SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, with plans to establish an industrial complex for semiconductors, is looking into the best practices of companies in the Silicon Valley. Yongin mayor Baek Kun-ki visited the cities of San Jose and Santa Clara in California from July 29 to 31 to discuss [...]
INCHEON, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean version of Silicon Valley will be created in Incheon. The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said Thursday that Tomorrow City complex in Incheon’s Songdo District, has been selected as the result of a public offering by local governments nationwide. To this end, the “2019 Start-up Park Creation [...]
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Ant Financial today hosted the Ant Technology Exploration Conference (ATEC) in Silicon Valley, bringing together global partners and technology leaders to explore new innovations and technologies that further Ant Financial’s mission of bringing the world equal opportunities. This was the first ATEC held outside of China, following [...]
SUZHOU, China, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — In its ongoing battle to attract the best and stay ahead of the rest, Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) is setting its sights on the cream of overseas Chinese talent in Silicon Valley. SIP executives have been targeting attendees at a top artificial intelligence (AI) industry event, the Intelligent [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to raise 500 billion won (US$447.5 million) in funds to help entrepreneurs at venture startups restart business when they fail, officials said Thursday. In South Korea, a failure in a venture startup often leads to ruin, prompting young entrepreneurs to shun risk-taking, which has been cited [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The government plans to build business zones this year that are modeled after Silicon Valley in the U.S. and house ventures from home and abroad as part of efforts to help develop a startup hub, the science ministry said Monday. In a New Year’s policy report to President Park [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – To celebrate Dokdo Day on October 25, numerous flashmobs were held in Silicon Valley, California, calling for Dokdo to be officially recognized as Korean territory. Local Korean residents’ organizations including the Association of Korean residents in Silicon Valley (svkorean.org) held a flashmob celebrating Dokdo Day in front of the [...]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 5, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – GWC Inc. today announced the latest round of speakers for its third annual Global Mobile Internet Conference Silicon Valley 2014 (GMIC SV) taking place December 1-3 at Hilton Union Square in San Francisco, CA. GMIC SV is the largest mobile Internet conference in Silicon Valley hosting mobile [...]
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SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Group will invest more than 90 billion won (US$83.8 million) in the cities of Daejeon and Sejong to transform the areas into a Silicon Valley-like tech hotbed. The group announced its plan on October 10 in a ceremony to launch the Daejeon Creative Economy Innovation Center in which the President [...]
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sep. 16 (Korea Bizwire) –The third annual K-TECH Silicon Valley technology conference is bringing together corporate leaders, investors and entrepreneurs from around the globe to explore the Internet of Things’ (IoT) cutting-edge innovations from Korea. K-TECH 2014 is taking place on September 24-25 in Santa Clara, California. “Here at Qualcomm we are [...]