SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – More than four out of 10 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have filed patent applications have suffered damages from technology theft but did not take separate measures due to difficulty in verifying the extent of the damages. The Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business conducted a ‘Policy Demand [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for an absolute majority of businesses in South Korea, with their workforces taking up nearly 83 percent of all corporate employees, data showed Thursday. As of 2019, smaller firms in Asia’s fourth-largest economy numbered 6.89 million, up 3.8 percent from a year earlier [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean medium-sized companies held a press conference in Japan on Wednesday accusing Lotte Group subsidiaries of resorting to unfair treatment. The Association of Lotte Victims, with Rep. Chu Hye-seon from the South Korean minor opposition Justice Party, exposed six cases of medium-sized companies and business owners falling victim [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The gap in research and development (R&D) investment between South Korea’s small and medium-sized businesses and big companies is widening, a local think tank said Sunday, a development that can pose economic challenges going forward. The report by the Korea Small Business Institute (KOSBI) showed that while small and medium-sized enterprises [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Small to mid-sized firms are asking the government to modify pension requirements, arguing that paying half of the national pension dues for foreign workers with E-9 visas is unreasonable. The Korea Federation of SMEs (KBIZ) sent a letter to the Ministry of Health and Welfare on Wednesday asking the [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Small and midsize manufacturing firms in South Korea have suffered the sharpest drop in output in nine years in 2018 due mainly to a slump in the country’s automaking and shipbuilding sectors, government data showed Monday. Production by smaller manufacturers with fewer than 300 employees shrank 4.3 percent on-year [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A new measure that would punish large corporations or public institutions for stealing technology owned by small and mid-sized companies is being pushed forth by the government. According to the proposed policy, organizations would have to pay 10 times the estimated value of the technology if found to have [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A new payment system will be implemented aimed at addressing one of the top difficulties small businesses face, payment processing charges. Hong Jong-hak, the minister of SMEs and Startups, stated at a gathering relating to the issue today that an innovative payment system is needed to relieve small businesses [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The total amount of investment in startups reached a record high 634.8 billion won (US$594 million) in the first three months of the year amid hopes of lucrative returns, government data showed Monday. The amount is up 56.6 percent from 405.4 billion won tallied a year earlier, according to [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are seeking to expand into overseas markets as they face mounting challenges at home, a poll by a local think tank showed Sunday. According to the Center for Large and Small Business Cooperation, 85.5 percent of all SMEs in the country said [...]