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Online Shopping Giant Coupang Faces Criticism After Staff Cuts

SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean online shopping giant Coupang is facing criticism over massive staff cuts in the wake of allegations of labor rights abuses that emerged yesterday. Coupang is widely known for its next day delivery service dubbed “Rocket Delivery”, but despite the popular policy that ships all items ordered before midnight [...]

Coupang Goes ‘All In’ on Rocket Deliveries

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – E-commerce giant Coupang has announced that it will be investing 1.5 trillion won by 2017 to hire 40,000 delivery people called ‘Coupang Men’, and increase its number of logistics centers from 14 to 21. This is a significantly larger-scale investment than the 1 billion dollar infusion attracted from Softbank, [...]