The self-employed sector also must be able to build up economies of scale through raising competitiveness.
Officials from the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Ministry of Employment and Labor held an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss improving working conditions for Filipino domestic caregivers.
Two Filipino caregivers who arrived in Seoul last month have abandoned their accommodation and are currently unreachable.
The government must not settle for headline data numbers.
Job seekers undergo interviews at a youth job fair held at the Yeonje District Office in Busan on Wednesday afternoon.
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday appointed former Gyeonggi Gov. Kim Moon-soo as his new labor minister, the presidential office announced.
In response to the deadly Aricell factory fire that killed 23, including 18 foreign workers, the Labor Ministry will roll out tighter safety regulations.
Fewer companies will be hiring in the second half of this year, with even those that do plan to hire less, according to a survey by job listing platform JobKorea.
One hundred Filipino nannies arrived in Korea on Tuesday, excitedly and nervously smiling at reporters as they walked through Incheon International Airport in the morning.
A growing number of young Koreans are taking longer to graduate compared to past generations, and in turn hit other milestones such as employment and marriage later in life.
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