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Many Korean firms plan to cut hiring in H1: reportIndustryMar 11, 2020Gender gap in employment remains wide -
Virus credit negative for Korean transportation firms: Moody'sTransportMar 11, 2020Moody's Investors Service said Wednesday the spread of the coronavirus in South Korea is credit negative for its rated transportation companies amid declining traffic volumes. The extent of the viru... -
40% of S. Korean firms support work from home amid coronavirus scare: pollIndustryMar 11, 2020Four out of 10 companies in South Korea are willing to allow their employees to work from home on hopes of containing the coronavirus outbreak, a poll showed Wednesday. The South Korean government h... -
SK Telecom establishes digital health care joint venture with local PEFTechnologyMar 11, 2020SK Telecom Co., South Korea's leading mobile carrier, said Wednesday it has established a digital health care joint venture with a local private equity fund (PEF) after spinning off its health care b... -
Samsung No. 3 vendor of wearable devices in 2019: reportTechnologyMar 11, 2020Samsung Electronics Co. was the third-largest vendor of wearable devices last year, a market report showed Wednesday, amid soaring global demand for wearables. Samsung shipped 30.9 million units of ... -
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[Monitor] Passenger traffic on Korea-Japan routes nosedivesIndustryMar 10, 2020The number of passengers on flights between South Korea and Japan nosedived this month, as the two countries enforced entry restrictions over the coronavirus spread. As of Monday morning, Japan susp... -
Samsung, LG eye Japan’s 5G smartphone marketTechnologyMar 10, 2020South Korean tech firms said Tuesday they are gearing up for the commercialization of 5G services in Japan with plans to roll out latest smartphone models as SoftBank Telecom is set to launch operati... -
Korean Air offers voluntary leave program amid virus falloutTransportMar 10, 2020Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea's national flag carrier, has offered a voluntary leave program to its employees, sources here said Tuesday, as the company suffers a sharp drop in travel demand amid... -
Hyosung ITX to implement quarterly dividend systemIndustryMar 10, 2020Hyosung ITX, an information technology affiliate of Hyosung, will strengthen its shareholder return policy by increasing dividends and buying treasury shares, the firm said on Tuesday. The company s... -
Passenger traffic at Korea’s gateway airport drops 80%TransportMar 10, 2020The number of passengers using Incheon International Airport in the first week of March dropped by 80 percent on-year, the lowest since 2003, according to the airport operator Tuesday. Incheon Inter... -
Despite worsened ties, Korea, Japan hold talks on export controlsIndustryMar 10, 2020South Korean and Japanese government officials held a video conference Tuesday to discuss issues related to Tokyo’s export regulations on local firms -- the first in three months amid worsened bilate... -
As demand soars, Yuhan-Clorox offers disinfection tipsIndustryMar 10, 2020South Korean pharmaceutical and chemical company Yuhan-Clorox said Monday that it had posted information on its website about how to use its bleach as a household disinfectant. The company said the ... -
Seoul airspace lacks unified drone command centerIndustryMar 10, 2020Defense Ministry, Transport Ministry disagree in interpretations, guidelines -
Samsung unveils new solid-state battery techTechnologyMar 10, 2020The team, for the first time, incorporated a silver-carbon composite layer as the anode into a prototype pouch, enabling the battery to support a larger capacity and longer lifespan while enhancing s... -
S. Korea regains top spot in Feb. shipbuilding ordersIndustryMar 10, 2020South Korea overtook coronavirus-hit China to regain the top spot in global shipbuilding orders in February, industry data showed Tuesday. Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and other local shipyards won ...
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