SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s leading 300 companies saw their combined workforce edge down in the first half of the year amid a slowing economy, a corporate tracker said Tuesday. The number of workers hired by the top 30 firms in the country’s 10 key industries had totaled 1,085,399 as of the [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. subsidiaries of South Korea’s major firms reported mixed results in 2022, a corporate tracker said Thursday. The nation’s four major enterprises — Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, Hyundai Motor, and LG Electronics — saw their four major American subsidiaries, in which they have a more than 50 percent [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Social contributions by South Korea’s 500 largest companies jumped more than 30 percent in 2017 thanks to more favorable political and other conditions, a report said Monday. Out of the top 500 firms by sales, 198 businesses contributed a combined 2.7 trillion won (US$2.4 billion) to social activities last [...]