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Companies Shut Down Computers to Prevent Overtime

Companies Shut Down Computers to Prevent Overtime

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 [...]

Smartphones Indispensable, but TV Still Popular: Survey

Smartphones Indispensable, but TV Still Popular: Survey

SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey by the Korea Communications Commission revealed the growing importance of smartphones, with 55.5 percent of 7,385 respondents (aged 13 and above) considering the device to be an “indispensable medium”, far surpassing those who chose TV (38.6 percent) as their answer.  The gap between the two devices [...]