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[News in focus] Apps show mask inventory for nearby locations in real time

Mar 13, 2020

Existing digital maps add mask info; new apps and web services spring up to assist mask purchasers
Lotte to hold shareholders meeting, seek approval to reappoint CEO

Mar 13, 2020

Lotte Corp., the holding company for the nation’s fifth-largest conglomerate, will hold a shareholders meeting March 27 and seek approval to reappoint current Chairman Shin Dong-bin as executive dire...
Samsung Display workers exempted from Vietnam's mandatory quarantine: embassy

Mar 13, 2020

Vietnam has exempted Samsung Display engineers from South Korea from its mandatory quarantine, the South Korean Embassy in Hanoi said Friday, allowing them to swiftly do their jobs upon arrival. To ...
Biz groups postpone H1 hiring over new coronavirus

Mar 13, 2020

South Korea's major conglomerates pushed back their hiring schedules due to the novel coronavirus, industry officials said Friday, amid concerns that they may scale down their employment plans in the...
S. Korea orders filter producer to offload inventory amid mask shortage

Mar 13, 2020

South Korea said Friday it has ordered one of the filter producers here to release its inventory as the country struggles to keep up the supply of protective masks amid the spread of the new coronavi...
Celltrion pledges clinical trial of coronavirus treatment in 6 months

Mar 12, 2020

“As we develop a COVID-19 cure, we will simultaneously develop a diagnostics kit that people can use themselves without a medical professional,” Seo said, the company hopes to be ready in May at the ...
[Monitor] Wage gap among Korea’s largest companies widens

Mar 12, 2020

Wage disparity among employees of large firms in Korea is rising as the annual salary gap between the top and bottom 50 conglomerates is widening, according to local corporate tracker CEOScore on Thu...
US researchers use IBM supercomputer, find 77 molecules that deter COVID-19 infection

Mar 12, 2020

US researchers from the University of Tennessee have identified 77 molecules that show potential to impair COVID-19’s ability to infect host cells, IBM said Thursday. They made the discovery with the...
Telecom call center employees to work from home

Mar 12, 2020

South Korea’s three largest mobile carriers -- SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus -- announced on Thursday that they will minimize the number of call center employees who commute to their offices, after the...
Netmarble launches MMORPG-battle royal cross-genre game A3: Still Alive

Mar 12, 2020

Global launch will happen after service stabilizes in Korea
Foreign pharmas join efforts to tackle coronavirus

Mar 12, 2020

“As a committed member of the health care industry, we strongly feel the social responsibility to our community as the COVID-19 situation escalates. Through our donation, we hope to support medical p...
LG Display continues to expand presence in smartphone OLED panel market

Mar 12, 2020

LG Display Co., a major display panel maker in South Korea, has continued to expand its presence in the global smartphone OLED panel market, industry data showed Thursday, as the company strives to i...
Lotte Duty Free closes store at Gimpo airport

Mar 12, 2020

Lotte Duty Free, South Korea’s biggest duty-free retailer by sales, said Thursday it will temporarily close its store at Gimpo International Airport amid a rapid decline in number of passengers over ...
Samsung committee advises heir to apologize to public

Mar 11, 2020

Samsung’s compliance monitoring committee, led by former Justice Kim Ji-hyung, has advised the conglomerate’s heir, Lee Jae-yong, and seven affiliates to apologize to the public for past wrongdoing i...
[Monitor] Cancellation penalties invite complaints

Mar 11, 2020

More and more consumers are complaining about having to pay penalties after canceling plans due to the new coronavirus outbreak, data from the Fair Trade Commission showed. The majority of the compl...