Latest South Korean Government News & Updates

Seoul, May 20 (IANS) Samsung Electronics’ union said on Wednesday it will proceed with the strike scheduled for later this week, arguing management has rejected a government-mediated proposal.”We accepted the mediator’s proposal,” the company’s largest union said, adding that it will go ahead with the legally scheduled general strike as planned, reports Yonhap news agency.The two sides have been holding government-mediated talks over performance-based bonuses, with nearly 48,000 workers schedu…

Seoul, Feb 6 (IANS) Google has submitted additional documents requested by the South Korean government regarding the overseas transfer of South Korea’s high-precision map data, industry sources and government officials said on Friday.The U.S. technology giant emailed supplementary materials to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Thursday, the deadline set by the government for revisions to its earlier application for the data transfer, reports Yonhap news agency.The additional …