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3 stories tagged “seoul”, each from official Korean data with its source and timestamp.
Korea's listed companies cluster in the capital even harder than its workers do
Of 2,364 listed companies that give a location, 85.7% are headquartered in the capital region — Seoul alone holds 46.4%. That is well above the 61.2% of enrolled workers there. The head offices concentrate more than the jobs. Not advice.
Korea's companies cluster in Seoul, but Seoul is where their staff leave fastest
Head offices pile into the capital, yet the capital keeps people least. Median tenure runs about 6 years in Seoul and Gyeonggi but past 9 in Gwangju, Busan and Ulsan. The further from Seoul, the longer people stay. Not advice.
Six in ten formally employed Koreans work in the capital region. It barely pays more.
The Seoul metro area holds 61.2% of enrolled workers on a footprint that pays a 1.21x premium at most — and less than that once the pension ceiling and Seoul's rents are taken into account. The pull isn't the paycheque.