SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major IT companies are strengthening in-house cafeteria service as part of efforts to improve their welfare systems as well as to minimize the resistance of employees following the abolition of work-at-home policies. Gaming giant Nexon Co., for instance, plans to expand its internal cafeterias. The company’s workforce [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military is joining hands with IT representatives to train technology specialists. The Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Science and ICT announced Tuesday that they will start a joint artificial intelligence (AI) and software training program for military personnel, aimed at developing 1,000 military specialists for the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of South Korean tech companies began to allow their employees to work from home again as a precautionary measure amid the resurgence of novel coronavirus infections, industry officials said Tuesday. On Sunday, the government raised social distancing in Seoul and its neighboring areas by one notch [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The status of developers continues to grow in South Korea’s information technology (IT) industry. Some IT firms are spinning off units as independent corporate entities, while others are moving offices to secure more developers. Along with the spread of non-face-to-face interaction (‘untact’) culture due to the outbreak of the [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies are concerned over possible collateral damage as the U.S. government is putting heavy pressure on Huawei Technologies Co., a Chinese electronics manufacturer. While South Korean IT firms are not expecting any immediate impact, they are keeping a close watch on the trade war between the U.S. [...]