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· Ryan General
Why South Korean Companies are Making Employees Use White People Names
When South Korean internet firm Kakao decided three years ago that all of its employees must use English nicknames at work, it became a bit strange for the workers. The issue was not because the names were English, but the thought of being called without any rank or titles is…
· Carl Samson
Almost 100% of South Korea Has Internet Speeds That Will Make You Cry
South Korea continues to be the world’s envy in internet connection where nearly 100% of its households are now able to access the world wide web. Then there’s the added fact that the country boasts the world’s highest average connection speed at 26.3 Mbps as documented in…
· Editorial Staff
Intern Commits Suicide After Suffering From Workplace Bullying at Korean Company
A young woman who worked as an intern at LF Corp in South Korea committed suicide after allegedly suffering from bullying by her co-workers. Won So Yeon, 29, was working as an intern designer at the apparel company when she told a friend she was “getting ostracized at the…
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KakaoTalk is the near-monopoly messenger that became Korea's operating system for daily life, giving Kakao a chokehold on how 50M Koreans pay, chat, hail cabs and stream music.