The development area between Jeonju and Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, Korea, is 409 square kilometers. It covers two-thirds of the area of Seoul, the capital of Korea.
Since 2008, the Saemangeum Industrial Complex Project Group of the Korea Rural Community Corporation has been promoting the Saemangeum National Industrial Complex construction project at 1,850ha in the Saemangeum district, and the total project cost is about 2.6 trillion won.
It is being built as a low-carbon green growth eco-friendly complex. The attracting industries are parts manufacturing industry, high-tech convergence industry, and renewable energy industry.
Saemangeum National Industrial Complex has recently been called an advance base for electric vehicle production. Jeonbuk also aims to create 3,500 jobs and produce 300,000 electric vehicles a year by 2025, and 16 small and medium-sized electric vehicle-related companies, including Edison Motors and Daechang Motors, will invest KRW 19.3 billion and a total of KRW 453.4 billion with support from the Korea Development Bank and Small and Medium Business Corporation.
The Korea Rural Community Corporation plans to expand private investment by developing a green hydrogen ecosystem that can produce solar, wind, and green hydrogen, and officially plans to provide solar power generation rights to companies and cover the renewable energy produced in Saemangeum.
For such reasons, the government is currently in the spotlight as a center for the Green New Deal project and eco-friendly politics, which are key tasks of the government, and attracting investment companies is being activated.
Saemangeum National Industrial Complex Saemangeum Tri-Port
(New Port of Saemangeum, Highway, Saemangeum International Airport)
Currently, Saemangeum National Industrial Complex is preparing for Saemangeum Tri-port (Airport, Port, and Railway).

In 2024, a highway connecting Saemangeum and Jeonju will be opened, and the airport is establishing a basic plan with the aim of opening in 2028, and the incoming railroad to Saemangeum is currently conducting an investigation. Saemangeum New Port is planned to be completed by 2025. If the wide-area transportation network is established in this way, internal development will be activated and the amount of money can be reduced in production, storage, and transportation activities. It is expected that this will boost private investment
It also provides policies that will appeal to companies that move in.
Saemangeum Industrial Land can be rented for up to 100 years, corporate tax and income tax are reduced by 100% for up to 5 years and 50% for the next 2 years, supporting one-stop operation of various licensing teams, and supporting utilities such as electricity, communication, and gas.
Due to such policies and conditions, the number of companies investing in Saemangeum National Industrial Complex is increasing, and the attraction of investment is accelerating.
A total of 1,410ha of industrial complexes are planned to be supplied, and as investment conditions have improved due to the supply of long-term rental land, more than 32 companies have signed occupancy contracts and are preparing to move in over the past three years
Cho Hyun-chan, head of the Saemangeum Industrial Complex Project, is preparing to take a leap forward to become an economic hub in Northeast Asia by making it an industrial complex that companies want to invest in in line with the administrative cooperation of related ministries of the Saemangeum National Industrial Complex.

EJ SONG

Asia Journal 

The world’s top Brazilian national soccer team came to Seoul at 5:30 p.m. on the 24th. The Brazilian national team, which will visit Korea for the third time after 1995 and 1997, will play against the Korean national team at Jamsil Stadium on the 28th at 7 p.m. to showcase the true taste of “Samba Soccer.”

Ronaldo is one of the participants in the World Cup in France.Carlos and Denny Woosson were missing, but all 22 players who visited Korea this time are world stars.

Rivaldo, who plays for Spain’s FC Barcelona, has scored 15 goals (ranked 2nd) in the Spanish league this season, leading the team to the top. At the World Cup in France, he played in all seven games and scored three goals, including the winning goal against Denmark.

Wingback Capu, who scored the winning goal in the opening match of the World Cup in France, is also familiar. He played 78 A matches and participated in the 94, 1998 World Cup, and was selected as the best right-back last year for AS Roma in Italy. It was a friendly match ahead of the World Cup, but what drew more attention was the free shopping of Brazilian representatives in Korea and enjoying them at major attractions. It seems that he enjoyed and enjoyed Seoul’s representative Namsan Tower and Everland (Samsung-owned representative amusement resort center) in Yongin near Seoul, and felt Korea’s daily life free from fendomics after the COVID-19 crisis. Perhaps that’s why they are also actively responding to Korean fans.And the Korean national team showed Heung-min Son, the top scorer of the English Premier League, and several players from the major leagues sharing friendships with each other even after the match. It seems to be an opportunity to convey the comfort of Korea to other countries.

However, North Korea fired eight missiles into South Korea’s East Sea after U.S. President Biden’s visit to Seoul and a joint U.S. naval exercise in South Korea. And the South Korean and U.S. allies fired eight surface-to-air missiles into the sea as if they were responding immediately. North Korea is reportedly set to test its seventh nuclear weapon. Not only is there a prolonged war after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but it is also a sharp confrontation between China and the United States, and even North Korea has the energy of provocation, South Korea has excellent economic technology In particular, it is globally recognized in semiconductors, telecommunications, automobiles, and electronics. Japan has been engaged in diplomatic friction with Japan, claiming that Dokdo is its own territory. In May, he welcomed a new president, and in June, he formed a new ruling party with general elections. It seems to be Korea, which has a calm appearance and a free daily life, but has a lot of worries externally.

TED PARK

ASIA JOURNAL

The candidate site for the ” Lee Kun-hee Donation Hall” (National Donation Lee Kun-hee Collection Hall) was narrowed down to Songhyeon-dong and Yongsan, Seoul. On April 28, Samsung’s bereaved families donated 23,000 “Lee Kun-hee Collection” to the National Museum of Korea (hereinafter referred to as the National Park) and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (hereinafter referred to as Kook-hyun), and each local government’s bid for the so-called “Lee Kun-hee Art Museum” was hot, but it was eventually set as Seoul.The decision came after 10 discussions by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which consisted of four ex officio members, including the head of the National Museum of Korea and the head of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, and experts. The late Chairman Lee Kun-hee is an indispensable businessman in Korea.He is the one who made Samsung Group leap forward as a global company, and is an entrepreneur who raised Samsung Group as the top company in semiconductor and electronics. Donated by him

For now, it is interpreted that the focus is on the actual role of museums and art galleries. Local governments insisted on attracting local governments in order to promote cultural enjoyment and tourism for citizens in each region, but museums and art galleries are not all about building buildings at a huge amount of money. Above all, it seems to have confirmed that it is important to establish an integrated management, investigation, and research system for donations.

Kim Young-na, former head of the National Museum of Korea, who headed the National Donation Committee, stressed at a briefing by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on the 7th, “The most important part was research and management.” “In order to preserve, manage, and display various artworks from oil paintings to Buddha statues and ceramics, experience from the National Museum of Korea and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul is needed,” former director Kim said. I thought it would be smooth in many ways if the donation was in Seoul, he explained.

The fact that Yongsan and Songhyeon-dong can maximize synergy in connection with other cultural infrastructure also seems to have played a big role. Around the site of Songhyeon-dong, there are Gyeongbokgung Palace, Insa-dong, the Seoul Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Seoul Craft Museum (opened on 15th). In addition, dozens of art galleries are located near Samcheong-dong. More broadly, the cultural “Gori” continues to Changdeokgung Palace, Deoksugung Palace, and Namdaemun.Yongsan also has great potential. Currently, the candidate site is a site owned by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (168-6 Yongsan-dong) in Yongsan Family Park, which is not related to the planned site for the construction of Yongsan Park. It is right next to the National Museum of Korea and is also close to the National Hangeul Museum. In addition to Lium, Samsung Art Museum, which is another main product of the “Lee Kun-hee Collection,” more than 20 museums and art galleries, including AmorePacific Museum and Yongsan Museum of History (scheduled to open in 2022), are also gathered. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said, “The Yongsan site is government land, so there is no additional cost to purchase the site.”

It is also noteworthy that Songhyeon-dong, where the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee took over during his lifetime, is a place where he has a relationship with the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee. Lee Ho-jae, chairman of Seoul Auction, said in an exclusive interview with this newspaper on the 2nd of last month, “The land in Songhyeon-dong was purchased by Chairman Lee Kun-hee as an art museum site.” Chairman Lee Ho-jae said, “We bought it in 1997 with the construction of an art museum and an opera house in mind, and even entrusted the design to U.S. architect Frank Gary.” However, he suffered ups and downs, such as the foreign exchange crisis and the change of ownership to Korean Air.Korean Air, which took over the site in 2008, planned to build a top-notch hotel, but it was at odds with Seoul City when it was Mayor Park Won-soon over licensing, and now the transfer of ownership to Seoul is underway. To build an art museum on the site of Songhyeon-dong, the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) must buy the land from Korean Air, and LH must go through the process of trading the land for the city’s municipal land.Ancient and contemporary art in one place

Regarding the government’s choice of “Seoul,” whether it is Yongsan or Songhyeon-dong, Yoo, former head of the Cultural Heritage Administration, said, “The possibility of connection with Samsung Museum Leeum will also be meaningful.” Former director Yoo said, “The Lee Kun-hee Collection is virtually like taking some of Lium’s collection and donating it to the state,” adding, “It is right to see all donations, whether they are ancient or modern art as one with Lium’s collection.” It seems to have also taken into account the connection,” he said.

It is the first time that the central government has come forward to create a separate facility in the wake of an individual’s donation, like the “Lee Kun-hee Donation Center.” Until now, Kukbak has operated “Lee Hong-geun’s Room” (1900-1980) by Dongwon Lee Hong-geun, who donated 4,900 artifacts, an exhibition room named after the donors, and a donation cultural property room that carefully selects and presents donated cultural assets.

It is also the first time that a national cultural facility will be established that combines ancient art and modern art. Some criticized that “collecting all ancient and modern art in one place is creating a ‘world of all things’, not this or that.”

However, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee said, “The integrated museum is suitable for promoting the spirit and philosophy of donors.”

Park Myung-soon, a regional culture policy officer at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said, “The Getty Museum in LA also shows everything from ancient to modern art,” adding, “We expect to create a greater synergy effect by gathering together.” In addition, “In Korea, it is divided into state-owned and state-owned, so there was a lack of integrated exhibitions.” The construction of the “Lee Kun-hee Donation Hall” may be a good opportunity for the exhibition of Tongsub, he explained.

SAM KIM

ASIA JOURNAL