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South Korea’s liquid filtration system developer Neos Corp. has seven employees, all seasoned mechanical and electrical engineers in their 60s...

Costco Wholesale’s co-founder Jim Sinegal had said South Korea was a “fantastic market,” where it ran its largest store in terms o...

Costco has come under heavy scrutiny after a 29-year-old cart pusher at one of its outlets near Seoul died after working in scorching heat in June, ...

About 100 Philippine housekeepers will come to work in South Korea this year under a pilot public project to raise the birth rate by reducing the ho...

South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. hired a top aide of former US President Donald Trump to expand its political network in Washington and se...

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...

Japan has decided to put South Korea back on the list of its preferential trade partners, nearly four years after its removal. The Korea-Japan trade...

Last year an engineer working for the blockchain gaming company Sky Mavis thought he was on the cusp of a new job that would pay more money.A recrui...

South Korea's HD Hyundai Oilbank is pursuing the construction of eco-friendly power plants powered by liquefied natural gas and blue hydrogen.The co...

Historically, Hyundai Motor Co.'s labor union has been among the most hardline in South Korea's corporate wage negotiations.Despite the relatively l...

CJ ENM Co. is the undisputed No. 1 movie producer and distributor in South Korea, having sponsored numerous awards-wining films such as “Paras...

The number of workers in South Korea's manufacturing sector is expected to drop by 240,000 over the next 10 years, a report says, caused by the decl...

Samsung Electronics Co.'s biggest labor union under one of South Korea’s two major trade unions is objecting to the latest wage deal signed la...

Seoul is slated to welcome domestic helpers from Southeast Asia later this year to ease the burden of childcare and address issues surrounding Korea...

South Korea will set a separate quota of 5,000 foreign workers to solve the labor shortage in domestic shipbuilding and accept 120,000 such workers ...

The number of youth hired for regular or "high-quality" jobs in South Korea fell over 40,000 last month year on year, while the ranks of jobs of a p...

South Korea will invest 31.5 billion won ($23.96 million) this year to train over 3,700 core personnel in future car technologies, including autonom...

South Korea's automobile industry is rapidly transitioning toward the future such as environmentally friendly and smart cars, but the sector is faci...

Hyosung TNC Corp., a South Korean textile and yarn manufacturer, is teaming up with Samsung Electronics Co. to produce eco-friendly protective cloth...

LG Electronics Inc. has decided to go bold to widen the technology gap with its rivals, with its biggest capital expenditure in a decade of more tha...

“I want to actively participate in volunteer work but it isn't easy because my face is known.”Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Jay Y. Le...

In South Korea, blue-collar work has for decades been shunned by job seekers because of the hard manual labor as well as the widely held perception ...

SK Telecom Co. announced on Wednesday that it had published a technical white paper on 6G common requirements and 5G base station power-saving measu...

Internal conflict is growing at South Korea's Hanwha Asset Management over the company's de facto restructuring of its fund management in the wake o...

South Korea plans to spend 453.7 billion won ($367 million) this year to nurture digital talent in the fast-growing business sectors, including the ...

South Korea plans to more than double the number of skilled foreign workers next year as the country is struggling with a declining workforce at its...

The Korea Semiconductor Academy was established Thursday with former SK Hynix CEO Seok-hee Lee at its helm.The launch ceremony was held at the Korea...

One of two labor unions at Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO will leave its umbrella group, the Korean Metal Workers’ Union (KMWU), follo...

HanmiGlobal Co. on Monday said it has earned contracts for the construction and development of Neom, the urban development project seeking to build ...

Samyang Group, a diversified conglomerate, has long focused on the chemicals and foodstuffs sectors. While adding to its existing chemicals bus...