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log date: 2026-1-5 "The year of 2025 being marked by numerous customer data breaches occurred due to vulnerabilities in major corporations' e-commerce and cybersecurity systems.  Photo by KBS News:   https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/pc/view/view.do?ncd=8447973 December 17, 2025 the Science-Technology-Information-Broadcasting Committee of the National Assembly in South Korea held its first hearing on Coupang, the e-commerce logistics company responsible for the largest personal information leak in the nation's history. Currently, several ministries including the Fair Trade Commission are conducting investigations based on complaints, petitions, and tipoffs from affected workers and suppliers. The personal information leak is just one of the varied social problems caused by Coupang. As of today, Coupang Korea is notorious for causing numerous problems in Korean society. Through its excessive lobbying, it has induced government agencies to neglect their duties, violate public eth...

log date: 2025-12-14 Cases of family-related hiring have been confirmed to be more numerous than previously reported. While only a small number of current and former employees were surveyed,  one in five  were family members. The NEC reportedly requested an investigation into the 11 individuals who were favorably hired and were to audit their employment to determine whether their appointments to be revoked. By Reporter Ye-seul Hyun for  Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) News source :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td_YQasDS8s May 2023, personnel corruption in the hiring of 11 high-ranking officials at the National Election Commission (NEC), including hereditary hiring practices, was revealed. Hereditary hiring refers to a situation where children are hired by a company while their parents are still employed there. This is a serious misconduct and a social problem and it is a crime that should never occur in the public sector. This form of nepotism allows parents to ...