SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government has reported significant success with its pilot operation of a ‘Smartphone Tax Delinquency Notification and Payment Service’ that informs citizens of their unpaid taxes via KakaoTalk. Launched as part of a pilot project, the service has seen a notable impact in encouraging prompt tax payments. Implemented [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A bill to revise the Recruitment Procedure Act towards including a provision that requires employers to notify failed job candidates why they were rejected has been proposed in the National Assembly. The bill comes at a time in which many job seekers are raising voices about the need to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — While most job seekers think that “Companies should also notify those who failed the interview,” companies feel burdened about it. According to a survey of 498 companies conducted by online job portal Saramin, 61.2 percent of the companies said they felt burdened to notify those who failed their interview. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Talk is South Korea’s most popular messaging application, boasting 50 million active monthly users around the world. Among the dozen or so notification sounds offered by the app is “Obama Talk”, which was taken from an actual speech made by former U.S. president Barack Obama, where he mentioned [...]