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Save the date: Environment & Water Technologies to Korea in 2019

From 23-27 September 2019 EU Gateway | Business Avenues will choose up to 50 companies to participate in a mission focused on Environment & Water Technologies. This five-day mission week will provide the opportunity for participants to showcase technologies and products to a targeted audience of...
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Korea Preparatory Briefing is available

Korea Preparatory Briefing is now available. The aim of this preparatory briefing is to provide information on the cluster landscape in Korea to help European cluster organisations and their SME members to familiarise with the country and explore its potential for collaboration and market...
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The Catalan cluster experience presented at the Korean cluster day 2018

On 23rd October 2018 KICOX (Korea Industrial Complex), the organization in charge of cluster policy in Korea, organised the Korean cluster day in Seoul with 1.000 attendees from their cluster ecosystems all around the country. Korea Industrial Complex Corporation (KICOX), an affiliate of the...
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Korea: creation of an innovation cluster in Mapo district, Seoul

The Korean Government plans to create a triple-helix innovation cluster in western Seoul in 2020, by connecting the Yeouido financial companies, with the districts universities – Yonsei University and Sogang University and the Mapo complex. The Mapo complex – all called the “Mapo Innovation Town”-...
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NEW AGREEMENT PAVES THE WAY FOR EUROPEAN AND KOREAN CLUSTERS TO COLLABORATE

On 23 May 2018 in Brussels, a new administrative arrangement was signed between The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and The Korea Industrial Complex Corporation´(KICOX) of the Republic of Korea and The Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs of the...
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Bringing Start-up Alliance in the spotlight: a cluster organisation dedicated to boosting start-ups in Korea

Korea is well-known for its big conglomerate such as Samsung, LG Group or Hyundai. Aside of these giants, start-ups are also blooming, supported by the Start up Alliance. This alliance was created in 2013 by Naver (the South Korean search portal) and the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning...
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Korea: Songdo international city turns into a bio industry hub

Songdo is the world first ubiquitous city. This private project, developed from 2003 onwards, next to the Incheon airport in Korea, is now specialising into bio industry. Companies like Samsung Bioepsis and Celltrion are already well implemented. In addition, there are 23 large bio organisations and...
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Korea: LG Group opens Korea’s largest private research hub in Seoul

The opening of LG Group’s largest research hub in Korea last month was driven by the power of clustering minds and companies. It will host 17,000 researchers from eight LG group affiliates. It encourages researchers to collaborate by introducing support centre where employees from all eight involved...