CHUNCHEON, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Chuncheon’s Legoland project is finally recovering from various business obstacles and gaining speed towards completion as the Gangwon Jungdo-developments Corp. (GJC), an investment arm of the Gangwon Province, and STX Construction Co. managed to agree on the issue of proceeding with the construction project. According to Gangwon Province on [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Gangwon Province is deeply concerned about paying 60 billion won (US$50.7 million) to invest in Chuncheon Legoland, as civic groups are adding pressure on the Provincial Council to reconsider the project. “The Legoland project, ensuing for the last eight years, is what civil society is strongly calling on to [...]
CHUNCHEON, Mar. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Legoland Chuncheon theme park is finally speeding up towards completion after seven years of stalemate, but there are still concerns over the choice of a construction firm, the date of the grand opening, and financing. “If Merlin Entertainments decides not to accept STX as partner, then Gangwon Province [...]
CHUNCHEON, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — British-based Merlin Entertainments, the operator of Legoland, recently announced an agreement with South Korea’s Gangwon provincial government on the construction of the world’s 10th Legoland in the province. Legoland Korea will be built on the island of Hajungdo in Chuncheon, 85 kilometers east of Seoul, to open by 2022, [...]
CHUNCHEON, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jungdo neighborhood in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, chosen for the construction of South Korea’s first Legoland, will also be home to a prehistoric theme park. LL Development Co. announced on Wednesday that it will build the Jungdo Prehistoric Theme Park in the 110,000㎡ cultural properties reservation zone. LL Development [...]