The best meat, dairy, fruit, vegetables, wines and processed foods from Victoria – Australia’s leading State in food and agriculture – were showcased at Seoul Food 2016 from May 10-13 at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. A trade mission of 13 representative Victorian food and beverage enterprises

LEE Hee-beom, the former industry minister and newly-appointed president of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG), headed straight to the venue sites as his first work on May 16 and reviewed the construction progress. He was also briefed on overall

Cho Yang-ho, the chairperson of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) announced his stepping-down from the current position to be effective immediatelyon May 3.Cho, who is also the chairman of the Hanjin Group, made the decision as its shipping

In the morning of April 27 (local time), Samsung Electronics kicked off this year’s Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) at Moscone Center in San Francisco, USA with around 4,000 developers from the world in participation.The event this year was intended mainly to provide a chance for global developer

Korea Western Power Co., or KOWEPO, held “KOWEPO Technical Cooperation Seminar with EPRI Expert” at the conventional hall of the headquarters in Taean, South Chungcheong Province, for two days from April 19 to 20. The seminar was attended by 70 experts at home and abroad in the power plant combustio

The 30th Icheon Ceramic Festival, Korea’s biggest ceramic festival, will be held at Seolbong Park in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, from Apr. 29 to May 22. Marking the 30th anniversary this year, Icheon City will provide a wider variety of programs with a theme of “Past 30, Next 30” than ever.Earlier, Y

Samsung Electronics said on April 14 that it was awarded as the most creative marketer of 2016 at the Cannes LIONS International Festival of Creativity, the largest conference of creative communications professionals and advertisers worldwide. The award of “Creative Marketer of the Year” is given to

The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) is accelerating the project of “Smart MICE,” which will play a pivotal role in the development of the MICE industry in Incheon.At a briefing session for creating the Smart MICE held at a conference room on the 27th floor in G-Tower on Apr. 11, the IFEZ said that

With a theme of “Flower and Lake; Chorus of New Hallyu Art,” the International Horticulture Goyang Korea 2016 will be held at Ilsan Lake Park in Goyang City from April 29 to May 15The expo takes place in Goyang city every year. Last year, it attracted 550,000 visitors and saw its floricultural produ

The Rotary Club with 1.2 million members around the world will hold 2016 Rotary International Seoul Convention in Seoul, Korea.The 2016 Rotary International Seoul Convention will be held in the KINTEX, Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province with the participation of about 50,000 people from May 28 through J

The BIO KOREA 2016 will be held jointly by North Chungcheong Province and Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) at the COEX in Samseong-dong in Seoul from March 30 to April 1. The event began in 2006 and marks its 11th anniversary this year. The event will feature 500 booths, about 300

The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) on March 28 launched its official account on Instagram, a global mobile platform for photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking.The PyeongChang 2018 Instagram channel will provide contents in Engli

The Gyeonggi Center for Creative Economy & Innovation (GCCEI) announced on March 16 that 10 CEOs of Japanese companies visited the center and had meetings with five GCCEI-incubated startups to discuss investments and possibilities of incubation.The Japanese companies are members of the Entrepreneurs

The RoboUniverse 2016 will take place at the Korean International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) in Insan from June 22 to 24. It is an “end user” conference and exposition for robot technologies, covering the key technologies and trends in the industry, such as robot application technologies and artific

At a gathering of the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK) on March 8, members expressed ambivalent yet honest sentiments about the business environment of Korea.The meeting was designed to discuss the results of a survey of 139 European companies with business stakes in Korea. Conducted in

The Korea Peace Movement is a gathering of people focused on bringing about a comprehensive definition of peace to the Korean peninsula. But while one may think that this revolves mostly around the conflict between North and South that has existed on the peninsula for half a decade, Dr. Lakhvinder S

K-ICT Born2Global, a start-up accelerating center affiliated with the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, announced on Feb. 25 that it will host “European Investor Invitation Seminar” at ZAG POT in Samsung-dong, Seoul on March 9. According to the center, this seminar is designed to discove

The Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo 2016, the largest professional 3D printing and additive manufacturing event worldwide, will take place at the Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, for three days from June 22 to 24. At the conference, attendees will exp

The Gangwon Provincial Government completed the Jeongseon Alpine Ski Competition, the first test for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, on February 7 and finished preparations for the 2016 FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Cup as the second test event.The latter takes place for eight days bet

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong and SK chairman Choi Tae-won participate in this year’s Boao Forum. Much attention is being paid to how their participation will contribute to improving the bilateral relations of South Korea and China, which are deteriorating these days due to the Nort