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19 November 2025

Employees inspect semiconductor manufacturing equipment components at MICO Ceramics near the Gangwon Technopark Advanced Materials Center in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The company is regarded as one of the city's leading young firms, with more than 220 employees, many of them in their 30s.

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#13004092

19 November 2025

Employees inspect semiconductor manufacturing equipment components at MICO Ceramics near the Gangwon Technopark Advanced Materials Center in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The company is regarded as one of the city's leading young firms, with more than 220 employees, many of them in their 30s.

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#13004093

19 November 2025

A self-driving shuttle operated by Lotte Innovate, the first in South Korea approved to run at 40 kilometers per hour, is seen during a test run in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 7, 2025. The city's Urban Information Center conducts autonomous vehicle trials ahead of the ITS World Congress.

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#13004097

19 November 2025

ShinHyuk Yim, director for the ITS Division of Gangneung City, speaks about the upcoming ITS World Congress in front of the Urban Information Center at Gangneung City Hall in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 7, 2025. The event, set for October 2026 in the city, is known as the ''Olympics of global transportation,'' bringing together advanced intelligent transport systems technologies and policies from around the world.

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#13004098

19 November 2025

ShinHyuk Yim, director for the ITS Division of Gangneung City, speaks about the upcoming ITS World Congress in front of the Urban Information Center at Gangneung City Hall in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 7, 2025. The event, set for October 2026 in the city, is known as the ''Olympics of global transportation,'' bringing together advanced intelligent transport systems technologies and policies from around the world.

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#13004099

19 November 2025

A self-driving shuttle operated by Lotte Innovate, the first in South Korea approved to run at 40 kilometers per hour, is seen during a test run in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 7, 2025. The city's Urban Information Center conducts autonomous vehicle trials ahead of the ITS World Congress.

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#13004100

19 November 2025

A self-driving shuttle operated by Lotte Innovate, the first in South Korea approved to run at 40 kilometers per hour, is seen during a test run in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 7, 2025. The city's Urban Information Center conducts autonomous vehicle trials ahead of the ITS World Congress.

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#13004101

19 November 2025

A stream runs beside Jinbu Civic Sports Park in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, on November 7, 2025, where the 2025 Pyeongchang Highland Kimchi Festival takes place. Launched in 2014, the festival promotes the quality of Pyeongchang's highland cabbage, preserves the UNESCO-listed kimjang tradition, and supports local farmers. Residents actively participate during the festival, creating jobs, and this year the event achieves record attendance with 60,000 visitors and 3 billion won in revenue.

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#13004102

19 November 2025

A stream runs beside Jinbu Civic Sports Park in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, on November 7, 2025, where the 2025 Pyeongchang Highland Kimchi Festival takes place. Launched in 2014, the festival promotes the quality of Pyeongchang's highland cabbage, preserves the UNESCO-listed kimjang tradition, and supports local farmers. Residents actively participate during the festival, creating jobs, and this year the event achieves record attendance with 60,000 visitors and 3 billion won in revenue.

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#13004104

19 November 2025

Participants prepare kimchi during the 2025 Pyeongchang Highland Kimchi Festival at Jinbu Civic Sports Park in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, on November 7, 2025. For 68,000 won, visitors make and take home 10 kilograms of kimchi, with festival assistants guiding those unfamiliar with the process. Launched in 2014, the festival promotes the quality of Pyeongchang's highland cabbage, preserves the UNESCO-listed kimjang tradition, and supports local farmers. The event also creates seasonal jobs for residents and reaches its highest performance this year with 60,000 visitors and 3 billion won in revenue.

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#13004105

19 November 2025

Farmers sell cabbage and other vegetables at Jinbu Civic Sports Park in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, on November 7, 2025, during the 2025 Pyeongchang Highland Kimchi Festival. Launched in 2014, the festival promotes the quality of Pyeongchang's highland cabbage, preserves the UNESCO-listed kimjang tradition, and supports local farmers. Residents actively participate during the festival, creating jobs, and this year the event achieves record attendance with 60,000 visitors and 3 billion won in revenue.

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#13004060

19 November 2025

Yim Seong-il, head of the Enterprise Support Team at Gangwon National University's Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation and Industry-Academic Technology Innovation Center, explains the university's Innopolis Campus project to foreign correspondents at the Startup Cube in Chuncheon, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The project, with a total budget of 486 million won (approx. $350,000), focuses on identifying and supporting prospective founders with technology-based startup ideas, establishing an integrated support system for technology startups, and strengthening investment infrastructure and networks for the growth of tech startup companies.

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#13004061

19 November 2025

Yim Seong-il, head of the Enterprise Support Team at Gangwon National University's Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation and Industry-Academic Technology Innovation Center, shows foreign correspondents a character keyring produced using a 3D printer by a company supported by the university's Innopolis Campus project at the Startup Cube in Chuncheon, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The 486 million won (approx. $350,000) project aims to discover and support prospective founders with technology-based startup ideas, build an integrated support system for technology startups, and strengthen investment infrastructure and networks for the growth of tech startup companies.

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#13004063

19 November 2025

Yim Seong-il, head of the Enterprise Support Team at Gangwon National University's Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation and Industry-Academic Technology Innovation Center, explains the Startup Cube facility to foreign correspondents at Gangwon National University in Chuncheon, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The Startup Cube houses approximately 70 student startup clubs, research labs, and companies, providing coworking spaces, fabrication workshops, lecture rooms, and meeting rooms to support a wide range of entrepreneurs, including prospective bio-industry founders.

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#13004076

19 November 2025

A staff member at Gangwon Technopark's New Materials Center in Gangneung explains the center-owned hot isostatic press (HIP, AIP36-72-29H), manufactured by American Isostatic Presses (AIP), to foreign correspondents in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The equipment, valued at approximately 5.5 billion won (about $3.75 million), applies uniform pressure using inert gas in a high-temperature environment to produce near-theoretical-density ceramic materials and components with minimal deformation. Due to its high cost, the center provides access to companies that cannot afford to own it independently.

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#13004094

19 November 2025

Gyeonghak Cho, an officer with the ITS Operations Team in Gangneung City's ITS Promotion Division, explains the advanced functions of the Urban Information Center and the city's preparations for the ITS World Congress at the center's promotional hall in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 7, 2025.

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