Google, Microsoft laying off staff in S.Korea

The South Korean branches of Google and Microsoft have started efforts to cut staff in line with what analysts call large-scale restructuring of glo...
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The South Korean branches of Google and Microsoft have started efforts to cut staff in line with what analysts call large-scale restructuring of glo...
“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...
South Korea plans to nurture more youths specialized in semiconductors at high schools to ease the worsening shortage of high-skilled workers at d...
Since Japan resumed visa-free travel for South Koreans in October last year, South Koreans have been flocking to the neighboring country.But the num...
Coex Convention & Exhibition Center, the largest event complex in Seoul, was crowded on Friday for a smart factory and plant automation fair.&ld...
South Korea reported its record current account deficit in January due to sluggish exports, the country’s key growth driver, and a widened tra...
A South Korean consortium led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. has embarked on building 9.26 trillion won ($7 billion) petrochemical fa...
SK Geo Centric Co., a South Korean energy and chemical company, is accelerating technical negotiations to build the world's first plastic recycling ...
Smilegate, a South Korean game developer and publisher, said on Friday that it will launch its new cross-play game "Wonderers: Eternal World" global...
South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. has landed a massive order from the General Electricity Company of Libya.Daewoo E&C on F...
SK Ecoplant Co., its Singaporean subsidiary TES-AMM, and domestic eco-friendly business and secondary battery materials leader Ecopro Co. are poised...
Gaonchips Co., a long-term Samsung Electronics Co’s chip design house partner that also works with British fabless chip company Arm Inc., will...
Major affiliates of South Korea’s SK Group are recruiting a large number of female outside directors with the arrival of the season of regular...
South Korea's semiconductor foundry company DB HiTek Co. last month saw its capacity utilization rate rise to the mid-80% level thanks to rising dem...
The number of monthly users in South Korea of the Meta-run social media platform Facebook last month fell to under 10 million.Mobile Index, a big da...
Samsung Electronics Co. is setting its sights on system on chips (SoCs) to continue to drive growth in its foundry business amid a protracted slowdo...
HD Hyundai Co., the owner of South Korea’s biggest shipbuilding group, opened an in-house daycare center at its new headquarters building in K...
South Korean venture capital investment firm StoneBridge Ventures Inc. announced on Thursday that it has invested a total of 120 billion won ($90.9 ...
LG Energy Solution Ltd. and SK On Co. will showcase their lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery prototypes next week, as the two South Korean battery...
South Korea-based global marketing communications company Innocean said on Thursday that it received eight awards at the 2023 Spikes Asia, a prestig...
South Korea's SK Networks has identified a startup specializing in AI-based devices and software platforms as a new investment target. The startup, ...
A Swiss company owned by South Korea’s SK Square Co. has joined a European project to develop a quantum communications satellite, the company ...
LG Electronics Inc. has released its highest-ever number of new organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV models in a bid to maintain its supremacy in ...
South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group is set to boost its business in the rapidly growing convenience store sector as its supermarket cha...
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s summit meeting with his US counterpart Joe Biden next month will celebrate 70 years of the Korea-US sec...
South Korea will boost foreign investment in the country through increased incentives and deregulation, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister C...
The South Korean won currency on Wednesday suffered its largest depreciation in more than a month as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signal...
SK Oceanplant, a South Korean ship and offshore plant builder formerly known as Samkang M&T, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired two pat...
DB HiTek Co., a leading chipmaker in South Korea, said on March 7 it is set to split off its fabless unit by May 2 to ramp up its foundry business.D...
South Korea's SK Ecoplant Co. and POSCO on Wednesday said they secured basic design certification from the Norwegian classification body DNV for "K-...
Google, Microsoft laying off staff in S.Korea
The South Korean branches of Google and Microsoft have started efforts to cut staff in line with what analysts call large-scale restructuring of glo...
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SK Geo Centric optimizes plastic recycling tech with US company
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Korea's Smilegate to launch PC-mobile cross-play game globally
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Daewoo E&C wins massive $790 million public project in Libya
South Korea's Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. has landed a massive order from the General Electricity Company of Libya.Daewoo E&C on F...
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SK Ecoplant targets European waste battery recycling market
SK Ecoplant Co., its Singaporean subsidiary TES-AMM, and domestic eco-friendly business and secondary battery materials leader Ecopro Co. are poised...
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Samsung, Arm partner Gaonchips eyes US as next offshore base
Gaonchips Co., a long-term Samsung Electronics Co’s chip design house partner that also works with British fabless chip company Arm Inc., will...
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SK Group affiliates hire more female outside directors
Major affiliates of South Korea’s SK Group are recruiting a large number of female outside directors with the arrival of the season of regular...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
DB HiTek sees capacity utilization rate rise to 80%
South Korea's semiconductor foundry company DB HiTek Co. last month saw its capacity utilization rate rise to the mid-80% level thanks to rising dem...
Mar 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
S.Korea sees under 10 mn Facebook users per month: Report
The number of monthly users in South Korea of the Meta-run social media platform Facebook last month fell to under 10 million.Mobile Index, a big da...
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System on chips: Samsung’s new high-stakes foundry business
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HD Hyundai opens free in-house daycare center for up to 300 children
HD Hyundai Co., the owner of South Korea’s biggest shipbuilding group, opened an in-house daycare center at its new headquarters building in K...
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Korea's StoneBridge Ventures invests $91 mn in semiconductor, AI
South Korean venture capital investment firm StoneBridge Ventures Inc. announced on Thursday that it has invested a total of 120 billion won ($90.9 ...
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LG Energy, SK On to showcase LFP battery prototypes at InterBattery 2023
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Korea's Innocean wins eight awards at Spikes Asia advertising festival
South Korea-based global marketing communications company Innocean said on Thursday that it received eight awards at the 2023 Spikes Asia, a prestig...
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SK Networks invests $22 mn in US AI-based device company
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SK Square’s Swiss unit joins EU quantum satellite project
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LG ups ante to counter Samsung's OLED TV return; expects profit in Q1
LG Electronics Inc. has released its highest-ever number of new organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV models in a bid to maintain its supremacy in ...
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South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Group is set to boost its business in the rapidly growing convenience store sector as its supermarket cha...
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Yoon’s US visit to test Biden’s trust as ally over chip, battery issues
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S.Korea pledges steps to attract more foreign investment
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Korea won sees largest drop in 1 month on hawkish Powell
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SK Oceanplant acquires patents for offshore wind power structure fabrication
SK Oceanplant, a South Korean ship and offshore plant builder formerly known as Samkang M&T, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired two pat...
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S.Korea's DB HiTek to split off fabless, bulk up foundry business
DB HiTek Co., a leading chipmaker in South Korea, said on March 7 it is set to split off its fabless unit by May 2 to ramp up its foundry business.D...
Mar 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
S.Korea's SK Ecoplant, POSCO develop K-floating body with domestic tech
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