Gwang Myeong is a city [5] in Gyeonggi Province [6], South Korea [7]. It borders Seoul [8] to the north and northeast, Anyang [9] to the east and south, and Siheung [10] to the southwest.
There are 18 administrative districts ("dongs" in Korean) in Gwangmyeong. Specifically, these are: Gwangmyeong Dong (from 1-7; Gwangmyeong 6-dong is also known as Okgil dong), Cheolsan Dong (4 dongs), Ha-an Dong (4 dongs), Soha Dong (2 dongs; Soha 2-dong is also known as Iljik dong), and Hak-on dong (Gahak-dong and No-onsa dong). In 1995, a tiny section of Gwangmyeong was ceded to Seoul's newly created Geumcheon-gu.
The city, though small, hosts many firms. In total, there are 630 companies employing 11,636 people. The city was officially planned to promote small businesses. Such workers can take merits of getting fee of rent, land and even costs for investment.
In 1973, The Kia Motors [11] located its Sohari Plant [12] in Soha-dong, Gwangmyeong City, becoming the country's first integrated automobile assembly plant. As Kia's car factory nearest to Seoul, it has convenient access to labor and other resources and can conveniently provide completed goods to the Seoul metropolitan area. [13]