[오늘의 토막뉴스] “Attack on the global SaaS market of 100 billion dollars”…

【Youth Daily】

◆ “Attacking the $100 billion global SaaS market”… ‘A quick step’ to expand business of domestic companies

Due to the Corona 19 pandemic, non-face-to-face life has become widespread and the corporate market is also changing significantly.

As the’digital transformation’ that digitizes the business process spreads around the world and the SaaS market is growing rapidly, domestic companies with advanced technology and solutions are moving rapidly to expand their business areas overseas.

The global SaaS market is currently estimated at over $100 billion.

In particular, in North America, represented by Silicon Valley, 80% of unicorn companies with an enterprise value of 1 trillion won or more are B2B SaaS companies.

SaaS is not constrained by time and space, so if it is supported by service planning and sales power suitable for customer needs, it is said that it can settle into the market in a relatively short time.

Accordingly, it is said that various companies are actively targeting overseas markets, from start-ups that directly plan and develop SaaS solutions, as well as cloud services that provide SaaS construction infrastructure. [본문참조]

◆ Suwon, Yongin, and Seongnam sold over 20,000 households this year… ‘Amplification’ of consumer interest

This year, 20,000 apartments are scheduled to be sold in Suwon, Yongin, and Seongnam (hereinafter referred to as Suwon, Yongin, and Seongnam). This area represents the southern region of Gyeonggi Province, and it has led the apartment market and sales market in the metropolitan area last year.

In particular, this year, large construction companies such as Samsung C&T and GS E&C are being evaluated as meeting both qualitative and quantitative aspects by actively promoting the sale of apartments in large brand complexes.

In addition, these areas have excellent access to the Gangnam area of ​​Seoul, and there is a lot of demand behind them, such as Samsung Electronics and Pangyo Techno Valley.

According to Real Estate Info, a real estate market analysis company on the 15th, out of a total of 23,033 households (excluding leases and officetels) this year in Su/Yong/Sung area, 1,7965 households excluding the number of members are expected to be sold in general.

This is an increase of 2,226 households more than the 1,5739 households supplied for general sales last year.

The words “Su, Yong, and Seong” came from the “12/16 real estate measures” issued by the government at the end of 2019.

At that time, it appeared in comparison with Ma, Yong, and Seong (Mapo, Yongsan, and Seong-dong) in Seoul, where house prices rose sharply.

At the time, the real estate market evaluated the December 16th measure as a measure to curb the rise in house prices in Gangnam, Seoul, but criticized that the so-called’balloon effect’ phenomenon appeared as investment and real demand moved to nearby areas such as Su, Yong, and Sung. It has also been raised. [본문참조]

◆ Economically active population plunges, employment crisis intensifies…the second deterioration in history following the foreign exchange crisis

Last year, Korea’s economically active population declined significantly and the number of unemployed increased. It was found that the employment situation was the second worst ever since the 1998 financial crisis.

Analysis that this is due to the prolonged aftermath of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). Accordingly, it is argued that the government should create decent jobs through deregulation of companies and improvement of business environment.

The Korea Economic Research Institute (hereinafter referred to as Han Kyung-yeon), affiliated with the National Federation of Entrepreneurs, analyzed the employment index last year using data from the Statistics Korea Economically Active Population Survey.

As a characteristic of last year’s employment situation, Han Kyung-yeon was summarized as ▲ the second major deterioration in employment indexes ▲ poor job quality ▲ aging jobs ▲ hitting high school graduate jobs ▲ rapid increase in the inactive population.

According to Han Kyung-yeon, the decline in the number of employed and economically active and unemployed people last year was the biggest since the financial crisis.

Specifically, the number of economically active population last year was 2812,000, a decrease of 174,000 from the previous year.

This decline was the second largest after 1998 (354,000 people).

Last year, the number of employed was 2,690.4 million, down 218,000 from the previous year.

It is also said to have decreased significantly for the second time following 1.276,000 in 1998.

◆ By next month, 760,000 people excluding the elderly have been vaccinated against COVID-19

The government will start vaccination against the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) at nursing hospitals and nursing facilities from the end of this month.

AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine, which is the first to be released in Korea, is said to be inoculated first from under 65 years of age.

Considering that controversy over the effectiveness of vaccination continues in the case of elderly people over 65 years old, it has decided to withhold vaccination for about a month until additional clinical trial data are available.

Accordingly, in the first quarter of this year, a total of 760,000 people including residents under the age of 65 and workers in nursing hospitals and nursing facilities, health care workers at high-risk medical institutions, and workers responding to Corona 19 will receive vaccinations.

The government said that the vaccination order will change, but there will be no obstacles to achieving the goal of forming a group immunity by November this year, but there are many voices of concern as the vaccination plan has been shaken from the beginning.

◆ Concerns about re-proliferation across the country…

The Central Defense Response Headquarters (Bangdaebon) reported that the number of new corona19 confirmed cases in Korea increased by 457 as of 0 o’clock on the 16th, accumulating 84,325. There are 114 more than the previous day (343).

After the’third pandemic’ began in earnest from mid-November last year, the number of new confirmed cases, which once surged to 1,000 units, has gradually decreased in the new year and has recently dropped to 300, but is increasing again due to the aftermath of group infections across the country.

Looking at the infection route of the new confirmed patients on this day, 429 local outbreaks and 28 foreign inflows occurred.

The metropolitan area, including 155 people in Seoul, 129 people in Gyeonggi, and 19 people in Incheon, accounted for 70.6% of all confirmed cases.

It is said that it was only 5 days after the 11th (383) that the number of confirmed cases in the metropolitan area recorded 300.

In the non-metropolitan area, 58 people in Chungnam, 17 people in Busan, 11 people in Daegu, 7 people in Ulsan and Chungbuk, 6 people in Gyeongnam, 5 people in Jeonbuk, 4 people in Daejeon and Gangwon, 2 people in Gwangju, Gyeongbuk, Jeonnam, and 1 in Jeju. . The number of confirmed cases in the non-metropolitan area was 126 people, and it was reported that it recorded a three-digit number again 13 days after the last 3 days (124).

In a major new infection case, 53 people were diagnosed with a cricket boiler manufacturing plant in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do.

◆ Employment polarization, active response…President Moon “overcoming employment shortcomings through financial role”

President Moon Jae-in said at a State Council meeting presiding at the Blue House on the 16th that he would overcome the polarization of jobs that could lead to polarization of income through an active role in finances, and asked for measures through strict awareness of the situation.

President Moon Jae-in said the employment situation was very serious, with the number of unemployed people exceeding 1.5 million on that day. There are some parts that are inevitable due to quarantine measures, but they emphasize that it is very painful in terms of public welfare.

He said that he hoped to respond with an all-out ministry system so that jobs could be quickly recovered using February as an inflection point after facing the employment shock in January.

The president must overcome the hiring wave by playing an active role in finance. He promised to reinforce its role as a receptionist in the public sector, and promised that the central government, local governments, and public institutions will work together to create more than 900,000 direct jobs by the first quarter.

President Moon feels even more sick that the polarization of each industry and class has increased. He said that job polarization would lead to income polarization, and he repeatedly emphasized that the situation was seriously recognized and that emergency measures were taken urgently.

◆ SK Bioscience, NovaVax Corona 19 Vaccine Technology Transfer Agreement

It is said that the Corona 19 vaccine that SK secures, produces and sells, will be supplied to Korea.

It is expected that Korea will be able to stably secure the Corona 19 vaccine in Korea without relying on imports of finished products with large global supply and demand volatility.

SK Bioscience has signed a license-in contract with Novavax, a US biotechnology company, to independently produce and supply the Corona 19 vaccine’NVX-CoV2373′, which has been approved for use in the U.S. and EU. They each signed a vaccine supply contract.

According to this contract, SK Biosciences has the right to produce, license, and sell exclusively in Korea by transferring the technology of’NVX-CoV2373′, a synthetic antigen-based COVID-19 vaccine developed by NovaVax.

In addition, according to the supply contract with the Korean Disease Administration, it will supply 20 million people, a total of 40 million doses (one dose is the amount of one dose) produced through technology transfer in Korea.

SK Bioscience signed a CDMO (consignment development and production) contract with NovaVax in August last year, and then completed the manufacturing and process technology transfer of’NVX-CoV2373′, and is proceeding with commercial production for global supply. It is said that it is expected that the domestic supply through production will be able to start production immediately.

◆ Ssangyong Motor’s Pyeongtaek plant’stops operation’ again after a day of restart

It is said that Ssangyong Motors will close the factory again a day after reopening its Pyeongtaek factory.
Accordingly, Ssangyong Motor will close its factory for a total of 11 days due to parts procurement problems since the company revived at the end of last year.

Ssangyong Motor announced on the 16th that it will stop operating its Pyeongtaek plant from the 17th to the 19th.

Ssangyong Motor’s factory was partially operated with parts in stock on that day, but it was closed again in the end, as discussions with partner companies that refused to supply parts did not go smoothly.

Earlier, Ssangyong Motor stopped operating its Pyeongtaek plant on the 3rd to 5th and 8th to 10th of this month due to a problem with parts procurement. Even after applying for corporate rehabilitation at the end of last year, production stopped for two days. It is said that the production stop date will increase to a total of 11 business days if you include the scheduled stop date.

This is because some suppliers, mainly foreign parts industry, have refused to supply parts, requesting payment of outstanding payments and payment in cash.

◆ Hyundai Motor and POSCO promote active cooperation in hydrogen related business fields

Hyundai Motor Group and POSCO Group decided to cooperate in various fields in the hydrogen-related business field.

Specifically, the two companies will jointly promote hydrogen electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell power generation projects, and development of technologies related to hydrogen production and use.

On the 16th, Hyundai Motor Group and POSCO Group signed a’Business Agreement on Hydrogen Business Cooperation’ at POSCO Cheongsong University in Pohang.

The two companies agreed that it is necessary to achieve carbon neutrality through the establishment of a hydrogen ecosystem in order to create a sustainable world, and the Hyundai Motor Group signed an agreement on this day after actively seeking a field of cooperation where the two companies can exhibit synergy. Explained.

According to the agreement, the two companies decided to gradually convert 1,500 vehicles, including trucks operated at POSCO Pohang and Gwangyang Works, to Hyundai Motor’s hydrogen electric vehicles, and cooperate with each other to build hydrogen charging stations for commercial vehicles in the steelworks.

It is also said that the POSCO Group will jointly promote the fuel cell power generation business in the form of supplying hydrogen and the Hyundai Motor Group supplying hydrogen fuel cells.

◆ Fire in Hyundai Electric Bus… Electric vehicle safety again on the cutting board

As a fire broke out in an electric city bus made by Hyundai Motor Company, the safety of electric cars made by Hyundai Motor Company has risen on the cutting board again.

It is known that the battery installed in the bus was manufactured by LG Energy Solutions (formerly LG Chem’s battery business unit), which is the same as the Kona Electric Vehicle (EV), which recently caused a fire accident.

In addition, attention is focused on the first fire that occurred while driving, rather than a fire while charging like the Kona EV.

According to the automobile industry on the 16th, an electric city bus made by Hyundai Motor caught fire while running on the road in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do on the 15th.

The bus was manufactured by Hyundai Motor Company in 2019, and it is reported that a fire broke out on the roof side of the battery while moving to the garage after maintenance.

The bus was burned down in this fire, but there were no passengers in the bus at the time, so no human injury occurred.

It is known that the fired bus is equipped with LG Chem batteries such as Hyundai Motor Company Kona EV, which has recently implemented global recall measures due to a series of fires.

Accordingly, Hyundai Motor Company, the Automobile Safety Research Institute, and the fire department will work together to investigate the exact cause of the fire, including maintenance details and battery defects.

Once a basic investigation is conducted, if there is a possibility of manufacturing defects, it is highly likely that the Automobile Safety Research Institute will investigate the cause of the fire.

It is reported that the fired city bus had undergone repair of a battery-related component called the Power Relay Assembly (PRA) before the fire broke out.

【Youth Daily = Online News Team】