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Foreign workers demand job change rights

Hundreds of migrant workers and civic activists rallied in front of Seoul Finance Center in Jung-gu, downtown Seoul, Sunday, demanding workers' freedom to change workplaces and denouncing government crackdowns on undocumented foreign laborers.

Labor & environment | 2018-10-14 16:36

Court orders compensation for illicit hiring practice victim

A Seoul court ordered the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the country's financial watchdog, to pay an unsuccessful job applicant tens of millions of won in compensation, Saturday, after ruling the plaintiff was a victim of illicit hiring practices.

Labor & environment | 2018-10-14 16:34

Businessman arrested for exploiting foreign workers

A Korean businessman has been arrested for allegedly exploiting foreign employees, police said Sunday.

Labor & environment | 2018-10-14 12:42

Gov't to crack down on prostitution websites

The government plans to strengthen its monitoring of websites linked to prostitution and sex trafficking, the gender ministry said, Friday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (MOGEF) held a meeting to discuss the measures to control the websites and prevent prostitution and foreign victims. The ministry will develop a large data-based artificial intelligence program t...

Labor & environment | 2018-10-12 17:31

UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warning

Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this fast-warming planet, an international panel of scientists reported Sunday. But they provide little hope the world will rise to the challenge. The Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its gloomy ...

Labor & environment | 2018-10-09 14:33

IPCC agrees to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius

Scholars from around the world have called for urgent action to limit the global average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, saying a 2-degree rise will cause global catastrophe. The 195 member countries of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) adopted its special report on limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees, Monday, after its 48th session held in Songdo, Incheon.

Labor & environment | 2018-10-08 18:26

Man arrested for firing BB gun at feminist rally

Police have arrested man who fired more than 10 shots from a BB gun in an attempt to disrupt a feminist group protest.

Labor & environment | 2018-10-08 14:42

Typhoon Kong-rey leaves two dead, one missing, 470 homeless

Typhoon Kong-rey has left two people dead and one missing, while displacing nearly 470, the state disaster management agency said, Sunday. Kong-rey, the 25th tropical storm of the season, made landfall on Jeju Island on Saturday morning, bringing heavy rain and extreme winds. It also hit Busan and South Gyeongsang Province before moving away from the Korean Peninsula in the afternoon.

Labor & environment | 2018-10-07 17:26

Technology progress drags employment of youth: report

Technological progress has mainly affected young job seekers in South Korea because businesses tend to cut down on hiring first when seeking cost-saving measures, a report said Sunday.

Labor & environment | 2018-10-07 13:51

'Dog is livestock subject to meat consumption'

Dog farm owners are up in arms following the government's recent move to remove dogs from the list of livestock, which is expected to shutdown their farms.

Labor & environment | 2018-10-06 01:27

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