SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey revealed that a time of the day between 10 am to 3 pm is the most preferred time for married women to partake in economic activity. According to Findjob, Korea’s online job search portal, which conducted a survey on 1,760 female job seekers who were older [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A study said it takes an average of 19 years for a small- or mid-sized firm to graduate from that status and move up the rank of an enterprise of middle standing. According to a report by the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry based on a survey on [...]
![[Feature] How to Revive Flagging SME Sector](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/SME-800x497.png "[Feature] How to Revive Flagging SME Sector")
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The share of the big-three retailers, including Lotte, Shinsegae, and Hyundai, in the nation’s retail market reaches up to 80 percent. Even amid a host of policy measures designed to revive small- and medium-sized merchants, the market is still dominated by a few oligopolistic players. Lim Chae-woon, Professor of marketing at [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a recent survey, Korean job seekers consider “proximity” as the most important factor when choosing a job, rather than salary or field of work. Flea Market Korea, an online job search portal, and Gallup Korea conducted the survey interviewing 500 job seekers in their 20s to 60s [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – As Samsung’s smart watches including Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit are getting popular in Korea, the days of wearable devices seem to be around the corner. An interesting thing is that the government is not conducting tests to measure electromagnetic waves generated by the current models. [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Shin Jong-kyun, president of Samsung Electronics’ IT & mobile division, has made 9,664 million won in income during the three-month period in the first quarter of this year, becoming the highest-earning executive in Korea for the quarter. According to the first-quarter report submitted by the company to the Financial [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – According to Flea Market Korea, one of Korea’s job portals, which conducted a survey on 468 working men in Korea and asked ‘What would you do differently if you can travel back in time?” over six out of ten answered that they would choose different career instead of the [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of domestic investors who buy and sell overseas stocks directly without the mediation of brokers is on the rise rapidly. Up until now, most investors had to purchase stock funds in order to make investments in foreign stocks. This pattern has emerged since last year. According to [...]
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[Related Article] Number of Smartphone Banking Users Exceeds 40 Million in Korea (Korea Bizwire, May 16) The number of people using smartphone banking service has exceeded 40 million for the first time ever in Korea. On May 15, according to a report “Domestic Banking Services in the First Quarter of 2014” by the Bank of Korea, the total [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The average number of credit cards per person has fallen below four last year in Korea. The number is likely to decrease this year as debit cards are gaining popularity and people tend to avoid using credit cards even more due to a series of data security breaches. On [...]