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From Star Wars to Coca Cola, many artistic works and inventions are the intellectual property of their creators and are protected under international copyright laws. Yet, many Korean youth remain unfamiliar with the concept of intellectual property rights (IPR) and are therefore prone to unknowingly...

Party flags and balloons hung in a café where young people were revelling in the music. Not exactly what you would expect at a traditional job fair, but that describes the scene at the recent Job DongSan, which loosely translates to “Job Recruitment Party” in the Korean language. The...

This is part of a series of articles where nonprofit IT professionals share with us how technology has enhanced operations where they work. Despite only having 33 full-time employees, the Korean Association of Social Workers (KASW) serves 630,000 social workers in South Korea. With the aim of improving...

South Korea’s changing job market conditions have seen the emergence of a new job-creation initiative in Seoul to answer the demand for manpower in public services; the need to help young people create their own jobs in the slow global economy; and the need for young people to master IT skills...

Recently, over 150 nonprofit professionals and government representatives from around South Korea travelled to Seoul for NGO Cloud Day, co-sponsored by Microsoft Korea and Korea Association of Social Workers . Held quarterly since 2008, the event is aimed at strengthening the IT capacity of social workers...

Every month, the Legal and Corporate Affairs (LCA) team at Microsoft Korea conducts the TechForum, to share insights into the latest trends dominating the IT landscape. The seminar also features opinion leaders from various sectors to share their thoughts and opinions on how IT is revolutionising the...

Technology might be something some children can only dream about. But a dream came true for the children at the Bucheon Community Child Care Center through Microsoft Korea ’s YouthSpark programme – Dream IT Spark IT. Including multiple activities, ranging from learning about PowerPoint ,...

From L-R: Hadi Partovi, co-founder of Code.org; Erik Martin, general manager of Reddit, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, with Jennifer Tang and Jarrel Seah of Team Eyenaemia Winners of the Microsoft Imagine Cup , the company’s premier competition for student technologists, developers and aspiring...

This is part of a series to showcase the teams from Asia Pacific who are participating in the Imagine Cup Finals in Seattle. Since 2003, Microsoft has been hosting the Imagine Cup competition to bring together young technologists from around the world. We sat down with team Bomon from South Korea...

At 52.4 percent, South Korea’s female employment rate trails far behind that of neighbouring countries Japan (65 percent) and China (69 percent), and is the seventh-lowest among OECD countries. At the workplace, deeply-rooted traditions have influenced employment practices and have resulted in...