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Daejeon
Surrounded by idyllic jade mountains peppered with ancient temples and Confucian pavilions, Daejeon is generally considered the most livable and dynamic city among Korea’s major cities. Traffic is quite reasonable, parks, rivers and museums are never more than a short ride away and one can get to Seoul in 50 minutes by train. But what makes Daejeon unique among all the cities of Asia is its astonishing collection of universities and research institutes conducting world-class research in the applied sciences from semiconductors to fusion technology and next-generation satellites. Daejeon boasts a large international community and an incredible population of over 7,500 citizens with Ph.D. degrees in the applied sciences and an equal number with M.A.s and other advanced training. Daejeon has earned its name as Asia’s “Silicon Valley.”
Welcome to Daejeon
Districts and Neighborhoods of Daejeon
Full list of districts ("Gu") and sub-districts ("dong") of Daejeon
Dong-gu 동구 东区
College Village 대전대 우송대 학교 비리지
Complete list of Dong-gu subdistricts ("dong")
Seo-gu 서구 西区
Daejeon Government Complex environs 시청 주변
Complete list of Seo-gu subdistricts ("dong")
Jung-gu 중구 中区
Old Town: Around the Chungnam Provincial Office
Seo-Daejeon Station area 서대전역 주변
Complete list of Jung-gu subdistricts ("dong")
Yuseong-gu 유성구 儒城区
Gung-dong (Chungnam University) 궁동
Buk-Daejeon Intersection 북대전IC
Other Yuseong-gu places of note
Complete list of Yuseong-gu subdistricts ("dong")
Daedeok-gu 대덕구 大德区
Other Daedeok-gu places of note
Complete list of Daedeok-gu subdistricts ("dong")
Restaurants
International Restaurants
International Restaurants: Italian
International Restaurants: Chinese
International Restaurants: Japanese
International Restaurants: Indian & Pakistani
International Restaurants: family places
International Restaurants: American
International Restaurants: Southeast Asia
International Restaurants: Fast Food
Korean Restaurants
Eating Guideline for Korean Food
Korean Restaurant: Bulgogi & Galbi (meat)
Korean Restaurant: fish and sushi
Korean Restaurant: Dubu (Tofu)
Korean Restaurant: Gimpap (sushi rolls)
Korean Restaurant: Hot Pot (Jeongol)
Korean Restaurant: Hanjeongsik (Gourmet)
Korean Restaurant: Steamed food (Jim)
Korean Restaurant: Stew (Tang)
Cafes, Tea Houses & Bars
Shopping
Old Daejeon is still divided up Korean style into shopping areas. There are areas for buying dogs, herbal medicines, construction tools, artifical limbs and printing services. Do not expect to find a hardware store with everything. Modern stores like Homeplus and E Mart follow the Western inclusive model.
Accommodations
Healthclubs and Saunas (Jjimjjilbang)
Housing
Art, Culture, and Entertainment
Tourism
Conference Centers and Facilities
Transportation
To and From Daejeon
KTX, Saemaul and Mugonghwa Trains
In Daejeon
Medicine, Health, Sports and Excercise
Medicine
Excercise
Religion
Education
Research
Introduction to the research cluster Daedeok Innopolis
Daedeok Innopolis refers to the remarkable collection of R&D centers and venture companies that have congregated in the green hills of Daedeok Valley, north of the city of Daejeon in the Republic of Korea. The research institutes and the venture companies constitute one of Asia’s top innovation clusters for technology. Daedeok Innopolis derives its power it ability to effectively innovate, an organic and fluid ecosystem for creativity . The research institutes and universities in Daedeok Valley have spun off multiple start-ups and continue to do so at a remarkable pace. Unlike many other clusters one hears about, Korea has invested heavily in building up both the research expertise for over thirty years, creating long-term research programs of scale and depth. There are over seven thousand with Ph.Ds in the sciences in Daedeok and state-of-the-art infrastructure is in place that enables Daedeok to play a leading role in the world. That gives Daedeok the depth and the institutional continuity to conduct first-class research.
Daedeok is often referred to as the "Silicon Valley of Asia" but this analogy risks obscuring the full range of technologies available here. The engine driving Daedeok is the organic circulation of ideas about technology and business between policy makers, researchers and businessmen working in the fields of telecommunications, nanofabrication, biotechnology, water, nuclear and hydro power, nuclear fusion, design, measurement technologies, mechanical engineering, fuel cells, aeronautics, new materials, robotics, new drugs and environmental technologies. Daedeok is exceptionally well endowed in all these fields and is expanding its international ties rapidly. Daedeok Innopolis' membership includes 898 corporations, 35 government invested and sponsored institutions; 6 universities; 15 public organizations.
The Daedeok Innopolis ecosystem consists of six overlapping rings: universities, research institutes, government and government invested institutions, corporate research institutes and venture corporations. The mutual stimulation and cooperation between these six different communities produces remarkable innovation and commercialization of available technologies. When the Boston Consulting Group released recently a list of nations leading in innovation, Korea was ranked number two, just below Singapore. Daedeok Innopolis stands on the front line of Asian innovation, setting the pace for Asia and the world.
Among Daedeok Innopolis' universities KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) is considered the top technical university in Korea and one of a handful with global reach in East Asia. Strong fields at KAIST include computer science, electrical and nuclear engineering, mechanical design, chemistry and telecommunications. The national university Chungnam University also plays a central role in those fields, but brings also focused expertise in biotechnology, medicine and the agricultural sciences. These universities are complemented by such outstanding universities as Hanbat University (a leader in IT), Pai Chai University, Hannam University, Mokwon University and Woosong University.
Research institutes in Daedeok include the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), National Fusion Research Institute, National Nanofab Center, Korean Basic Science Research Institute, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Marine and Ocean Engineering Research Institute, Institute for information Technology Advancement, Korea Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Agency for Defense Development, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Korea Institute of Nuclear Non-proliferation and Control, National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety and the National Security Research Institute. Among the outstanding technology produced in Daedeok are ETRI's wireless communications systems CDMA, WIBRO & DMB, KRIBB's nano biochips, KARI's KOMPSTAT satellites and NFRI's KSTAR nuclear fusion reactor.
Daedeok is also home to twenty-one corporate research centers with global reach surrounded by an equal number at smaller firms. Some of the notable corporate research centers are Dongbu Advanced Research Institute, (biotechnology, microorganisms and agrichemicals), GS-Caltex Value Creation Center (environmentally friendly products including substitutes for oil), Hanwha Chemical Research (biotechnology, electronics materials, catalysts & nanotechnology), Honam Petrochemical Daeduk Research Institute (synthetic chemistry & petrochemicals), LG Chemical LTD. Research Park (Lithium Ion Battery & Polymer Battery Development), Samyang R&D Center (medical Research and electronics) and SK Institute of Technology (petroleum-related research).
Also such public corporation research institutes as Korea Electric Power Research Institute (hydroelectric projects and nuclear energy), Korea Institute of Construction Materials (authorized test agency for construction materials), Korea Institute of Aerospace Technology (aerospace design, satellites, launch technologies) are also part of the Daedeok ecosystem. The presence of the headquarters of KORAIL, Korea's railroad public corporation which manufactures and maintains the high-speed KTX train, KOMSCO, the bureau of engraving and printing and center for advanced security printing, and K-Water, the Korean water public corporation enhance Daejeon's stature. In addition, the air force army have their academies and headquarters near Daejeon and work together with several research institutes on security-related projects.
Daejeon is the home to the patent office and patent court for all of Korea. On top of that, we find other government offices in Daejeon: the Korea Customs Service, the Public Procurement Service, the Military Manpower Administration, the Cultural Heritage Administration, the Korea Forest Service, the Korean Intellectual Property Office, and the Small and Medium Business Administration are located in Daejeon. A new administrative capital is planned for nearby Sejong City that will make the region a center for business and technology for all of Asia.
The cross-fertilization between research fields in Daedeok encourages innovation and collaboration. Over the last 15 years, venture companies have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain, numbering over 800 at last count. Some of those companies have gone on to become major players and others are coming of age today.
Intekplus's semiconductor package inspection systems, Hanool Robotics's remarkable cleaning robots, Menix Corporation's mobile security systems, RayCan's next generation lasers and ABC NanoTech's ceramic nano powder are just some of the products produced by the startlingly diverse panoply of venture companies that thrive in the ecosystem surrounding KAIST, Chungnam University, and the government and corporate research institutes.
The city supports one of the fastest developing business communities with a strong emphasis on technological innovation. The recently opened Daedeok Techno Valley on the north side of town brings together research with light manufacturing to create a unique environment for R&D. The universities and research institutes have set up venture firms here to explore new applications of their technologies. More recently, Daejeon's ACTS (Agency of Advanced Cultural Technologies and Services) has become a Mecca for multimedia entertainment and film.
Daedeok Innopolis has a Business Hub Center to provide one-stob service for possible investors with special facilities for international firms and joint R&D, and plans a Technology Convergence Center and Foreign Investment Complex in the near future. See our Invest Daedeok Innopolis site http://www.investdi.org/english for details.
Science and Technology Research Institutes
Public Corporation Research Institutes
Daedeok Innopolis Experimental Page
Business in Daejeon
Umbrella Organizations and institutions
Technology Companies in Daejeon
Nearby Daejeon
Sejeong City (new administrative capital)
Anmyeon-do Peninsula and Taean
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