��More FDI needed for young job seekers��
The stories are many. Scores of college students living on the outskirts of Seoul were rescued from pyramid scheme.

��It��s time to pay attention to littering��
On the first Saturday of September, throngs of volunteers and their family members from GM Korea, Standard Chartered Cheil Bank, Battelle Korea, Seo..

Korea needs family-friendly corporate culture
I recently visited the U.S. Department of Commerce, home to Select USA, America��s investment promotion agency. At about 5 p.m., I noticed two women..

Korea needs to lower corporate tax rate
Without a doubt, investment functions as an engine for economic growth. Yet, low growth is stunting the Korean economy due to squeezed investment.

Korea needs foreign-born CEOs
Fourteen Korean companies made Fortune magazine��s 2011 Global 500 list, with Samsung Electronics leading the national pack. In terms of number of c..

Distance still matters in Korea
The events of 9/11 and 3/11 are the most unforgettable to me among all those since the dawn of the third millennium. People around the world watche..

Let Korean dream come true
The National Statistics Office recently reported that the number of prime age workers has decreased for the first time since the first demographic c..

Korea, Russia urged to beef up economic ties
More than a decade ago, following the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the deep post-transition fall in output, Russia seemed to have become a..

Seoul seeks global finance experts
What are the priority tasks that Korea must carry out to become a financial hub in Northeast Asia? What are the key factors for Korean financial ins..

Small firms face live-or-die situation
Companies from this country recorded 12.5 percent growth in FDI projects overseas in 2010.

Multinational firms and transfer pricing
A multinational enterprise (MNE) is a business entity comprising of a group of associated companies with establishments in two or more countries acc..

Korea looks to be friendly to foreign businesses
A news article in a local newspaper recently criticized the repatriation of huge profits of foreign-invested companies, including cases where profit..