South Korea: Hiring, Funding And Leadership Signals
Every update we hold that a source placed in South Korea: 140 updates from 77 sources, across 136 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 14 Aug 2026
$100,000,000 disclosed across 4 funding updates. Totals cover the 1 of 4 funding updates that state a US dollar amount. We leave out amounts in other currencies rather than convert them at a rate nobody published.
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.
- KT 3 updates
- Samsung 2 updates
- Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation 2 updates
- 사운드 에너지 1 update
- 소테라헬스 1 update
- 워크데이 1 update
- 휠즈업 1 update
- 랭크 그룹 1 update
What The Updates Are About
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.
- Seoul 16 updates
- Tokyo 2 updates
- Boston 1 update
- Cincinnati 1 update
- Cork 1 update
- Osaka 1 update
- Paris 1 update
- San Francisco 1 update
Recent Updates
The 12 most recent, in the order the tracker itself uses. Every line links to the document it came from. See all 140 updates for South Korea.
- 2026-08-06Adding 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the direction as the signal and the exact count as approximate, since roles are reposted, split across locations and withdrawn without notice.
- 2026-07-31Adding 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.
- 2026-07-23Headcount 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.
- 2026-04-07Headcount 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.
- 2026-02-01Headcount 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.
- 2026-08-14Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves
Samsung hires two AI experts to boost AI adoption in chip business
Samsung adds two AI experts to its semiconductor team in South Korea, focusing on development and manufacturing efficiency.
- 2026-08-14Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves
휠즈업, 최고영업책임자 사임… 임시 리더십 체제 가동
휠즈업's sales leadership is in transition with the departure of its Chief Sales Officer; the company has activated a temporary leadership system.
- 2026-08-14Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves
사운드 에너지 비상임이사, 2027년 2월 사임 예정
Sound Energy's report of a non-executive director's planned resignation in February 2027 is a board-level departure, not a hiring signal, and the report names no successor or replacement plans.
- 2026-08-14Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves
소테라헬스, 제임스 C. 니어리 이사 사임 발표
Sotera Health reports the resignation of director James C. Neary, a board-level departure with no stated hiring plans. The announcement names no roles or replacement, leaving executive-level continuity unaddressed.
- 2026-08-14Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding
사모펀드 실버레이크, 워크데이 인수 협상중
Private equity firm Silver Lake is in talks to acquire Workday, the HR management software provider, amid a founder-led CEO return meant to reset the company after SaaS-market disruption fears; the report names no hiring plans.
- 2026-08-13Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves
랭크 그룹 루신다 찰스-존스, 10월 사임 예정
Rank Group's Lucinda Charles-Jones is set to resign in October, and the announcement names no successor or hiring plans, leaving an executive vacancy open at the company.
- 2026-08-13Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves
마케타, 최고회계책임자 사임 및 임시 임명 발표
Marqeta named an interim Chief Accounting Officer after the incumbent's resignation, a finance-leadership transition rather than a headcount signal. The announcement names no hiring plans.
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