00:02You're listening to AI Prism from Seoul Economic Daily.
00:06POSCO workers just won the right to strike for the first time in the company's history.
00:11Your mortgage payment is about to get more expensive for the fourth month running.
00:17Big securities firms are hiring at more than twice the pace of smaller ones.
00:22And two senior government economists just landed executive jobs at Samsung and SK Hynix.
00:30It's Wednesday, August 19th.
00:32Let's talk about a trend affecting young professionals in Korea.
00:37POSCO's union and management failed to reach a wage deal even after final mediation from Korea's National Labor Relations Commission,
00:45ending that process without agreement.
00:48Workers approved a strike vote at 92.2% back in July,
00:52so the union now legally holds the right to walk out for the first time since POSCO's founding in 1968.
01:01Separately, tighter tax and lending rules on non-resident homeowners are pushing landlords to reclaim rental units,
01:08squeezing an already thin chunsei market.
01:11Here's what the numbers show.
01:13POSCO's union secured strike authorization after 92.2% of members voted yes in July,
01:21though it says it plans to keep negotiating before any walkout.
01:25COFIX rose to 3.18% in July, up 0.13 percentage points,
01:31pushing K.B. Cookman's variable mortgage rate to 4.38% to 5.78% starting today.
01:38New rules on non-resident single homeowners are prompting landlords to move in or sell,
01:44and Seoul's available chunsei listings dropped 24% over two years,
01:50from 26,775 to 20,339 units.
01:56Seoul's average chunsei deposit hit 622 million won,
02:01about $441,000 as of June,
02:05up 78 million won,
02:06roughly $55,000 from two years ago.
02:10The top 10 securities firms added 402 employees in the second quarter,
02:152.4 times the 166 hires at the other 26 firms,
02:20on booming trading volumes.
02:23Two senior Ministry of Economy and Finance officials
02:26moved into executive investor relations roles
02:29at Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix this month.
02:33So what does this mean for you as an early career professional in Korea?
02:37Earlier, we said big securities firms are hiring
02:41at more than twice the pace of smaller ones.
02:43Here's what that actually means for you.
02:46If you're eyeing a move,
02:47the biggest firms currently offer the deepest opportunity,
02:51especially in IB, wealth management, and digital roles.
02:54Rising mortgage and chunsei costs
02:57mean your housing budget just got tighter,
03:00so building your deposit savings plan
03:02now matters more than it did a few months ago.
03:05POSCO's strike standoff is worth watching
03:08if you're in manufacturing,
03:09since a first-ever walkout
03:11could reset wage negotiation norms
03:13across Korea's industrial sector.
03:16Three things to watch this week.
03:18Whether POSCO's union sets an actual strike date
03:21after this week's failed mediation.
03:23August 19th onward,
03:26K.B. Cookman's higher mortgage rates
03:28take effect for new borrowers.
03:31Chunsei listing data through the third quarter
03:33to see if Seoul's supply shortage deepens.
03:36That's today's AI Prism, Early Careers.
03:40This episode was produced with AI Assistants
03:43based on Seoul Economic Daily reporting
03:45and reviewed by a human editor.
03:48AI Prism is a Juan Ifra award-winning series.
03:51We'll be back tomorrow.
03:53You've been listening to AI Prism
03:54from Seoul Economic Daily.
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