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South Korea: Hiring, Funding And Leadership Signals

Every update we hold that a source placed in South Korea: 236 updates from 93 sources, across 225 employers. Each one links to the filing or report that makes the claim. These are counts of documents we have read, so they measure what we have found and can cite, not everything that happened. They also include the routine officer filings the tracker sets aside by default, so its figure for this place is lower than the one above.

Covering 2 Jan 2026 to 4 Sep 2026

236 updates tracked
225 employers
93 sources
$100M disclosed funding

$100,000,000 disclosed across 6 funding updates. Totals cover the 1 of 6 funding updates that are money the employer raised, stated in US dollars. We leave out amounts in other currencies rather than convert them at a rate nobody published. We also leave out money that moved for another reason: a sale price, a fund close, a company spending rather than raising, government funding, a pledge.

Employers We Hold The Most On

Ranked by how many updates we hold, then by how many independent sources are behind them. That is a measure of our own coverage rather than of an employer's size. Each name links to everything we hold for that employer.

What The Updates Are About

Leadership moves 202
Growing and expanding 13
Ways of working 13
Pay and benefits 8

Cities In This Country

A name with a page of its own links to it. One we do not hold enough on for a page of its own links to the tracker filtered to it, which shows every update behind the count.

Recent Updates

The 12 most recent, in the order the tracker itself uses. Every line links to the document it came from. See all 236 updates for South Korea.

  1. 2026-08-31
    Adding Roles Ways of working

    15 Lotte affiliates, including Lotte Department Store and LOTTE Engineering & Construction, to hold predictable rolling recruitment in September, with plans to hire for more than 50 roles, including AI

    Lotte Department Store and LOTTE Engineering & Construction, part of a 15-affiliate group in retail, opened rolling recruitment for more than 50 roles including AI and data positions starting September. The announcement names functions but not seniority or team placement.

    Lotte Department Store and LOTTE Engineering & Construction · Seoul, South Korea · 50 roles · News Report · 스포츠조선 · No archive snapshot yet. We re-check weekly; next check by Sep 12.

  2. 2026-08-06
    Adding Roles Growing and expanding

    Coupang opened 17 more roles in Seoul (job board: 646 to 663)

    A board that grows week on week is the earliest public evidence of hiring intent an employer produces: it moves before any announcement and before any filing. Treat the direction as the signal and the exact count as approximate, since roles are reposted, split across locations and withdrawn without notice.

    Coupang · Seoul, South Korea · 17 roles · News Report · Greenhouse job board · No archive snapshot yet. We re-check weekly; next check by Sep 12.

  3. 2026-07-31
    Adding Roles Ways of working

    AI 도구보다 ‘문제 해결 경험’…그룹바이, AI 핵심인재 5000명 확보

    Adds 5000 data and AI roles in South Korea, focusing on problem-solving experience over tool proficiency.

    그룹바이 · South Korea · 5000 roles · News Report · Venture Square · archived copy

  4. 2026-07-23
    Headcount Not Stated Ways of working

    NVIDIA and KAIST Launch Joint AI Research Lab to Accelerate AI Innovation in Korea

    NVIDIA and KAIST are opening a joint AI research lab in Seoul to advance agentic AI for South Korea, a research-function site launch rather than a hiring announcement, so the actual headcount build stays unstated.

    NVIDIA · Seoul, South Korea · News Report · NVIDIA Newsroom · archived copy

  5. 2026-04-07
    Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves

    트레이드 데스크(TTD), 이사 사임 및 감사

    The Trade Desk, an ad-tech company, reports a director resignation and audit, a governance event rather than a hiring signal. The announcement names no roles or headcount plans.

    트레이드 데스크(TTD) · South Korea · News Report · 데이터투자 · archived copy

  6. 2026-02-01
    Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding

    獨 롭코, 자율 산업용 로봇 플랫폼 확장 위해 1억달러 투자 유치

    German firm 롭코 raised $1억달러 to expand its autonomous industrial robot platform, a stage where funding typically feeds engineering and deployment teams. The announcement names no roles or headcount plans.

    롭코 · South Korea · $100M raised · News Report · 로봇신문 · archived copy

  7. 2026-09-04
    Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves

    어도비, 19년만에 CEO 교체…아닐 차크라바르티 선임

    Anil Chakravarthy takes over as CEO of Adobe on December 1, succeeding Shantanu Narayen.

    어도비 · South Korea · News Report · ETNews · No archive snapshot yet. We re-check weekly; next check by Sep 12.

  8. 2026-09-02
    Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves

    Korea Airports Corp. names new CEO

    Korea Airports Corp. has a new CEO; the announcement does not state any broader leadership or workforce changes.

    Korea Airports Corp. · Seoul, South Korea · News Report · The Korea Times · No archive snapshot yet. We re-check weekly; next check by Sep 12.

  9. 2026-09-02
    Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves

    Kangwon Land, Inc.: Notice on Change of CEO

    A Korean listed company must tell the exchange when its representative director changes, and must separately report the appointment, dismissal or early retirement of an independent director. That makes this a complete feed for those two roles rather than a selective one: it covers the small and mid-cap employers no outlet writes about on the same basis as the chaebol. Two limits are worth reading with it. The mandated item covers the CEO and independent directors, so ordinary inside directors are elected at a shareholder meeting and do not appear here. And the report title names the change without naming its direction, so a departure and an arrival look identical from the outside; the filing itself distinguishes them and this record does not guess.

    Kangwon Land, Inc. · South Korea · Official Filing · DART disclosures (Korea, FSS OpenDART)

  10. 2026-09-02
    Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves

    FnGuide Inc.: Change of CEO

    A Korean listed company must tell the exchange when its representative director changes, and must separately report the appointment, dismissal or early retirement of an independent director. That makes this a complete feed for those two roles rather than a selective one: it covers the small and mid-cap employers no outlet writes about on the same basis as the chaebol. Two limits are worth reading with it. The mandated item covers the CEO and independent directors, so ordinary inside directors are elected at a shareholder meeting and do not appear here. And the report title names the change without naming its direction, so a departure and an arrival look identical from the outside; the filing itself distinguishes them and this record does not guess.

    FnGuide Inc. · Seoul, South Korea · Official Filing · DART disclosures (Korea, FSS OpenDART)

  11. 2026-09-02
    Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves

    E-WORLD CO.,LTD.: Notice on Change of CEO

    A Korean listed company must tell the exchange when its representative director changes, and must separately report the appointment, dismissal or early retirement of an independent director. That makes this a complete feed for those two roles rather than a selective one: it covers the small and mid-cap employers no outlet writes about on the same basis as the chaebol. Two limits are worth reading with it. The mandated item covers the CEO and independent directors, so ordinary inside directors are elected at a shareholder meeting and do not appear here. And the report title names the change without naming its direction, so a departure and an arrival look identical from the outside; the filing itself distinguishes them and this record does not guess.

    E-WORLD CO.,LTD. · South Korea · Official Filing · DART disclosures (Korea, FSS OpenDART)

  12. 2026-09-02
    Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves

    KUK-IL PAPER MFG CO.,LTD: Change of CEO

    A Korean listed company must tell the exchange when its representative director changes, and must separately report the appointment, dismissal or early retirement of an independent director. That makes this a complete feed for those two roles rather than a selective one: it covers the small and mid-cap employers no outlet writes about on the same basis as the chaebol. Two limits are worth reading with it. The mandated item covers the CEO and independent directors, so ordinary inside directors are elected at a shareholder meeting and do not appear here. And the report title names the change without naming its direction, so a departure and an arrival look identical from the outside; the filing itself distinguishes them and this record does not guess.

    KUK-IL PAPER MFG CO.,LTD · South Korea · Official Filing · DART disclosures (Korea, FSS OpenDART)

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