| Korea International Exhibition Center | |||||||||
| Address: | 217-60, Kintex-ro | ||||||||
| Location City: | Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province | ||||||||
| Location Country: | South Korea | ||||||||
| Completion Date: | 2005; 2011 | ||||||||
| Owner: | KINTEX Inc. | ||||||||
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Korea International Exhibition Center (commonly known as KINTEX) is a convention and exhibition center located in Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, approximately 23km (14miles) from Seoul, South Korea. It comprises two exhibition centers, one of which is connected to the office building of its parent company KINTEX Inc., and is the largest "MICE" venue in South Korea.[1] [2]
It is a three-storey building on a plot of land between Ilsan's central road, Chungangno, and the Han River. It has a total indoor exhibition area of, the only exhibition center in Korea which has bigger area than . Shortly after opening, it hosted the 2005 Seoul Motor Show.
As the country's largest exhibition center, KINTEX has hosted many regional trade fairs (organized by KOTRA) as well as international conventions and exhibitions. It is the main venue of the biennial Seoul Motor Show and is one of the venues of the Goyang International Flower Festival.
Kintex held Harvard WorldMUN 2015, and will host the World Universities Debating Championships in 2021.
KINTEX was the venue of the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships and the 2010 All That Skate figure skating show.
The venue has hosted various events such as SBS's year-end music program Gayo Daejeon, the 2013 Mnet 20's Choice Awards,[4] [5] Infinite Challenge Expo in December 2015 to January 2016,[6] the 2016 tvN10 Awards, the 31st Golden Disc Awards and, more recently, the Booting Evaluations stage of the survival competition The Unit. The 32nd Golden Disc Awards will take place at KINTEX on January 10–11, 2018.[7]
| Date | Artist(s) | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 March 2009 | Sarah Brightman | The Symphony World Tour | |
| 26–27 January 2013 | Kim Jae-joong | I/MINE concerts | |
| 3 November 2012 | Dr. Dre[8] | ||
| 21–29 December 2013 | SM Town (SHINee, Girls' Generation, f(x), EXO, TVXQ and Super Junior) | SMTOWN Week Music Festival | |
| 17–18 December 2016 | Shinhwa | Winter Special Live: UNCHANGING | |
| 4 February 2017 | g.o.d | god to MEN National Tour[9] | |
| 23–24 December 2017 | Sechs Kies | 20th Anniversary National Tour |
Many important tests, such as civil service examination and Company entrance examination are taken in the KINTEX.