INCHEON, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Senior-friendly companies in South Korea are expanding efforts to create jobs for the aged. Bonne Bakery, located in Incheon, is a senior-friendly company that employs 19 senior employees between the ages of 63 and 80. The company was selected by the Korea Labor Force Institute for the Aged in [...]
INCHEON, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The construction of South Korea’s largest cruise terminal has been completed in Incheon, west of Seoul, officials said Tuesday. The two-story terminal with a space of 7,364 square meters has a 430-meter-long berth that can accommodate the world’s largest 225,000-ton cruise ship. Located in Incheon’s Songdo International City, the [...]
INCHEON, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An outdoor mural on a grain silo in the port city of Incheon, west of Seoul, has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s largest, the city government said Monday. The silo is 48 meters high, 168 meters long and 31.5 meters wide, and its mural occupies [...]
INCHEON, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — After floodlights were installed at pedestrian crossings in the city of Incheon, the number of pedestrian deaths caused by traffic accidents was found to have decreased significantly. According to the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency, the number of traffic accident deaths of pedestrians in Incheon fell 30 percent from 17 [...]
INCHEON, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A “consolation memorial for animals” formerly taken down from its original location at Incheon’s Dong-gu Office has been restored four years after its removal. The local government revealed yesterday that it had restored the memorial structure to its original state at the resting area of the office’s parking lot. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Revenue worries in the aftermath of healthcare reforms dubbed “Moon Jae-in Care” are keeping hospitals’ coffers closed even as the government takes pains to encourage the medical sector to invest in new infrastructure. After initially earmarking 390 billion won for a medical facility in “city of the future” Songdo [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – To maintain its status as the world’s largest biopharmaceuticals manufacturing city, voices in Songdo are calling for greater cooperation between the private and public sectors. Leading biopharmaceuticals firms, among them Samsung Biologics and Celltrion, have made large investments in Songdo to build up the city’s manufacturing capabilities. By next [...]
INCHEON, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The development of Incheon Free Economic Zone, initially scheduled for completion by 2022, will be delayed to 2030 due to slowed investment in the aftermath of the global financial crisis and real estate market slump, officials said Tuesday. Known as IFEZ, the project was designated in August 2003 as [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – EDM extravaganza “World Club Dome Korea”, which will run from September 22 through 24, is expected to draw 150,000 visitors, 10,000 of which are expected to be from abroad. The event will be held at Munhak Baseball Stadium in Incheon. The lineup of performing artists includes Martin Gamix, Dimitri [...]
INCHEON, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Thousands of veterinarians gathered Monday in Incheon, west of Seoul, to discuss ways to enhance the health of humans, animals and the environment around the world. In a speech opening the 33rd World Veterinary Congress earlier in the day, South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said, “The congress will [...]