Economy
Incheon Kicks Off Bid for 2028 G20 Summit in Earnest
The Incheon Metropolitan Government (Mayor Park Chan-dae) is launching a full-scale signature campaign to host the 2028 G20 Summit. The city said it will operate an on-site signature information…

24th World Korean Business Convention Opens in Songdo on the 28th… 3,000 Overseas Korean Business Leaders Gather
The 24th World Korean Business Convention, which brings together ethnic Korean business leaders from around the world in Songdo, Incheon, opens on the 28th. Incheon Metropolitan City plans to…

Yeongjong-gu opens 681-meter Wangsan Beach coastal road, fulfilling longtime resident request
Yeongjong-gu District (Mayor Son Hwa-jeong) in Incheon said on the 23rd that it has finished building a coastal road that residents around Wangsan Beach had long requested, and that the…

Incheon-Democratic Party Budget Policy Council… Cooperation to Secure National Funds, Resolve Pending Issues
The Incheon Metropolitan Government (Mayor Park Chan-dae) and the Democratic Party of Korea have agreed to strengthen cooperation to secure next year's national funding and resolve regional pending issues.…

Government Officials Will Be Able to Pay Operating Expenses with Blockchain-Based Digital Currency
Government officials will soon be able to disburse operating expenses for public offices, such as business promotion funds, using a blockchain-based digital currency via a smartphone QR method, without…

Jemulpo-gu District Applies for Designation as ‘Preemptive Response Region for Industrial Crisis’ to Address Steel Industry Downturn
Jemulpo-gu District (Mayor Kim Chan-jin) and the Incheon Metropolitan City government officially submitted an application to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on the 21st, requesting that the district's…

Incheon City Holds First Fiscal Strategy Meeting, Signals ‘Belt-Tightening’ Austerity
The Incheon Metropolitan Government held its first fiscal strategy meeting since the launch of the Park Chan-dae administration to discuss the direction of its budget planning for fiscal 2027.…

Life After PBS Abolition… Vice Minister Koo Hyuk-chae of MSIT Strengthens Communication with Research Community
Koo Hyuk-chae, First Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon), attended a labor-management communication workshop…

Incheon Holds Investment Briefing for Overseas Korean Business Leaders in Tandem with World Korean Business Convention
The Incheon Metropolitan Government (Mayor Park Chan-dae) will host the 2026 Incheon Metropolitan City Investment Briefing at 11 a.m. on September 30 in the Premier Ballroom of Songdo Convensia,…

Policy Finance to Sharply Expand Support for Early-Stage Startups and Small Businesses
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) held an event on September 21 at the Industrial Bank of Korea to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at helping early-stage innovative…

