SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK C&C Co., an IT service unit of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, on Tuesday said it had launched a comprehensive internet portal service for the improvement of domestic businesses’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) management. The Click ESG online portal allows users to check the result of comprehensive [...]
Paris FRANCE, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Sia Partners, a leading independent consulting firm in France and pioneer of Consulting 4.0, announces the launch of its affiliate program, which aims to recruit partner firms that will use Sia Partners’ brand, international expertise, and Consulting 4.0 ecosystem under franchise. FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF THE AFFILIATE PROGRAM Since [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Semiconductor Industry Association (KSIA) announced today that an investment forum specially devoted to the nurturing of startups and venture capital firms in the semiconductor industry will be launched in the near future. The purpose of the forum is to offer a variety of services such as management [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – One of the newest trends for Korean retailers is “sleep consulting” – a concept store, or a service, providing everything one needs to know to improving quality of sleep. The Hyundai Department Store in Mokdong, Seoul, was among the first to introduce such an outlet. Dubbed Beyond Sleep, the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Global consulting firm McKinsey & Company is again facing criticism with the disclosure that it provided business consulting services to Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) three years ago, advising the company to focus on its offshore plants – the very business that lead to DSME’s demise. McKinsey is [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A leading U.S. law firm has been allowed to offer legal consultancy services in South Korea, the Ministry of Justice said Sunday. Latham & Watkins was permitted on Thursday to open the branch in Seoul to provide international law-related consultancy services and other services with local law firms, it [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean part-time workers saw their hourly wage jump more than 11 percent on-year in the first quarter to exceed the legal floor of 5,580 won (US$5.19), a poll showed Monday. The average hourly wage of part-timers came to 6,910 won in the January-March period, up 11.3 percent from [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The en world group (President: Craig Saphin), a recruiting agency helping multinational companies employ managers and mid-level professionals in seven countries with 11 offices in the Asia Pacific region, announced that it will further strengthen the business in South Korea in order to generate a synergistic effect with their [...]