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\u25b2AI PRISM* Customized Economic Briefing<\/p>\n

*Editor’s Note: ‘AI PRISM’ (Personalized Report & Insight Summarizing Media) is an “artificial intelligence (AI)-based personalized news recommendation and summary service” developed with support from the Korea Press Foundation. It selects and provides six customized news items by reader type.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Hyundai Motor Group Launches Youth Job Training in Earnest: Hyundai Motor (005380) Group held the entrance ceremony for 500 trainees in the first class of “HINT,” a program under the “K-New Deal Academy,” at its Gyeongju Human Resources Development Institute, launching three months of training in core future mobility fields such as embedded AI and manufacturing intelligence. A total of 1,000 people will receive training through recruitment of a second class in September, and more than 90% of the training program will be conducted outside the Seoul metropolitan area, an analysis showed that the door is open to job seekers in regional areas as well.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Tax Benefits for Regional SME Employment Sharply Expanded: The government plans to announce a tax law amendment early next month extending the income tax reduction period for young people aged 15 to 34 who take jobs at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) outside the Seoul metropolitan area from the current five years to up to 10 years. Since differentiated benefits versus the metropolitan area will be newly established\u201410 years for those employed at SMEs located in 89 cities, counties, and districts designated as population-decline areas, and seven years for general non-metropolitan areas\u2014this is expected to serve as a practical criterion for job seekers weighing regional employment.<\/p>\n

\u25a0 Fairness of Certification Exams Shaken Again: The Human Resources Development Service of Korea (HRDK) decided to hold a retest for 57 of 1,474 applicants after the questions for the practical work-type exam of the general mechanical engineer certification, administered on the 26th, were opened and leaked the previous day due to the negligence of staff and examiners. With this incident repeating following last year’s computer error in the first-round certified labor attorney exam and the 2023 patent attorney exam error, the HRDK is unlikely to avoid criticism over damage to the credibility of national qualification exams.<\/p>\n

[News of Interest to University Students and Job Seekers]<\/p>\n

1. Hyundai Motor Group Nurtures Youth Job Competencies<\/a><\/p>\n

Key Summary: Hyundai Motor Group held a joint entrance ceremony for the first class of “HINT,” a youth job competency enhancement program, at its Human Resources Development Institute in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, on the 27th, with 500 trainees from seven regions nationwide beginning full-scale training. HINT is a program under the K-New Deal Academy, consisting of training in core future mobility fields such as embedded AI and manufacturing intelligence, along with smart factory tours and special lectures by current employees. The first class will run over the next three months, and a second class will be recruited in September, for a total of 1,000 trainees, with more than 90% of the program to be conducted outside the metropolitan area, including in Daejeon, Daegu, Gwangju, and Busan. Sung Kim, president of Hyundai Motor Group, said, “The industry is developing rapidly around electric vehicles and software,” urging trainees to develop both future mobility expertise and on-site problem-solving skills.<\/p>\n

2. Up to 10 Years of Income Tax Cuts for Youth Employed at Regional SMEs<\/a><\/p>\n

Key Summary: The government’s 2026 tax law amendment, set to be announced early next month, will include extending the income tax reduction period for young people employed at non-metropolitan SMEs from the current five years to seven years, and to 10 years for population-decline areas. Currently, regardless of metropolitan or regional location, young people aged 15 to 34 who take jobs at SMEs receive a 90% income tax reduction for five years, capped at 2 million won annually. Population-decline areas are the 89 cities, counties, and districts designated by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, which include areas within metropolitan cities such as Busan’s Yeongdo-gu and Daegu’s Seo-gu, and those employed in such areas would receive benefits until age 38, based on joining at age 28. A plan to retroactively apply the extended reduction period to young people already working at regional SMEs is also under review.<\/p>\n

3. Mechanical Engineer Exam Questions Revealed in Advance\u2026Retest for 57 Applicants<\/a><\/p>\n

Key Summary: It was confirmed that the questions for the general mechanical engineer work-type practical exam, administered by the HRDK on the 26th, were opened and leaked at one test site the day before the exam due to the negligence of staff and examiners, and then shared in exam-related online communities. The HRDK decided to hold a retest for all 57 applicants at that test site, who can select a schedule of their choice to sit the exam between the 31st and the 5th of next month. Compensation will be paid to those subject to the retest in accordance with relevant guidelines, and the HRDK plans to conduct its own special audit and take strict measures against those responsible. With this incident repeating following last year’s computer error in the first-round certified labor attorney exam and the 2023 patent attorney exam error, calls are growing for improvements to the overall management system of national qualification exams.<\/p>\n

[Reference News for University Students and Job Seekers]<\/p>\n

4. Naver Secures GPUs and Investment at Once\u2026Preempting the Global AI Factory<\/a><\/p>\n

Key Summary: Naver has established an AI infrastructure cooperation framework worth a total of $10 billion (about 14.6 trillion won) with Nvidia and Brookfield, and carried out a third-party allotment paid-in capital increase to draw Nvidia in as a strategic investor\u2014its first since transferring its listing to the KOSPI in 2008. It signed a $9 billion AI infrastructure procurement contract with Brookfield, and plans to begin trial operation of a 55MW AI factory in the first half of 2027, followed by 200MW in 2028, and subsequent expansion to ultra-large 1GW-class infrastructure. Based on its “full-stack AI” capabilities of directly operating data centers, GPU clusters, AI platforms, and its own models, Naver will target the sovereign AI markets of Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East. Analysts say job seekers in the AI infrastructure and cloud fields should note the possibility that domestic companies’ expansion of global AI factory businesses could lead to increased demand for related jobs.<\/p>\n

5. 38% of Office Workers “Use Personal AI”\u2026Shadow AI Risk Hits Companies<\/a><\/p>\n

Key Summary: In a survey of 1,750 employees at companies and public institutions conducted by Samsung SDS, 38% of respondents said they use personally subscribed generative AI for work without company approval, 14 percentage points higher than the proportion using enterprise AI officially contracted by companies (24%). The average daily generative AI usage time was 3.2 hours, and the proportion using it for two hours or more surged fourfold from 18% at the end of last year to 72% this year. Unlike enterprise versions, personal AI does not provide functions to prevent input data from being used for model training or to control access permissions, increasing the risk of corporate information leakage. Analysts say that from a job seeker’s perspective, becoming familiar with a company’s AI security policies and standards for using approved tools after joining can be noted as a workplace risk management competency.<\/p>\n

6. Up to 20 Million Won in Cuts When Employed in Busan Yeongdo or Daegu Seo-gu<\/a><\/p>\n

Key Summary: Behind the government’s choice to extend the income tax reduction period for young people employed at regional SMEs lies the judgment that, with the reduction rate already reaching 90%, there is little room for further increases, and that in the early stages of employment, the income tax burden itself is low, so the actual deduction amount is not large. According to an analysis by the National Assembly Budget Office, 74.9% of the 2024 reduction amount was concentrated among workers earning between 27 million and 62.5 million won annually, in a structure where the perceived effect grows as years of service accumulate and wages rise. Experts recommended a “two-track” approach that combines easing the tax burden on workers with support for wage increases at companies. The income tax reduction for SME employees is a large tax benefit worth 1.226 trillion won as of 2026, accounting for 20.8% of total employment support tax expenditures.<\/p>\n

\u25b6Go to Article: Samsung-nix Leveraged Trading Momentum “Slows”\u2026Share Within ETFs Also Falls Below 40%<\/p>\n

\u25b6Go to Article: “Kimi K3” Shock Worse Than DeepSeek\u2026White House on the Offensive Over “Unauthorized US AI Use”<\/p>\n

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