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![A foreigner holds up a fish he has caught during the 2025 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Festival in Gangwon on Feb. 2. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12040330.jpg?imageId=12040330&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Attendees of an investor relations event hosted by the province of Gangwon pose for a photo at its community hall located in Mapo District, western Seoul on Tuesday. Around 100 people including Gangwon Governor Kim Jin-tae, Chuncheon Mayor Yook Dong-han and Wonju Mayor Won Gang-soo attended the event. The heads of Gangwon-based companies including semiconductor equipment maker MiCo Ceramics, medical equipment and cosmetics company BR Pharm and Botox manufacturer A&T Pharma were also present. The event consisted of an investment agreement ceremony, where MiCo Ceramics, BR Pharm and A&T Pharma signed an agreement to invest 113.7 billion won ($87 million) and hire 130 new recruits. [GANGWON STATE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10195791.jpg?imageId=10195791&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)