talent shortage
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor, Georgia Tech partner for future mobility tech
Hyundai Motor Group has chosen Georgia Tech as its new academic partner in the US to work together on developing sustainable mobility technologies a...
Sep 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis to raise car shipping rates amid vehicle carrier shortage
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, plans to raise vehicle shipping rates considering the sharp rise ...
Sep 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea’s smaller firms embrace older, experienced workforce
South Korea’s liquid filtration system developer Neos Corp. has seven employees, all seasoned mechanical and electrical engineers in their 60s...
Aug 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis to secure additional 12 car transport vessels by 2025
Hyundai Glovis Co., the logistics unit of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, plans to secure an additional 12 vehicle transport vessels by 202...
Aug 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Global EV, battery sectors in war for talent acquisition
Global electric vehicle and battery makers are fiercely competing to secure talent with high salaries and various incentives as their workforces a...
Aug 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Hyundai Motor Group, Seoul Univ. to jointly develop battery
Hyundai Motor Group opened a joint battery research center at Seoul National University, marking its full-fledged foray into next-generation battery...
Jul 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
S.Korea opens doors wider for skilled foreign workers
South Korea will raise the country’s visa quota for skilled foreign workers by 15 times from the previous level to ease chronic labor shortage...
Jun 29, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Fintech
Samsung, 4 Korean banks to foster financial software engineers
Samsung Electronics Co. and South Korea’s four commercial banks – Shinhan, KB Kookmin, Hana and Woori – have agreed to help suppor...
Jun 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
AI talent shortage poses threat to Korean AI tech development
Since the advent of the AI-powered chatbot sensation ChatGPT, the battle to win AI talent across companies large and small has intensified, threaten...
Jun 23, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Intel’s foundry revamp sets off alarm bells for Samsung, TSMC
Intel Corp.’s announcement to restructure its manufacturing business to become a leading foundry player is setting the stage for a bigger show...
Jun 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
SK Group to host global forum in Silicon Valley
The top executives of South Korea's SK Innovation Co. and SK Hynix Inc. will discuss future growth strategies with outstanding global talent in Sili...
Jun 21, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hanwha Ocean's hiring shows shipbuilding's competition for talent
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean Co., formerly Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME), is showing the intense hiring battle in shipbuildi...
Jun 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean games
S.Korea's game companies wage all-out offensive to recruit AI talent
The race in South Korea to secure artificial intelligence (AI) know-how in the video game industry, the hottest trend in the field, is intensifying ...
Jun 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
Korean carmakers' May sales grow for 9th straight month
South Korean carmakers marked sales growth for nine consecutive months as of end-May with the easing of the global semiconductor shortage and rising...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
LG Chem’s CEO searches for talent in Japan to lead new growth engines
Vice Chairman and CEO Shin Hak-cheol of South Korea's largest chemical company LG Chem Ltd. is looking for talent in Japan to lead his company's thr...
Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Germany's real estate mezzanine market to shine in 2023: Lenwood Capital
The global real estate market is under significant pressure due to increased interest rates and banks' tighter loan standards in 2023. Commercial re...
Jun 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
AI-driven GPU, advanced chip shortage: Boon for Samsung, SK Hynix
The global chip industry, which has been reeling from elevated inventory levels due to weak demand, is seeing a silver lining: Inventories of advanc...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Hanmi Semiconductor sets up local corporation in Vietnam
South Korean chip equipment maker Hanmi Semiconductor Co. said on Wednesday that it has set up a local subsidiary, Hanmi Vietnam, in the Bac Ninh re...
May 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
S.Korean startup Drama & Company introduces AI talent recruiter
Drama & Company, the developer of South Korea’s popular cloud-based business card management app Remember, is readying its next business w...
May 25, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Corporate strategy
LG Innotek seeks to bolster innovation through a broader talent pool
Efforts by LG Innotek Co. to diversify its talent pool have borne fruit by boosting its competitive edge, under its chief executive's focus on bro...
May 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
KKR to buy Namsan Green Building in Seoul for $186.7 million
KKR & Co. Inc. has agreed to buy Namsan Green Building in a central office district in Seoul for an estimated 250 billion won ($186.7 million).T...
Apr 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Robotics
Doosan Robotics launches collaborative robot dedicated to F&B
Doosan Robotics, a robot solution subsidiary of South Korea's Doosan Group, announced on Monday the release of its E series collaborative robot, des...
Apr 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Future M, Sungkyunkwan Univ. develop talent for battery materials
South Korea's battery component maker POSCO Future M, formerly POSCO Chemical, said on Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement with Sungkyun...
Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Automobiles
S.Korea's auto industry faces shortage of skilled workers for future cars
South Korea's automobile industry is rapidly transitioning toward the future such as environmentally friendly and smart cars, but the sector is faci...
Mar 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
S.Korea's Elice, FuriosaAI to develop training for AI semiconductor talent
South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) digital education provider Elice on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the AI semi...
Mar 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean chipmakers
Samsung accelerates nurturing chip talent at tech universities
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, is expanding programs to foster talented semiconductor engineers and experts by...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
LG takes lead in nurturing young AI talent by holding AI hackathon
South Korea's LG announced on Sunday that it held the "LG AI Hackathon" for nurturing young artificial intelligence (AI) talent for two days from ...
Mar 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
HD Hyundai, Korea Univ. open internship to develop future talent
South Korea's HD Hyundai Co. and Korea University will jointly develop next-generation personnel to lead core business lines of the future.Chung Ki-...
Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG Chairman Koo on the hunt for talent to win future technology war
LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo is spearheading South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate’s search for top R&D talent in science and ...
Mar 17, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Wrtn Technologies joins latest AI fad, looking for prompt engineers
Wrtn Technologies Inc. has joined the latest generative artificial intelligence (AI) boom with its high-paying official job post for a prompt engine...
Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)