GWANGJU < invest Korea

(GWANGJU=NEWSIS) A kimchi traditional fermented food complex will be established in the Kimchi Town in Gwangju.

Gwangju City announced January 14 that it will invest KRW 8 billion in building the kimchi traditional fermented food complex that includes fermentation and storage facilities for ingredients and processing facilities for functional new material food products.

The city plans to complete the construction of the complex by December, 2016 after a series of reviews of the project plan and deliberations of investment.

The complex will comprise PR and sales facility, fermentation and storage facility for salted seafood, storage and package facility for fermentation of kimchi, package facility for functional new material kimchi and package facility for kimchi and other ingredients.

"When the construction of kimchi traditional fermented food complex is completed, we will be able to develop Gwangju as the mecca of kimchi along with the Kimchi Town, home to the World Institute of Kimchi and other kimchi-related institutions." said a city official.

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