SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s IT industry is exploring ways to survive in a prolonged economic slump, with no clear signs of improvement in sight. The labor union of Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant messaging app KakaoTalk, recently held its first rally since its establishment in October 2018 as [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — While women working in the South Korean IT industry are paid more than in other fields, the wage gap between genders persists. According to corporate tracker Korea CXO Institute, women in the IT industry make around 89.3 million won (US$67,550) each year, the highest among all sectors. They were [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech firms and game developers are competing to recruit new employees, promising “good rewards.” After Nexon Co. decided to raise the annual wage of all management staff by 8 million won (US$7,000) last month, Netmarble Corp. and Com2uS followed suit by offering raises of the same amount. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The ruling Democratic Party is discussing ways to get lucrative companies to share some of their profits with small businesses vulnerable to losses amid the coronavirus pandemic. The IT industry, one of the beneficiaries of the pandemic era, is leading the charge. South Korea’s top mobile messenger operator Kakao [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — One in five workers in the IT sector has been bullied or witnessed bullying at work, according to a recent survey. Out of 1,364 IT workers surveyed, 265 or 19.4 percent said they had experienced or witnessed bullying at work, according to findings released Tuesday by the Federation of [...]