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SK Hynix Breaks Ground on Its First Fab in Yongin Semiconductor Cluster

SK Hynix Breaks Ground on Its First Fab in Yongin Semiconductor Cluster

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc. said Tuesday it has started construction on its first fabrication plant and relevant facilities at an envisioned semiconductor cluster in Yongin, south of Seoul. The company broke ground Monday after receiving approval from the Yongin municipal government last week, according to SK hynix’s newsroom. The Yongin [...]

Yongin Mayor Visits Silicon Valley amid Plans for New Semiconductor Industrial Complex

Yongin Mayor Visits Silicon Valley amid Plans for New Semiconductor Industrial Complex

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 [...]

Yongin City Bucks Trend, Builds Animal Burial Facility

Yongin City Bucks Trend, Builds Animal Burial Facility

YONGIN, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid frequent conflicts between business operators and residents nationwide over the creation of new animal burial facilities, the city of Yongin in Gyeonggi Province has been pushing for the establishment of animal burial facilities. Yongin has decided to build a cultural center and a cemetery for pets, and will [...]

S. Korea’s Gov’t Eases Regulations to Support SK hynix’s New Chip Cluster

S. Korea’s Gov’t Eases Regulations to Support SK hynix’s New Chip Cluster

SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Friday it will move to lift regulations to pave the way for the country’s No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix Inc.’s to build a semiconductor cluster in the Seoul metropolitan area. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said it plans to request the Ministry [...]

SK hynix Pushes to Create Semiconductor Cluster in Yongin

SK hynix Pushes to Create Semiconductor Cluster in Yongin

SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chip maker, said Thursday it has officially expressed interest in creating a semiconductor cluster in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, about 50 kilometers south of Seoul. A special purpose company has submitted a letter of investment intent, for investing in Yongin, to the city’s [...]

Zombie Apocalypse Takes Over Amusement Park Everland in Preparation for Halloween

Zombie Apocalypse Takes Over Amusement Park Everland in Preparation for Halloween

YONGIN, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Following in the footsteps of popular attractions “Horror Village”, “Horror Maze” and “Horror Safari 2014″, Everland will unveil another fear-and-fun inducing activity called “Blood City” on September 7. The legend of Blood City is chronicled in 100,000 square meters of “urban” sprawl encompassing the Alpine Area, Amazon Express and [...]