International Environmental Research Center (IERC)
is located in Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), which is
located in the Gwangju Science and Technology Park in
a northern suburb of Gwangju, Korea. The city of Gwangju
is situated 200 miles south of Seoul and 150 miles west
of Pusan.
Gwangju is well known for its cultural activities. In
1995, the city began hosting the Gwangju Biennale, a
biennial international art Olympiad, on a regular basis.
Gwangju is also famous for its excellent cuisine. Every
year the city hosts food festivals featuring a wide
variety of foods. In the downtown area of Gwangju, one
can find many restaurants, movie theaters and shops,
including big department stores.
The city can be easily reached by air, road and rail
from Seoul, Pusan and other major cities throughout
the nation. The Korean Traditional Folk Village, Jiri-san
National Park, Naejang-san National Park, the Muju Ski
Resort and Moodung-san Provincial Park, which attract
great numbers of tourists from all over the country,
are all within a few hours' reach.
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If you visit us by your own car: After going through Gwangju toll gate on
expressway,
drive until you can see the panel "Gwang-san IC" or "Mokpo, Naju"
(about 5km from the toll gate), and then you a face long curved
road at
the IC. Right after the long curved road, there is a 3-way where you
should turn right. Just after that, you will go through a small
tunnel, about 1km after which you will find GIST on your left. Then, you would be guided to our center
from guard in the main entrance of GIST.
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¤ýAddress : Samsung Environmental Research Bldg., 1 Oryong-dong, Buk-gu,
Gwangju 500-712 Republic of Korea
¤ýTel : +82-62-970-3391~3
¤ýFax : +82-62-970-3394