Incheon Songdo Opens Overseas Korean Welcome Center and Korean Business Center

The 'Overseas Korean Welcome Center,' a communication and exchange space for overseas Koreans, and the 'Korean Business Center,' which supports business activities and investment attraction for overseas Korean entrepreneurs, opened on the 18th in Songdo International City, Incheon.

Incheon City held an opening ceremony for the centers at Booyoung Songdo Tower, attended by Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok and Lee Sang-deok, Commissioner of the Overseas Koreans Office.

The opening of the centers is part of the '10 Million City Incheon Project' announced last June alongside the relocation of the Overseas Koreans Office to Incheon, and is one of the key strategic projects for Incheon to leap into the world's top 10 cities.

Incheon Mayor Yoo Jung-bok is unveiling the plaque with Lee Sang-duk, Commissioner of the Overseas Koreans Office, and other attendees at the opening ceremony of the 'Overseas Koreans Welcome Center and Korean Business Center' held at Booyoung Songdo Tower on the 18th.
[Photo by Incheon City]

The Overseas Korean Welcome Center, located on the 30th floor of Booyoung Songdo Tower, covers a total area of 1,000㎡ and is equipped with a conference room, seminar room, lounge, gallery, and open office. Here, various information about Incheon's medical services, tourism, and more will be provided, along with Korean language education, cultural experiences, exhibitions, and events.

Additionally, the Korean Business Center supports various business activities such as investment consultations and consulting for overseas Korean entrepreneurs and companies, operation of business capacity-building programs, and support for import and export between overseas Korean companies and Incheon-based companies.

Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok said, "It is meaningful to open a center welcoming overseas Koreans in Incheon, where the first migration took place 120 years ago," adding, "We will do our best to make the Overseas Korean Welcome Center and Korean Business Center the starting point connecting 3 million Incheon citizens and 7 million overseas Koreans, laying the foundation for Incheon to leap forward as a 'Global Top Ten City.'"

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