The number of people who have expressed their intention to join a U.S. class-action lawsuit against Coupang over a recent massive data leak has surpassed 2,300, a domestic law firm said Friday.
Half of couples in Korea who have been married for one to five years do not have children, and dual-income spouses who do not own a home are especially less likely to have kids
Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon said Friday the government will seek to introduce punitive fines on businesses with repeated data breaches amid growing concern over personal information security.
Coupang’s recent data leak is unprecedented in both scale and scope within Korea’s retail sector. With dozens of alternative e-commerce platforms available, it may seem easy for users to simply switch. So why is it difficult to leave?
The former Coupang employee accused of leaking 33.7 million customer data had worked at the company for just two years, according to police on Thursday.
Korea's exports jumped 17.3 percent from a year earlier in the first 10 days of December, bolstered by robust global demand for semiconductors and an increase in working days, data showed Thursday.
Korea added more than 220,000 jobs in November, continuing an upward trend in employment this year, but youth employment declined, government data showed Wednesday.
Retailers are rushing to overhaul their membership and rewards programs to attract customers abandoning Coupang after a massive data leak, taking full advantage of what they see as a rare opportunity to reclaim market share.
Police raided Coupang’s Seoul headquarters on Tuesday in the first step of a widening probe into a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 33.7 million customers.
The number of personal information leaks reported in Korea in the first three quarters of this year has already surpassed the total reported for all of last year, raising concerns that this year could see an all-time high of such incidents.
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