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Danal, Shinhan Bank add Zalo Pay for foreign students' tuition payments
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (278+ words) Danal has introduced Vietnam's simple payment platform Zalo Pay to a foreign students' tuition payment service at South Korean universities with Shinhan Bank. It aims to improve convenience for international students by expanding payment methods to include Zalo Pay alongside…...
Job Korea publishes 2026 company preference report as rankings shift sharply in five years
2+ day, 50+ min ago (212+ words) A survey showed that SK Hynix ranks No. 1 in 2026 among companies job seekers want to start work at immediately. AI- and data-based HR tech platform Job Korea, operated by Work Sphere, shared the results on Monday through its 2026 company preference…...
Com2u S, Sungkyunkwan University recruit first cohort for AI Campus training programme
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (249+ words) Com2u S said on Wednesday it will take applications through July 10 for the first cohort of its AI-based game client development specialist training course, dubbed AI Campus. The AI Campus is designed to foster practical talent that can apply artificial intelligence…...
Shinhan Bank launches third cohort of university digital finance education assistants
1+ week, 1+ day ago (273+ words) Shinhan Bank will work with university students to improve older people's access to digital financial services. Shinhan Bank said on Monday it held a launch ceremony for the third cohort of Digital Financial Education Assistants at its digital financial consumer…...
Kakao Bank teams up with Seoul to expand financial education for youth
1+ week, 3+ day ago (254+ words) Kakao Bank is joining hands with the Seoul city government to expand financial education for teenagers. It will link lessons from everyday finance basics to preventing financial fraud and a finance idea contest to support teenagers' economic independence and strengthen…...
Surge in cybersecurity hires follows FDE boom as firms say they cannot find people
2+ week, 1+ day ago (382+ words) As companies large and small carry out layoffs because of AI, there are also jobs being created because of AI. Along with FDEs (forward deployed engineers) who provide on-the-ground support so companies can properly build AI agents, hiring of cybersecurity…...
Kiwoom Securities awards 102 million won in scholarships to 51 university students
2+ week, 6+ day ago (187+ words) Kiwoom Securities said on May 22 it provided a total of 102 million won in scholarships to 51 university students from socially disadvantaged groups. The scholarships were funded by a 102 million won donation from Kiwoom Securities. The Korea Student Aid Foundation selected 51 high-achieving…...
KB Kookmin Bank supports laptops for 132 disabled university freshmen
4+ week, 1+ day ago (173+ words) KB Kookmin Bank held a handover ceremony for its KB laptop support programme for newly admitted disabled university students on May 11 at Irum Hall of the Irum Center in Yeongdeungpo district, Seoul, and delivered the latest-model laptops to disabled young…...
Hiring AI shows bias, gives edge to resumes written by same model
4+ week, 2+ day ago (495+ words) [Digital Today reporter Yoonseo Lee] AI used in hiring tends to give higher scores to resumes written by the same chatbot, a study found. On May 11, Japanese online media outlet Gigazine reported that research teams at the University of Maryland,…...
Job Korea to hold online resume festival 'WORK FEST"
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (236+ words) AI and data-based HR tech platform Job Korea, operated by Worksphere, will hold an online resume festival, 'WORK FEST', where people can share insights on work and careers through resumes. Job Korea is proposing resume writing not as simple job-search…...