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Economy

April 01, 2024
[Hello India] Korean investment firms push into India amid China decline

Despite such a rosy outlook, Korean investment firms face challenges in expanding their business in India. One significant hurdle is the stringent requirements for foreign retail investors to enter the market. "From opening an account to obtaining local taxpayer status and securing approval from ...
March 29, 2024
More S. Koreans voice dissatisfaction with overseas e-commerce platforms in 2023

More South Korean consumers expressed dissatisfaction with their experiences shopping directly via online platform services based overseas last year, partly attributed to Chinese e-commerce platform AliExpress tapping deeper into the Korean market as well as greater demand for overseas travel among...
March 29, 2024
Korea M&A Exchange secures investment from Japan

In the domestic market, attention is being directed towards the growth potential of M&A activities for small and medium-sized enterprises, also with initiatives planned to support the completion of M&A transactions by targeting companies with business succession plans. Regarding the international ...
March 29, 2024
Complaints against AliExpress triple in S. Korea last year

Complaints filed against AliExpress, the e-commerce retail platform of China's Alibaba Group, in South Korea nearly tripled in 2023 from a year earlier, a state-run consumer organization said Friday. The number of complaints submitted to the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) against AliExpress jumped to...
March 27, 2024
[Hello India] Korean institutional investors up appetite for Indian market

Korean institutional investors are pumping money into the Indian market to avail opportunities from the fastest-growing major economy’s robust domestic demand and infrastructure projects. With estimates suggesting the economy could expand by 7 to 8 percent this year and the Indian government's po...
March 27, 2024
[Hello India] Corporate Korea sees new growth drivers in India

In January, Hyundai announced a substantial increase in its investment in India, with an additional 1 trillion won invested in Talegaon. Together with its initial investment in Tamil Nadu, the total investment adds up to 4 trillion won. The new investment aims to transform the GM auto plant that H...
March 26, 2024
[Herald Interview] Indonesia, Korea can bridge global AI divide, says vice-minister

“With the strength of Indonesia's potential technology resources, and with the advancement of South Korea's capability in developing this AI, we can collaborate to make the most robust cooperation in this technology,” he said. “By working together and incorporating these Asian values, Indonesia...
March 25, 2024
New parents to get greater chance at buying home

Housing supply measures, encompassing both the public and private sectors, revised to favor households with newborns came into effect Monday, with the intention to lower the burden of high housing costs as one of the factors pulling down the country’s fertility rate to the world's lowest level. S...
March 25, 2024
Antitrust watchdog to launch large-scale survey on e-commerce platforms

With the rapid influx of global e-commerce into the domestic market, the Fair Trade Commission is set to launch an extensive market survey starting Tuesday, to examine the evolving landscape and structure of the e-commerce market in Korea. The survey marks the first step in gathering data to produ...
March 25, 2024
65% of Korean firms penalize ChatGPT-crafted resumes

A majority of large companies in South Korea disadvantage applicants who craft their resumes using artificial intelligence services, such as ChatGPT, according to a survey released Sunday. The Labor Ministry and the Korea Employment Information Service unveiled a report on employment trends in the...
March 25, 2024
Regulator to launch e-commerce market study for in-depth analysis

The antitrust regulator said Monday it will launch a study into the e-commerce sector to analyze the market structure and check competition issues as part of efforts to ensure fair business practices amid a growing number of online shopping consumers. Four-week preliminary market research will beg...
March 25, 2024
Executives get paid 11 times more than average employees: report

The average salary of an executive of a major South Korean corporation is almost 11 times that of an average employee working at those companies, a report by an online think-tank monitoring local conglomerates showed Sunday. Chaebol.com analyzed the salaries of the people working for 162 subsidiar...
March 22, 2024
US official notes Korean firms' move not to sell used chip equipment to China as 'encouraging'

A senior US official on Thursday portrayed South Korean companies' reported move to stop selling used semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China as "encouraging," as Washington has been seeking tighter export controls on key technologies amid an intensifying Sino-US rivalry. Alan Estevez, unde...
March 21, 2024
Gov't pledges continued support for chip sector, aims export of $120 bln

Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun said Thursday the government will proactively support the semiconductor industry, and accelerate the development of high-bandwidth memory and artificial intelligence chips to achieve the annual export target of $120 billion. "The government will support the timely es...
March 20, 2024
Myeong-dong bustles again as retail shops fill up

Though plagued by emptied-out stores and quiet streets in the wake of the pandemic, the Myeong-dong area in central Seoul is looking to reclaim its title as the top retail district in Korea, seeing a sharp drop in its vacancy rate. Myeong-dong, a major tourist destination here, was hit severely by...

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