SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The popular South Korean TV series ‘Guardian: The Lonely and Great God’ has sparked interest in secondhand bookshops, a business previously thought to be fast going out of fashion. Visitors are flocking in droves to the Secondhand Book Alley at Baedari in Incheon, ever since it became a prime [...]
INCHEON, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced Tuesday a new development plan for the Port of Incheon, which involves investment of 9 trillion won ($7.45 billion) to transform the port city into a global center for logistics and marine tourism. Incheon’s port currently ranks fourth in South Korea in [...]
INCHEON, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Songdo International Business District (Songdo IBD) in Incheon is set to become the staging area for a new medical complex for specialized hospitals (hospitals specializing in a specific field of medicine), the first of its kind to be established in Korea. Unlike conventional medical complexes, which are often formed [...]
INCHEON, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Incheon’s Subway Line 2, connecting Oryu-dong to Gajwa-dong in the western part of the city, Seo-gu (Seo District), will officially open on July 30. With a population of 500,000, Seo-gu is the largest district in Incheon, yet a lack of transportation infrastructure, particularly a railway system, has always been an [...]
INCHEON, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean city Incheon is looking to host the headquarters of the top Asian sports governing body in a bid to raise the city’s international profile, officials said Friday. The Incheon municipal government said it has recently submitted an offer to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) that the [...]
INCHEON, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s western port city of Incheon and China’s eastern port city of Weihai have been chosen as priority cooperative cities to establish the “South Korea-China Digital Silk Road” aimed at cementing cooperation in the information-communications field between the nations, an Incheon city official said Monday. The cities will sign a [...]
INCHEON, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Incheon is getting busy to prepare for a gigantic group of 6,000 Chinese visitors. According to Incheon city officials, 6,000 employees from Chinese cosmetics company Aurance Group will visit Incheon from March 27 to April 2. The Chinese group will be the largest number of tourists to [...]
INCHEON, Feb.24 (Korea Bizwire) – Incheon mayor Yoo Jeong-bok recently suggested that the front door of city hall should be opened for all citizens, not just for the mayor. When entering Incheon City Hall, the center door doesn’t open for Incheon citizens. Even though there is an automatic sensor, the door won’t budge. It doesn’t [...]
INCHON, Nov.12 (Korea Bizwire) – The local government of Incheon has set out to create jobs for the elderly, teaming up with a logistics company. Incheon’s city government signed an agreement with CJ Korea Express and the Korea Labor Force Development Institute for the Aged to cooperate on carrying forward the ‘Incheon Silver Total Distribution [...]
Songdo, Incheon. (Image : Yonhap) INCHON, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – An artificial island to protect rare bird species will be created at the mud flats near Songdo, Incheon, an area designated as a Ramsar wetland. According to the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority, 5.9 billion won will be invested to build an artificial island [...]