Everybody knows that Cho Kuk used a series of off-track and substandard methods to help his children get admitted to top universities. How could he make such campaign pledges now?
The government plans to relax visa regulations for migrant household workers to address Korea's low fertility rate and aging society. Some Koreans are concerned about the high cost and cultural consequences of hiring such workers.
Seoul’s intracity bus drivers returned to work on Thursday afternoon, ending their 11-hour strike over a wage hike.
Korean workers' salaries surpassed those of Japan in 2022, marking a significant turnaround over the past two decades.
The government must allow the Gender Ministry to play its due role.
A construction site of Taeyoung E&C in Jungnang District, eastern Seoul, is silent on Tuesday due to overdue wage issues surrounding the Korean builder.
A bulletin shows this year's hourly minimum wage of 9,860 won ($7.58), up 2.5 percent from a year before, at a labor welfare center in Seoul on Tuesday.
Women with doctorate degrees are paid less than men with equivalent degrees, according to government-funded research on Tuesday. The gender gap was the most apparent at the lower and upper ends of the pay scale.
Glass ceilings are a reality for many working women, said a group of top female entrepreneurs, diplomats and academics from Canada and Korea in Seoul on Thursday…
Major business associations are urging President Yoon Suk Yeol to veto a pro-labor bill that would allow unions to stage more industrial actions and restrict striking workers' liability for damages.
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