Meanings
- One of the 10 administrative divisions that comprise Incheon, South Korea.
The advanced design studio has moved from Bupyeong, Incheon, to the fashionable Seoul neighborhood of Gangnam, evidently Seoul’s answer to Greenwich Village.
2010 April 22, Jim Motavalli, “G.M. Looks for Design Edge With New Studio in Seoul”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Nov 20232 more examples
Strategically located at the intersection of the Seoul and Incheon subway lines, Bupyeong is a relatively new and rapidly developing area of wide roads and orderly apartment blocks, prized for its convenience and abundance of facilities, which include the city’s largest gym, a lively nightlife district, and a massive underground shopping complex connected to Bupyeong subway station.
2010, Jonathan Hopfner, “Prime Living Locations”, in Living Abroad in South Korea (Moon), 1st edition, Avalon Travel, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 192"We have to fight so that the future of the No.2 assembly line (in the city of Bupyeong) does not follow that of the Gunsan factory," union workers at the assembly line said in the newsletter.
2018 April 2, Haejin Choi, Hyunjoo Jin, “GM Korea's March sales dive; seeks to halt one shift at Bupyeong plant”, in Muralikumar Anantharaman, Christopher Cushing, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2025
Origin
- Korean부평(富平)
- EnglishBupyeong
Romanization of Korean 부평(富平) (Bupyeong).
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Bupyeong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bupyeong
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