SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. is enhancing its support for employees undertaking overseas business trips, which have been increasing in number since the end of the pandemic. The carmaker said Sunday that it has partnered with WeWork, a U.S.-based coworking space provider, enabling employees on overseas business trips to utilize WeWork’s [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S.-based coworking space provider WeWork expects double-digit growth in South Korea this year on strong demand from corporate customers despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the chief of its South Korean unit has said. WeWork Korea posted 20 percent on-year growth in sales last year, helped by restructuring and growing demand [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Choe Joseph, a financial consultant at Murex Korea Ltd., loves that his new office is fully set up for him and his seven colleagues at a WeWork workspace in downtown Seoul. The Paris-based software developer for financial institutions moved to WeWork Jongno Tower in November 2018 under a multi-year [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S.-based coworking space provider WeWork will “definitely” continue to invest in South Korea as it sees a growing number of individuals and startups seeking support and a sense of community, a WeWork executive said Sunday. WeWork entered Korea in August 2016 by opening its first location in the affluent [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — WeWork, a leading provider of shared workspaces, plans to open a new office in Busan, South Korea early next year. Matthew Shampine, director of WeWork Asia-Pacific, met with Busan Mayor Oh Keo-don on Tuesday to discuss the opening of the company’s Busan office and the creation of jobs for [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics America and co-working office space provider WeWork have joined hands to open customer service areas à la Apple ‘s Genius Bar, according to an October 30 report from American business magazine Fast Company. Genius Bars are customer service areas within Apple Stores that are staffed with employees [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — WeWork, a global shared office space provider, said Monday it will invest a combined US$500 million in South Korea and Southeast Asia as it attempts to expand its presence in the Asian market. Under the expansion plan, the New York-based company has appointed Matt Shampine, currently head of Marketing [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – WeWork, an American company that provides shared workspaces, has opened its first office in Gangnam. The company currently operates over 100 offices in 30 cities around the world, providing business-to-business networking opportunities, and establishing business communities to help promote startups, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. “Seoul has long functioned as [...]