Gumi

Gumi is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, on the Nakdong River about halfway between Daegu and Gimcheon. It is the second largest and most densely populated city in the province and lies on the Gyeongbu Expressway and the Gyeongbu railway line, the principal traffic routes of the country. The city is an industrial centre whose main industries are electronics and information technology manufacturing, including smartphones, semiconductors and displays, and companies such as Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have plants and research centres there. About 1,772 companies employ over 80,000 workers in Gumi. It is also the birthplace of the South Korean president Park Chung Hee.