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Chip supercycle breathes fiscal life into SK hynix's hometown

Icheon, the mid-sized city in Gyeonggi that hosts the chipmaker's global headquarters and primary memory manufacturing campus, has surpassed a 50 percent fiscal self-reliance ratio for the first time.

2026.6.10

The Icheon Police Precinct in Icheon, Gyeonggi [YONHAP]

Labor groups call for investigation into Vietnamese worker's death at Gyeonggi gravel processing plant

A Vietnamese worker at a gravel processing plant in Icheon, Gyeonggi, died on Tuesday from severe bleeding caused by multiple injuries, preliminary autopsy results showed on Friday.

2026.3.13

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Flames and black smoke from a fire that broke out at a logistics center in Icheon, Gyeonggi, are pictured on May 13. [YONHAP]

178 evacuated after fire breaks out at Icheon logistics center

A fire at a logistics center in Incheon prompted a Level 2 response. No injuries had been reported as of 2 p.m.

2025.5.13

Mini automatic guided vehicles transport products and sort them according to their respective delivery destinations. [CJ LOGISTICS]

CJ Logistics can handle 50,000 boxes of Crocs at new logistics center in Icheon

The logistics giant built a special facility to handle the popular footwear for both store deliveries and online sales.

2024.2.22

Daejeon O-World's Magic Nature is a popular photo spot among Night Universe visitors. [KOREA TOURISM ORGANIZATION]

[WEEKEND GETAWAY] Get into the holiday spirit with Korea's festive light attractions

Many places around Korea are lighting up for the upcoming holiday season, serving as not only popular photo spots but also as must-visit locations for couples, families and friends.

2022.12.2

The daughter of Hyeon Eun-kyeong, a 50-year-old nurse who died last Friday in a hospital trying to save patients from a blaze, holds her mother’s portrait at the Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Icheon Hospital on Sunday. [YONHAP]

Nurse dies trying to save patients in Icheon blaze

Jang Jae-gu, head of the Icheon Fire Station, said it appeared the 50-year-old nurse had enough time to evacuate, but died trying to get her patients out.

2022.8.7

Firefighters prepare to enter a building in Icheon, Gyeonggi, where a hospital on the fourth floor caught fire Friday morning. [GYEONGGI DISASTER AND SAFETY HEADQUARTERS]

Five dead, over 30 trapped in hospital which caught fire in Icheon

Five people died and more than 30 remain trapped in a hospital in Icheon, Gyeonggi as of noon Friday after it caught fire at around 10:20 a.m. Many people have been reported seriously injured.

2022.8.5

In hot pursuit

Apache, Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters take off for tactical maneuvers in Icheon, Gyeonggi on Monday in the largest air exercises held by the Korean Army in two years.

2022.7.26

Coupang’s warehouse in Icheon, Gyeonggi on Sunday. [NEWS1]

Coupang fire was reported immediately, contractor says

Following a devastating and deadly fire at a Coupang warehouse, a battle over the details about the initial response to the incident is raging in the local press and online, with rumors being met by denials and silence.

2021.6.23

Shameful work environment (KOR)

The remains of Kim Dong-sik, a courageous firefighter who fearlessly plunged into an inferno at a Coupang warehouse in Icheon, Gyeonggi, were found in the basement of the giant building. Though the exact reasons for the fire have...

2021.6.20