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 [...]
INCHEON, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – More than one trillion won is expected to be invested in the ‘Golden Harbor Development’ project at Incheon’s Songdo International Business District. The Incheon Port Authority announced that they will sign an MOU with BizPost Korea, an affiliate of the American corporation BizPost, related to investment in the Golden [...]
INCHEON, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The ‘Songdo Waterfront Project’ is schedule to start in the latter half of this year. The project will connect the canals and lakes around Songdo International City in the Incheon Free Economic Zone. The local government announced that they would establish a master plan for the Songdo Waterfront Project in [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is spreading nationwide, with 175 confirmed patients and a death toll of 27 as of June 23, and only Incheon is free from the deadly virus. Although its neighboring cities and counties like Gimpo, Bucheon and Siheung have MERS patients, the second largest port city [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Incheon is initiating a massive tourist project for its 168 islands, said local officials on March 17. Although the islands off the city’s coast are blessed with natural beauty, they are often overlooked by tourists due to a lack of tour infrastructure. First of all, a complex will [...]
Seoul, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) is talking with the city of Incheon to join a 3.6 billion dollar business town project called ‘Future City’ in Incheon’s Gumdan district. Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok accepted a letter from Khalifa Al Daboos, Deputy CEO of the IDC, on March 3 in Dubai. Gumdan Future City will [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon, the South Korean host of the 2014 Asian Games, has reached a consulting agreement with the event’s next host, hoping to share its experience and knowledge of staging the continent’s largest multisport competition, officials said Monday. The organizing committee for the 2014 Incheon Asian Games said its secretary-general, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Incheon will install 349 sets of CCTV surveillance cameras by 2018 as part of its crime prevention efforts. According to an announcement from the city government on February 20, 49 sets of cameras will be installed this year and 100 sets in each of the following three years. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Incheon International Airport, Seoul’s main gateway, has been named the world’s best airport for a record 10th consecutive year, officials said on Monday. The airport grabbed the annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Award, presented by the Airports Council International (ACI), as the best in the business, the operator [...]