SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday that it is creating 200 jobs exclusively for Chinese-speaking travel interpreters, with China’s travel ban to South Korea still in effect. According to city officials, the application process will run from May 31 until June 15, and the new recruits will serve as [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top oil refiner, said Wednesday that it plans to spend 10 trillion won (US$8.91 billion) in the battery and other non-refining sectors by 2020 to reshape its business portfolio and nurture new revenue sources. In a regulatory filing, SK Innovation said the investment will [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s top oil refiner, plans to put more focus on its battery and petrochemical businesses in order to stay ahead of its rivals and secure stable income, its chief said Tuesday. “We will heavily invest in the battery and petrochemicals sectors, thus helping SK Innovation [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Jin Air Co., the budget carrier unit of Korean Air Lines Co., said Monday the number of passengers it served has exceeded 30 million nearly nine years after it started operating. Jin Air, launched in July 2008, became the second low-cost carrier (LCC) to reach the milestone after Jeju [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Starbucks Coffee Korea has been ordered to compensate a customer for providing only one free coffee after the consumer won an event that originally promised a free drink every day for a year, the plaintiff’s lawyer said Wednesday. The customer, surnamed Ko, filed the case with the Seoul Central [...]
BUSAN, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Port of Busan, South Korea’s largest port, was marginally outstripped last year by the Port of Hong Kong, conceding the title of the fifth-busiest container port in the world, namely on account of the Hanjin Shipping crisis. The South Korean port ranked sixth globally in 2016, processing 19.43 [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Intern Resident Association expressed deep concerns Tuesday over a dress and appearance manual for doctors that is currently being developed at the Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital. According to the KIRA, articles in the manual specific to female doctors include wearing “vibrant makeup” because [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver Corp. was picked as the top firm for its business performance among the country’s major 500 companies, data showed Tuesday, beating Samsung Electronics Co. According to the data compiled by industry tracker CEO Score, South Korea’s No. 1 Internet portal operator received top remarks in a business evaluation that centered on eight areas, including earnings, investment, job creation and transparency. While Naver stood as the [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The latest data from market analyst DMC Media has revealed that YouTube was still the most popular video streaming platform on mobile devices in South Korea, chosen by 42.8 percent of 1,000 study participants in April, which was up from the 38 percent observed last year. YouTube outstripped its [...]
BUSAN, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Container cargo handled at South Korea’s biggest port of Busan has edged up over the past eight months despite the demise of Hanjin Shipping Co., once the country’s No. 1 shipping firm, data showed Tuesday. Container cargo processed at the southeastern port came to 13.05 million twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) [...]