In 2023, about 20 percent of the 1.43 million resident foreigners in Korea obtained Korean language proficiency test ratings. The biggest share was taken by international students studying in Korea among them. The largest number of them earned a Level 4 rating.According to the results of the 2023 Im
After years of double-digit growth, the global electric vehicle market is entering a chasm, considered to be a slowdown in demand just before mass adoption. Global automakers that have been aggressively investing to expand their electric vehicle lineups are scrambling for survival by making use of a
Off-road environment recognition technologies for detecting extraneous substances such as dust, mud, snow, or rain during off-road autonomous driving of construction machinery, agricultural machines, and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), and removing the sensor signals of these substances on a real-t
A forecast suggests that the proportion of foreigners in the domestic population will reach 5.7%, based on median estimates, in 20 years. With a rapid decline anticipated in the native population, it is projected that one out of every ten working-age individuals will be a foreigner.On April 11, Stat
Samsung Electronics’ largest labor union opposed wage negotiation issues has secured the right to go on strike backed by overwhelming support in a member vote, sowing the seed of the first strike in the company’s history.On April 8, Samsung Electronics’ largest union, the Nationwide Samsung Electron
During his visit to the United States, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met with China’s “second-in-command,” Premier Li Qiang, raising concerns once again over China’s issue of overproduction. Premier Li responded by stating that the low-cost production of solar panels and electric vehicles, which t
Gyeongbuk Governor Lee Cheol-woo had an in-depth discussion on various mutual cooperation measures including the Saemaul movement between the two countries with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at the Gyeongbuk Provincial Office on April 3.During the visit, which was attended by key gove
Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Secretary of Commerce David Rosenberg and Purdue University President Mung Chiang joined federal partners and executives of South Korea-based SK hynix Inc., the world’s leading producer of High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) chips, today as the company announced plans to establish
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are both making strides in the smart factory sector.According to market research firm MarketsandMarkets on March 31, the global smart factory and automation industry market size is expected to grow from US$86 billion in 2022 to US$140.9 billion by 2027. Markets
As the polarization of wages between employees of large and small companies has become a big social issue amid concerns about low growth, attention has been focused on the wages of those at large companies rising rapidly every year.The Korea Enterprises Federation (KEF) has sent out recommendation l
Hyundai Motor Group announced on March 27 that it will hire 80,000 people and invest 68 trillion won in Korea over the next three years from this year to 2026. The plan is expected to create about 198,000 decent new jobs.The announced investment in Korea is a significant increase from the 56.2 trill
Korea’s government, National Assembly and courts are pushing to raise the level of punishments for technology leakage as key personnel of companies involved in Korea’s national high-tech strategic industries are frequently leaking out along with their technology. National high-tech strategic industr
Approximately four out of ten major domestic companies are using generative artificial intelligence (AI) at the company level for their operations, according to a survey result.The Federation of Korean Industries announced on March 21st the results of a survey titled “Current State and Perception of
SK bioscience announced on March 21 that it has shipped about 440,000 doses of cell-cultured influenza vaccine SKY Cellflu from Andong L-House to its Thai partner Biogenetech. SKY Cellflu is a vaccine of SK bioscience’s own development. The vaccine supplied this time is a strain for flu predicted fo
SK bioscience, a global innovative vaccine and biotech company committed to promoting human health from prevention to cure, announced today that the company has shipped approximately 440,000 doses of SKYCellflu to Biogenetech in Thailand from its vaccine manufacturing facility ‘L HOUSE’ in Andong, S
It is forecast that both the economically active population and the employed population will enter a declining trend starting from 2028. To sustain economic growth, it is analyzed that an additional workforce of up to 900,000 people will be needed by 2032.On March 19, the Korea Employment Informatio
Despite the battery industry’s active efforts to recruit talent, it continues to face challenges with labor shortages. As a result, “smart factories,” which promise to solve these labor issues while also enhancing production efficiency, are gaining attention.According to industry sources on March 18
Samsung Electronics has failed to resolve wage negotiations again this year, signaling another round of union risks.The Nationwide Samsung Electronics Workers’ Union, the largest union at Samsung Electronics, announced on March 18 that it formed a labor dispute committee and will start a labor strug
“Predictability is what matters most for global companies,” said James Kim, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in South Korea (AMCHAM). “With an exodus out of China becoming a reality, we are receiving an influx of many inquiries from companies looking to move their Asia-Pacific headquarte
Twenty years ago, the wage level of workers in South Korea was not even half of that in Japan, but now it has surpassed Japan. The wage gap between large, medium, and small-sized enterprises has further widened due to the cumulative wage increases in large companies.On March 17, the Korea Enterprise