JEJU, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Discarded entrance tickets, flight tickets and specialty snack packages are selling as souvenirs, recalling memories of trips to Jeju. A cultural group in Jeju is holding an experimental event, selling garbage discarded by visitors as souvenirs to raise funds to help establish a local library. Place What?, a Jeju-based [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Hanhwa B&B, the food and beverage arm of Hanhwa Group, received a social enterprise certification from the Ministry of Labor thanks to its efforts to create jobs for the economically disadvantaged. On November 20, the business group announced that its delicacy affiliate was the first Korean conglomerate to earn [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – POSCO announced on November 6 that it launched KP SE, a social enterprise in Cilegon, Indonesia, on the 4th. The POSCO Foundation and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) jointly established the enterprise supported by Krakatau POSCO which has a lot of management experience. The Korea’s steel maker will outsource tasks [...]
![[Feature] Korean Edition of “The Big Issue” Proves Successful Social Enterprise Model](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/big-issue_korean.jpg "[Feature] Korean Edition of “The Big Issue” Proves Successful Social Enterprise Model")
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been four years since the Big Issue, a magazine published for giving the homeless the opportunity to earn their own money, came out in Korea. For these years, it is generally assumed the magazine has been a modest success. In the beginning, the magazine was sold about [...]
Singapore, Mar 31, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) - To broaden access for users in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, HootSuite, the world’s most widely used social relationship platform, is introducing a refreshed set of Chinese app integrations in its App Directory: Sina Weibo, Tencent Weibo, as well as Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo Analytics by Klarity. [...]
Gwacheon, Korea, August 21 (Korea Bizwire) – When Korean Thanksgiving Day, Chuseok, comes around the corner, Koreans seek for holiday gift ideas. For this year’s holiday, goods made by social enterprises, which provide social services or jobs for the underprivileged, can be excellent gift choice. Not only the products boast good quality but also they are [...]