SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Google Korea said Friday it has received a plaque of appreciation from the veterans ministry for its project to digitalize archives of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the Korean Peninsula in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the armistice of the 1950-53 Korean War. Google Arts and Culture (GAC) [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) —Google Korea employees formed a labor union affiliated with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) on April 11, after Alphabet, Google’s parent company, announced a 6% reduction in its total workforce, affecting about 12,000 people based at its headquarters. Earlier this month, Google Korea informed its employees in South [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly has decided to refer the head of Google Korea to prosecutors for perjury during the parliamentary audit. Kim Kyung-hoon, the country director for Google’s local unit, appeared as a witness at the parliamentary audit of the Korea Communications Commission led by the Science, ICT, Future Planning, [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Google Korea saw its revenue reach more than 200 billion won (US$178.65 million) last year in the first disclosure of its financial statement in the country, a regulatory filing showed Wednesday. Google Korea, which operates under Google International LLC, said in the filing that its sales stood at 220.14 [...]
ULSAN, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Taehwa River, a famous tourist spot that runs through the city of Ulsan, has been displayed as ‘Yamato River’ on Google Maps, and hasn’t been revised for the last two months despite a number of requests. The city of Ulsan has sent a formal request to Google to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver has once again publically called on Google to disclose its profits and tax records, keeping alive its charges of lack of transparency against the international IT giant. The South Korean web portal is continuing to press Google Korea on the company’s lack of transparency, with new CEO Han [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver and Google are embroiled in a fight over transparency and credibility after the South Korean web portal accused the American IT giant of not paying taxes and creating too few jobs. Naver founder Lee Hae-jin launched a scathing attack on Google during a recent parliamentary inspection, where he said [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The CEO of Google Korea who formerly headed the local unit of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser was summoned again by prosecutors Tuesday to face questions over the British firm’s toxic humidifier sterilizer which has caused numerous deaths and illnesses here. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office summoned John Lee as a [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The CEO of Google Korea who formerly headed the local unit of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser was summoned by prosecutors Monday to face questions over the British firm’s toxic humidifier sterilizers which resulted in numerous deaths and illnesses here. John Lee appeared before the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in southern [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Google Korea has been selected as Korean job seekers’ number one dream work place for seven consecutive years, according to a survey conducted by job portal Saramin. According to results published on March 2, 43 percent of 1,424 job seekers answered that Google Korea was their preferred work place among foreign [...]