Coupang speeds up logistics infrastructure investment with 3 trillion won, plans to hire more than 10,000 employees.

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‘Coupang is speeding up its investment plan of 3 trillion won to build logistics facilities such as fulfillment centers (FC) throughout nine regions nationwide and directly employ over 10,000 people by the end of next year.’,

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‘Last March, Coupang announced a plan to expand same-day delivery service to nationwide by investing over 3 trillion won by 2027.’,

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‘The new areas where logistics centers will be established include Kimcheon and Chilgok in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Jecheon in Chungcheongbuk-do, Busan, Icheon in Gyeonggi-do, Cheonan in Chungcheongnam-do, Nam Daejeon, Gwangju, and Ulsan.’,

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‘Coupang revealed that the FC in Nandaejeon in Daejeon Dong-gu and Gwangju Metropolitan City will start operations by next month.’,

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‘An estimated number of employees at these two locations is expected to be over 3,300.’,

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‘The FC in Cheonan, which began operations last month, plans to hire 500 employees.’,

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‘The FC in Kimcheon in Gyeongsangbuk-do (500 employees) and the Ulsan Sub-Hub (a logistics facility for sending products, 400 employees) are set to break ground next month.’,

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‘The Chilgok Sub-Hub in Gyeongsangbuk-do (400 employees) will commence operations by the end of the year, and the Jecheon FC in Chungcheongbuk-do (500 employees) is scheduled to start construction in the first half of next year.’,

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‘The FC in Gangseo-gu, Busan (3,000 employees) and the Icheon FC in Gyeonggi-do (1,500 employees) have begun construction in the second quarter.’,

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‘Coupang highlighted that with the addition of about 10,000 new employees due to the new logistics infrastructure investment, the employment outside Seoul will increase to over 65,000, excluding Seoul.’,

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‘The total combined employment at logistics and delivery subsidiary companies, including Coupang, will exceed 80,000, with 81% of the employees working outside Seoul.’,

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“Coupang emphasized that more than 80% of its job positions are created outside Seoul.”,

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‘Coupang expects that the investments in regions such as Daejeon Dong-gu, Gwangju Gwangsan-gu, Kimcheon Eomwon-myeon and Chilgok-gun in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Ulsan Ulju-gun, and Jecheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, where the new logistics facilities are located, will contribute to local economic revitalization.’,

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‘Furthermore, it is anticipated that with the emergence of jobs in the regions, the youth who have left for Seoul or the metropolitan area in search of employment opportunities will return.’,

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‘As of the first half of last year, Coupang employed over 20,000 young adults (ages 19-34), and approximately 48% of the workers in the logistics and delivery sector are women.’,

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“Through the investment of ‘over 3 trillion won’, Coupang aims to gradually expand same-day delivery services nationwide and essentially achieve ‘100% same-day delivery for the entire population by 2027.'”,

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‘Coupang has invested 6.2 trillion won in building its logistics network, establishing over 100 logistics infrastructures in 30 regions nationwide and expanding the “Coupang zone” (areas eligible for same-day delivery) to 182 out of 260 cities and districts (70%).’,

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‘With this additional investment, approximately 230 cities and districts (over 88%) will be able to provide same-day delivery services from 2027.’,

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‘Coupang explained that based on population figures, when calculating the areas eligible for same-day delivery, over 50 million out of the total population of 51.3 million in South Korea are estimated to be covered.’,

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‘Especially among the 89 regions experiencing population decline in the country, the areas eligible for same-day delivery will increase from the current 17 locations, including Samcheok in Gangwon-do, to over 60 locations in three years.’,

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