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#13004069

19 November 2025

Shin Mi-young, project manager at Gangwon Technopark's New Materials Center, briefs foreign correspondents on the center's role, projects, and support for resident companies in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The center currently hosts 63 companies, accounting for approximately 10% of South Korea's advanced ceramics firms, and serves as a key hub for Gangwon Province's ceramics and new materials industry. It offers startup incubation, research and analysis, prototype production support, venture factory leasing, and expansion into advanced fields such as semiconductor materials and components.

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#13004071

19 November 2025

Shin Mi-young, project manager at Gangwon Technopark's New Materials Center, briefs foreign correspondents on the center's role, projects, and support for resident companies in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The center currently hosts 63 companies, accounting for approximately 10% of South Korea's advanced ceramics firms, and serves as a key hub for Gangwon Province's ceramics and new materials industry. It offers startup incubation, research and analysis, prototype production support, venture factory leasing, and expansion into advanced fields such as semiconductor materials and components.

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#13004072

19 November 2025

Shin Mi-young, project manager at Gangwon Technopark's New Materials Center, briefs foreign correspondents on the center's role, projects, and support for resident companies in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The center currently hosts 63 companies, accounting for approximately 10% of South Korea's advanced ceramics firms, and serves as a key hub for Gangwon Province's ceramics and new materials industry. It offers startup incubation, research and analysis, prototype production support, venture factory leasing, and expansion into advanced fields such as semiconductor materials and components.

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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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#13004062

19 November 2025

An aerial view shows the Startup Cube at Gangwon National University's Baekryeong Campus in Chuncheon, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The facility houses approximately 70 student startup clubs, research labs, and companies, offering 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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#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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#13004064

19 November 2025

The exterior view of the Startup Cube is operated by Gangwon National University's Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation in Chuncheon, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The building houses approximately 70 student startup clubs, research labs, and companies, providing coworking spaces, fabrication workshops, lecture rooms, and meeting rooms to support a diverse range of entrepreneurs, including prospective bio-industry founders.

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#13004065

19 November 2025

The exterior view of the Startup Cube is operated by Gangwon National University's Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation in Chuncheon, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The building houses approximately 70 student startup clubs, research labs, and companies, providing coworking spaces, fabrication workshops, lecture rooms, and meeting rooms to support a diverse range of entrepreneurs, including prospective bio-industry founders.

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#13004074

19 November 2025

A staff member at Gangwon Technopark's New Materials Center in Gangneung explains the center-owned hot press (VHP-8001500-50T), manufactured by Samyang Ceratech, to foreign correspondents in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The equipment densifies and controls the microstructure of high-performance ceramics, composites, and structural materials under high-temperature and high-pressure inert gas conditions. Due to its high cost, the center provides access to companies that would otherwise be unable to acquire it.

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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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#13004077

19 November 2025

A staff member at Gangwon Technopark's New Materials Center in Gangneung explains the center-owned hot press (VHP-8001500-50T), manufactured by Samyang Ceratech, to foreign correspondents in Gangneung, South Korea, on November 6, 2025. The equipment densifies and controls the microstructure of high-performance ceramics, composites, and structural materials under high-temperature and high-pressure inert gas conditions. Due to its high cost, the center provides access to companies that would otherwise be unable to acquire it.

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#12997291

17 November 2025

Thousands of workers make hand-rolled kretek cigarettes at a factory in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, on November 17, 2022. They receive a wage of USD 1.79 per 1,000 sticks.

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#12997293

17 November 2025

Workers make hand-rolled kretek cigarettes at a factory in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, on November 17, 2022. They receive a wage of USD 1.79 per 1,000 sticks.

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#12997295

17 November 2025

Thousands of workers make hand-rolled kretek cigarettes at a factory in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, on November 17, 2022. They receive a wage of USD 1.79 per 1,000 sticks.

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#12997297

17 November 2025

Thousands of workers make hand-rolled kretek cigarettes at a factory in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, on November 17, 2022. They receive a wage of USD 1.79 per 1,000 sticks.

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