Naver and Kakao, Korea s two major internet companies, are in a female leadership contest after the latter recently nominated Chung Shin-a, chief of the group s venture capital unit, as CEO, according to industry officials and experts.
With the right policies to reduce the gender gap in number of hours worked to the average across peer countries, Korea could increase its per capita income by 18 percent, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday.