s Provincial Government announced Thursday that it will be establishing a smart apartment complex that will help residents boost energy sufficiency. The endeavor will incorporate energy efficiency and information and communications technologies, with some 1,000 households at the Hoban Vertium Apartment Complex in Goyang benefiting from the [...]
SUWON, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Gyeonggi Province’s efforts to encourage food truck businesses will soon expand to “food bicycles” or “food bikes”. The province has been encouraging food truck enterprises in its cities as part of its endeavor to create more jobs for youth and those in the lower income classes. Following the province’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology, the research organization established jointly by Seoul National University and the Gyeonggi provincial government, said on November 10 that it has developed a driverless car. The single-seater electric vehicle can get to destinations without human intervention using sensors, cameras, and the GPS system. The institute [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The Gyeonggi provincial government said on October 7 that it would create a second high-tech industrial zone in Seongnam‘s Pangyo after the success of the Pangyo Techno Valley project. Dubbed “Next Pangyo,” the project will be built on a 460,000 square meter site, about two-thirds of the size of first [...]
DANBURY, Conn., Apr. 9, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) — ATMI, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATMI), a global technology company and supplier of advanced materials solutions to the microelectronics industry, cut the ribbon on their new manufacturing facility in JangAn, South Korea today at a Grand Opening Ceremony in the Gyeonggi province. Key customers, local government dignitaries, ATMI executives and [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Jan 21 (Korea Bizwire) – An automobile cluster town will be created by 2017 in the City of Goyang in the northwest of Seoul, featuring an auto theme park, car custom shops, an auto parts recycling center, a vocational school, and a museum. On January 20, representatives from the Provincial Government of Gyeonggi, Goyang [...]