South Korea\'s Personal Information Protection Commission held its seventh plenary meeting on April 22 and decided to sanction three companies for violating personal data protection rules. It imposed a total of 4.79 billion won in penalty surcharges and 17.4 million won in administrative fines, and ordered corrective measures and public disclosure. The sanctioned firms were KS Korea Employment Information, Duo Information and Geumneung Park Cemetery, which suffered data leaks after inadequate security and processed resident registration numbers without legal grounds.

AI and data-based HR tech platform JobKorea said on April 23 it published an AX recruitment report for corporate HR managers. It said this year’s hiring environment is defined by expanded year-round recruitment and persistent budget constraints. The report said outbound recruiting rose 44 percent over the past three years based on its platform data. It also found 63 percent of companies are reviewing AI hiring agents positively, but only about 3 percent have adopted or plan to adopt them.