Korea International Exhibition Center (, commonly known as KINTEX) is a convention and exhibition center located in Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, approximately 23 km 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.

Overview

It is a three-storey building on a 224,800 m2 plot of land between Ilsan's central road, Chungangno, and the Han River. It has a total indoor exhibition area of 108,049 m2, the only exhibition center in Korea which has bigger area than 100,000 m2. Shortly after opening, it hosted the 2005 Seoul Motor Show.

History

Facilities

Notable events

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.

Sports

KINTEX was the venue of the 2009 World Weightlifting Championships and the 2010 All That Skate figure skating show.

Entertainment

The venue has hosted various events such as SBS's year-end music program Gayo Daejeon, the 2013 Mnet 20's Choice Awards, Infinite Challenge Expo in December 2015 to January 2016, 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.

Tests

Many important tests, such as civil service examination and Company entrance examination are taken in the KINTEX.