Public Times — Grand Korea Leisure (GKL), a quasi-governmental enterprise under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, is recruiting 90 interns in its first 2026 youth internship round. The company will place experiential interns in marketing and sales roles across Seoul, Incheon and Busan.
The recruitment follows the National Competency Standards (NCS) for roles in use, lodging, travel, entertainment and sports, and targets entry-level applicants. Applications are open from April 2 through April 17.
There is no educational requirement. Positions are based in Seoul, Incheon and Busan and include marketing and sales among other roles.
Applicants must be South Korean citizens aged 19 to 34 on the employment start date, May 26. For military veterans, GKL applies age extensions under Article 16 of the Act on Support for Military Veterans: an additional year for service under one year; two years for service of one year to under two years; and three years for service of two years or more.
In the first stage, GKL will evaluate applications and personal statements on a 100-point scale and advance candidates at a ratio of either two or five times the number of planned hires per role. The second stage consists of group interviews scored on character, job fit and organizational fit, also on a 100-point scale. Final hires will be offered employment contracts after verification of submitted documents.
GKL extends preferential treatment to designated groups — including recipients of employment support, people with disabilities, low-income applicants, North Korean defectors, multicultural families, youth preparing for independent living, women re-entering the workforce, and participants in GKL’s convergent tourism training program. Depending on the category, benefits may include 5–10% additional points per selection stage, a flat 5-point bonus, or exemption from the document screening. Bonuses can stack across different categories, but only one benefit is recognized within the same category.
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Senior Reporter Han-su Song onekorea@public25.com
