AXA aims at securing No.1 position in direct insurance market
Guy Marcillat, former president and CEO of AXA General Insurance, is probably one of the most well-known foreign CEOs to Koreans here, thanks to the..

'Korean dream' has a long way to go
Brain drain has long been issue for Korea because of the large numbers of students and professionals who move abroad.

W2 mil. per share for Samsung Electronics myth or foresight?
On Oct. 6, 2011, when Apple founder Steve Jobs�� death was made public here, Samsung Electronics�� shares jumped up 4.38 percent during trading hour..

Focusing on cash flow to fight crisis
In the 1980s and 1990s, Anhui Gujing Distillery transformed itself from an unknown local distillery into Gujing Group, with billions of yuan in asse..

Womenomics for growth
As South Korea��s growth outlook gets dimmer, as recently slashed by the OECD to 4 percent for 2013, the age-old issue of a gender gap in the workfo..

Crowdfunding: how to take it to next level
Crowd funding means people choosing to raise money through the Internet to fund projects they want to succeed. Most do-it-yourself campaigns remai..

Cries for patent reform grow
Never mind the ongoing patent battles among global tech juggernauts, the growing demands by non-practicing entities (NPEs) or the so-called ��patent..

New sin tax
A big change after the global financial crisis in 2008 was the hostility against ��making money from money.�� Amid protests against financial indust..

Tips for improving business English skills
Emma Stubbs joined Pearson in 2008 from the British Council, where she was a global IELTS manager for four years. Stubbs spent six years in China at..

Tests that make money
Kim, a 29-year-old working at a brokerage house, has taken three different English proficiency tests for a total of four times in his life despite s..