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Bo-eun leads the digital content team. She has covered foreign affairs, North Korea, tech, economy and gender issues at The Korea Times. She did a short stint at the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, where she obtained a new perspective on news production and life. Small sources of joy for her are lounging in the sun, having a good latte and swimming.

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ICT Ministry's HR training center partners with Sussex, Ajou universities

By Kim Bo-eunThe ICT ministry's human resources training center has partnered with the U.K.'s University of Sussex and Korea's Ajou University to train experts in science and technology policy.The Korea Institute of Human Resource Development in Science and Technology (KIRD) said Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding with the universities on future collaboration.KIRD's HR Research Office will work with the University of Sussex Business School's Science Policy Research Unit and Ajou University's New Industrial Convergence Technology Research Center.KIRD is set to refer to a U.K. science and technology expert training policy model to develop its own programs.The three institutions will conduct joint studies in science and technology policy, run training courses and set up study and exchange programs. They will also seek exchanges and visits by personnel in science and technology policy.Based on the partnership, KIRD is seeking to further enhance international cooperation with top-class research and training agencies."We are anticipating cooperation with world-class institution

Mar 29, 2021By Kim Bo-eun
ICT Ministry's HR training center partners with Sussex, Ajou universities
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Daesang Group heiress promoted to vice chairwoman

By Kim Bo-eunLim Se-ryungDaesang Group promoted owner family heiress Lim Se-ryung to vice chairwoman of the group and holding company, Friday. Lim was formerly executive director of the group that operates businesses in food products.As vice chairwoman, Lim will be in charge of strategy for Daesang Holdings and of marketing for Daesang Group.Lim, born in 1977, is the eldest daughter of group Chairman Lim Chang-wook and granddaughter of the group's late founder Lim Dae-hong. She is the second-largest shareholder of Daesang Holdings, owning 20.41 percent of shares. The largest shareholder is her younger sister, Daesang's executive director of strategy Lim Sang-min. The vice chairwoman studied management at Yonsei University and majored in psychology at New York University. She became Daesang's creative director in December 2012, and oversaw the managing of food brands, planning, marketing and design. She has been in charge of marketing after being promoted to executive director of the group in 2016.The heiress has been recognized for strengthening Daesang's Chungjungone food brand via

Mar 29, 2021By Kim Bo-eun
Daesang Group heiress promoted to vice chairwoman
Companies

BIO WEBINAR Korean gov't vows full support for bolstering bio industry

Park Jae-young, left, director general of the manufacturing industry department at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and Meritz Securities analyst Kim Ji-ha listen to panelists during The Korea Times' first Bio Webinar held Friday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulKorea Times webinar addresses tasks to foster personnel, secure raw materialsBy Kim Bo-eunThe government affirmed its pledge with major bio companies to foster human resources and secure raw materials for pharmaceuticals, as well as expand the manufacturing base here, in comments made at The Korea Times' Bio Webinar held Friday. This was the first such event held by the English-language daily, organized to discuss means to enhance the competitiveness of the local bio industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Park Jae-young, director general of the manufacturing industry department at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, took part as a government representative, and executives of the country's four major bio companies ― Samsung Biologics, SK Bioscience, LG Chem and Celltrion ― voiced the needs of the private sec

Mar 28, 2021By Kim Bo-eun
[BIO WEBINAR] Korean gov't vows full support for bolstering bio industry
  • BIO WEBINAR LG Chem speeding up new drug development
  • BIO WEBINAR 'Celltrion will complete Phase 3 trial of COVID treatment within H1 2021'
  • BIO WEBINAR 'Samsung Biologics aims to offer speedy, timely drug development service'
  • BIO WEBINAR SK Bioscience comes up with 2-track strategy to become global vaccine powerhouse
Tech & Science

SKT to restructure governance within this year

SK Telecom CEO Park Jung-ho speaks at the company's general shareholders' meeting held in central, Seoul, Thursday. / Courtesy of SK TelecomBy Kim Bo-eunSK Telecom (SKT) CEO Park Jung-ho pledged on Thursday that SK Group would revamp its governance structure this year as a means to boost shareholder value.“It is an important task of mine to provide greater value to shareholders. We will be able to carry out (the restructuring) this year so that the greatest benefits can be provided,” he said at the telecom firm's general shareholders' meeting held at SKT's headquarters in central Seoul.The CEO, however, did not elaborate on how this would take place and said a session informing about the planned changes will soon be held.Park made the governance restructuring project official at a meeting of SK Group CEOs in 2018, and it gained traction with him becoming vice chairman of the conglomerate's semiconductor affiliate SK hynix last year.The project involves making SKT an intermediate holding company. Under the current structure, SK Holdings owns majority stakes of SKT, and SKT

Mar 25, 2021By Kim Bo-eun
SKT to restructure governance within this year
Companies

KPR President Kim to head Korea PR Association

By Kim Bo-eunKPR President Kim Joo-hoKim Joo-ho, president of the local public relations agency KPR, was named chairman of the Korea Public Relations Association (KPRA), Thursday.The association appointed Kim as its chairman at its general meeting held the same day.Kim, who was previously with marketing firm Cheil Worldwide, has built extensive experience in fields including sports marketing and event PR during his 35-year career. He served as executive vice president of games planning and communications for the PyeongChang Olympics 2018, and won the Olympic Order of Merit from the International Olympics Committee for his contributions to the Olympic Games."I will endeavor to make public relations play a pivotal role in promoting communications in our society by raising awareness of PR and reflecting PR professionals' voices, in response to changing trends," Kim said was cited as saying in a press release."Our association will faithfully serve as a platform where PR professionals, academia and the PR industry better interact and communicate with each other," he said.The KPRA is compr

Mar 25, 2021By Kim Bo-eun
KPR President Kim to head Korea PR Association
Tech & Science

LG still mum on future of mobile business

Shareholders' meeting mentions no plan for mobile divisionBy Kim Bo-eunLG Group's headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul / YonhapNo official word on LG Electronics' plans for its smartphone business emerged at its general shareholders' meeting held Wednesday. A top-level executive only reiterated LG's earlier position, that "all possibilities have been left open." LG is widely expected to scrap its ailing smartphone business that has consistently posted losses for nearly six years.Neither CEO Kwon Bong-seok nor mobile communications division head, Lee Yeon-mo, was present at the meeting. CFO Bae Doo-yong simply said, "we are reviewing the matter from multiple angles."When LG implied earlier that a sell-off of the mobile division could take place, Vietnam's Vingroup was the entity to acquire the business, sources told The Korea Times. Vingroup, the largest listed firm in the Southeast Asian country, owns a subsidiary in the smartphone business ― VinSmart. Both VinSmart and LG have a smartphone production base in Vietnam's industrial city of Haiphong. LG attempted to sell its mobile manufactur

Mar 24, 2021By Kim Bo-eun
LG still mum on future of mobile business
Tech & Science

LG Display to expand OLED business

By Kim Bo-eunLG Display CEO Jeong Ho-youngLG Display reiterated plans Tuesday to focus on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, while restructuring its liquid crystal display (LCD) business to focus on more competitive sectors. The display manufacturer is also seeking to strengthen its plastic OLED (POLED) business for mobile phones.“LG Display pushed forward with our three core strategic tasks to strengthen business competitiveness and deal swiftly with changes in market demand driven by the coronavirus pandemic-backed, online-centered lifestyle,” CEO Jeong Ho-young said at the company's general shareholders' meeting held in Paju, northwest of Seoul. “As a result, we were able to see significant improvements in earnings and establish a base to normalize operations.”LG Display posted an operating loss of 29.1 billion won in 2020, but was able to reduce the scale of loss drastically as the company recorded surpluses in the third and fourth quarters. Based on forecasts of increased OLED shipments this year, LG Display is expected to post an annual surplu

Mar 23, 2021By Kim Bo-eun
LG Display to expand OLED business
Companies

63% of European firms say biz environment in Korea worsening

More than 60 percent of firms find the business environment here has been deteriorating, with a majority citing the legislative environment and regulations. Gettyimagesbank By Kim Bo-eun Over 60 percent of European companies believe doing business in Korea has become more difficult over the last two years due to bureaucratic red tape, a survey by the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea showed Monday. A total of 127 executives of European companies, representing 47,000 employees at firms ranging from services to manufacturing, took part in the survey conducted in January. The firms have a total turnover of 65 trillion won ($57.5 billion).Of the total respondents, 63 percent said the business environment here has been deteriorating, with a majority citing the legislative environment and regulations (62 percent) as well as the "discretionary enforcement of regulations" (58 percent) as the major

Mar 22, 2021By Kim Bo-eun
63% of European firms say biz environment in Korea worsening
Tech & Science

LG Uplus opens first unmanned store in downtown Seoul

The photo shows LG Uplus' first unmanned store in downtown Seoul, where customers are able to sign up for membership with the mobile carrier as well as purchase new phones. Courtesy of LG UplusBy Kim Bo-eunTelecom company LG Uplus  opened its first unmanned store in downtown Seoul on Monday, hoping to strengthen its digital competitiveness and cater to the demands of digitally-driven consumers.“We are seeking to reset systems and make them more efficient based on customer preferences for contactless services amid the COVID-19 pandemic," LG Uplus' head of consumer sales Lim Kyung-hoon said in an online press conference. The LG Group's telecom unit said the new store enables customers to walk in and sign up for a membership as well as purchase devices.At the unmanned store, customers are issued QR codes after signing up digitally for a desired service. With the code, customers are able to pick up purchased products that are placed in a locker. The stores are operated 24/7. Customers can call up help centers when they experience problems signing up for services. LG plans to o

Mar 22, 2021By Kim Bo-eun
LG Uplus opens first unmanned store in downtown Seoul
Tech & Science

Japanese suppliers lose out as Samsung engages local vendors

The photo shows the interior of a Samsung Electronics chip plant in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province. / Courtesy of Samsung ElectronicsBy Kim Bo-eunJapan's export curbs imposed in 2019 on key materials for semiconductor production in Korea seem to be backfiring, as local chipmakers have largely replaced Japanese suppliers with local firms.Leading media in Japan are sounding alarm bells over the situation, under which the export restrictions that were intended to pressure Korea's top industry have ended up benefiting Korean suppliers. The Nikkei published an article recently about Korean players in the chip industry cutting their reliance on the Japanese material makers that they had depended on earlier based on the lack of homegrown technology. Japan removed South Korea from its list of preferred trading partners for components crucial to Korea's manufacturing industries asking Cheong Wa Dae to reverse the Korean Supreme Court's ruling that ordered Japanese companies to compensate surviving South Korean victims of wartime forced labor. President Moon Jae-in didn't accept Japan's requests,

Mar 22, 2021By Kim Bo-eun
Japanese suppliers lose out as Samsung engages local vendors
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