SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Group, South Korea’s top conglomerate, said Sunday it is considering expanding its remote hiring process after wrapping up its first-ever online recruitment exam amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Global Samsung Aptitude Test (GSAT), an entrance exam for those who seek jobs at Samsung, was conducted online for the [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A fired worker of Samsung Group ended his nearly one-year protest atop a 25-meter tower in southern Seoul on Friday, after South Korea’s largest conglomerate apologized and promised to resolve what he claims to be his unlawful dismissal. Kim Yong-hee, a former employee of the now-defunct Samsung Techwin Co., [...]
WASHINGTON, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s alliance with the United States is more important than its strategic partnership with China, but antagonizing Beijing will start a new Cold War on the Korean Peninsula, a special security adviser to President Moon Jae-in said Wednesday. Speaking from Seoul, Moon Chung-in was addressing the dilemma Seoul [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese students responsible for ripping off banners placed around the Yonsei University campus to promote democracy in Hong Kong have been indicted without detention. The Seoul Western District Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday that eight Chinese students from Yonsei University have been charged with allegations of damaging public property. The [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizewire) — Beset by falling revenues amid the new coronavirus pandemic, South Korean retailers have been struggling to stay afloat by expanding the online sales business amid the non-contact trend. Now, they are further going online by taking the note of livestreaming shopping tools in a bid to woo more customers. [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizewire) — Single-member households in South Korea remain vulnerable to poverty despite increased state employment projects and fiscal spending, a report said Tuesday. The relative poverty rate of such households, referring to the percentage of people with income below 50 percent of the median income, edged down to 51.3 percent in [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Getting geared up for a potential second wave of COVID-19 infections, South Korea seems to be leaning toward embracing telemedicine despite unrelenting protests from a physicians’ lobby group and civic activists. President Moon Jae-in’s aides at Cheong Wa Dae are busy making a case for why such a system [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will seek law revisions to allow the operation of sharing economy ventures, such as shared kitchens and shared lodgings for locals, in a bid to expand horizons for the emerging business model, the prime minister’s office said Thursday. During a policy coordination meeting presided over by Prime [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to prepare a roadmap for a universal employment insurance system by the end of the year, the labor minister said Thursday. “The government plans to provide a roadmap by the end of this year to clear any blind spots in the universal employment insurance system,” Labor [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The coronavirus pandemic is giving way to so-called ‘untact’ (no contact) services such as online shopping and delivery applications as a new alternative for the service industry. Experts argue that policy support is in order to allow new business models to settle in the market as untact services are [...]