French firms employ 33,000 in Korea, led by luxury sector: FKCCI

French companies employ about 33,000 people in South Korea, underscoring France’s deep footprint in the local economy, according to a report released Wednesday by the French-Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The report found that roughly 38 percent of those employees work in the luxury and cosmetics sector, highlighting the dominance of French brands in Korea’s high-end consumer market. As of November last year, around 220 French companies operated local offices in Korea. Of the 46 French

By The Korea Herald