SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies are preparing for a post-pandemic office life in line with the decision by the government to remove more than two years of virus-related restrictions. Starting Monday, limits on social gatherings and business operations will be gone while the mask mandate will remain in place, as the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — As the coronavirus continues to spread, consumers are decorating their homes into offices as more businesses are encouraging employees to work from home. Online shopping giant 11st reported a 2,183 percent increase in floor table sales between Aug. 17-26. Sales of desk blinds and other cubicle products surged by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s onerous corporate culture is slowly making progress. LG Uplus, one of the three major telecommunications companies in Korea, became the first IT company to implement a “PC-off” policy. As the name suggests, the policy forcibly shuts down all access to employee computers at 6:30 p.m. sharp, 30 minutes [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – WeWork, an American company that provides shared workspaces, has opened its first office in Gangnam. The company currently operates over 100 offices in 30 cities around the world, providing business-to-business networking opportunities, and establishing business communities to help promote startups, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. “Seoul has long functioned as [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study found that the rate of increase for office rents in Seoul was the second-highest in Asia, among 19 major cities. According to a study conducted by major U.K. real estate consulting corporation Knight Frank, rents in Seoul during this year’s first quarter increased by 2.6 percent compared [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, April 21, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – INFRAWARE released the cloud-based POLARIS Office, the company’s flagship office application, and announced that the application is available for free. The usage and function of the new POLARIS Office has completely changed in comparison to the previously sold product for individual use. In addition to allowing [...]
DALLAS, April 17, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Regus, the world’s largest provider of flexible workplaces, is opening all of its local business lounges for free on Earth Day (April 22, 2014) to help workers save gas and reduce emissions by skipping the long commute and working from a Regus center instead. Regus is also providing a [...]