Microsoft Korea hires ex-Yahoo Korea CEO Kim James Woo
2009/01/09 21:24Microsoft Korea has found a new general manager hiring ex-Yahoo Korea CEO Kim James Woo to lead their Seoul office:
In the boldest case of corporate talent poaching so far this year, Kim James Woo became the latest Yahoo executive to jump ship to Microsoft, as the U.S. software giant prepares to leverage its dominance to the Internet services business.
Kim, who previously headed Yahoo! Korea and Overture’s Korean and Japanese offices, will be managing Microsoft’s local operations starting in February, replacing Yoo Jae-sung who will be moving to another position, likely within the company’s Asia-Pacific headquarters.
Korea Times: Korean-American CEO Invigorating Yahoo Korea (May 8, 2008)
In other Microsoft related news, Microsoft Korea is helping promote new Hangul fonts developed by the Seoul Metropolitan Government:
Seoul Metropolitan Government and Microsoft Korea signed an MOU Dec. 2 on a publicity campaign and use of the new Seoul typeface. Starting Dec. 4, the Seoul typeface, official forms, PowerPoint Templates and Clip Art can be downloaded from the Microsoft website.
Seoul Metropolitican Government: Seoul gets new typefaces (July 22, 2008)
And Korean portal Daum Communications showed up as a “web activity” provider in the new revamped Windows Live service.
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