GUMI, SOUTH KOREA, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gumi City government saw more than two hundred people apply for a number of public area cleaning job openings after it began taking applicants. Of the 239 candidates, nearly one hundred had a university degree or more while 131 were high school graduates. A mere 14 people [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea should relentlessly seek a “path of innovation” rather than resting on its past laurels, President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday, underscoring that innovation is at the core of the country’s survival strategy amid a global economic slowdown. During a forum in Seoul, Park highlighted that South Korea has [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Just like the rest of the world, Korea is suffering from a prolonged economic downturn. Like societies elsewhere, Koreans and their businesses are adapting and adjusting to what is starting to be accepted as a new economic reality. To begin with, there has been a clear shift in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Massive sale events are in swing at South Korean department stores, hypermarkets and duty-free shops in their latest attempt to win back shoppers as consumer sentiment remains dim following the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak, market watchers said Sunday. Lotte Department Store, the country’s biggest department store chain, [...]