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Mon, October 23, 2017 | 11:39

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Gov't combats drowsy driving

The government is stepping up its efforts to combat drowsy driving-related accidents, which kill more than 100 people in Korea every year. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation announced countermeasures, Friday, against the “silent killer on the road,” including reducing working hours of bus drivers. The ministry will push ahead with making a law to require ...

Labor & environment | 2017-07-28 17:05

'10-hour-break-between-shifts' enough to stave off bus drivers' drowsy driving?

South Korea outlined countermeasures to deal with drowsy-driving-related accidents following a series of crashes that took dozens of lives, the transport ministry said Friday. Under the steps to be taken this year, bus companies will be obliged to allow their drivers to rest for at least 10 straight hours between shifts, longer than the current eight hours, the Ministry of La...

Labor & environment | 2017-07-28 11:20

2 killed, 16 injured in highway pileup [VIDEO]

28 bears on Mt. Jiri go unmonitored

Out of 47 Asian black bears born on Mount Jiri, 28 are currently not connected to the monitoring system, said Rep. Lee Jeong-mi of the Justice Party. The Ministry of Environment spearheaded the bear restoration project on Mount Jiri in 2004, turning young bears loose in the wild and monitoring their whereabouts through chips implanted in their bodies. According to Rep. Lee’s ...

Labor & environment | 2017-07-27 17:41

68% of injured foreign construction workers miss out on state insurance

Nearly 70 percent of migrant construction workers involved in work accidents did not receive state insurance payouts, according to the National Human Rights Commission. “Instead of filing an accident report and processing the occupational health and safety insurance -- workers' compensation -- construction companies tend to settle by just paying medical expenses and damages p...

Labor & environment | 2017-07-27 16:57

Kyung Hee University makes cleaners regular workers

Kyung Hee University has become the nation’s first university to establish a subsidiary to provide its cleaners regular working status. The move is set to influence ongoing negotiations at other schools amid the Moon Jae-in administration’s drive to improve working conditions for irregular workers. Kyung Hee University said Thursday it directly hired 135 cleaners by setting up a subsidiary named K-ecotec earlier this month, two years since it began negotiations with a private think-tank to improve their working conditions.

Labor & environment | 2017-07-27 15:54

Three typhoons heading for Korean Peninsula

Typhoon Noru is moving northwestward at 13 km/h from 1,600 kilometers southeast of Japan. Typhoon Kulap is moving westward at 25 km/h following Noru. Typhoon Sonca is off Vietnam, moving northward at 17 km/h. It is rare for three typhoons to head toward the peninsula at the same time, say KMA meteorologists. It is uncertain how close they will come to Korea because their dire...

Labor & environment | 2017-07-25 13:45

Korea braces for typhoon Noru

Korea braces for typhoon Noru

Korea is bracing for more heavy rain as typhoon Noru moves closer. The “strong” typhoon, 1,600 kilometers southeast of Tokyo and heading northeast with 970 hectopascal pressure as of 3 p.m. Monday, could change course to west on Friday, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration.

Labor & environment | 2017-07-24 17:07

Three typhoons heading for Korean Peninsula

Court recognizes bisexual asylum seeker

An appeals court in Seoul ruled in favor of a bisexual asylum seeker, Sunday, recognizing her as a refugee. The court viewed the asylum seeker’s fear of persecution in Uganda, her home country, as legitimate. A lower court turned down her request earlier. “We view that with her sexual identity, it would be difficult for her to carry on her daily routine anywhere in Uganda,” a...

Labor & environment | 2017-07-24 17:05

Rich marine species vanish with climate change

Climate change has set off a changing in marine species in waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula. The average sea temperature has increased by 1.3-2 degrees Celsius since 2000. And the consequences are dismal. Species normally caught in coastal waters are disappearing while species normally found in southern waters, even in tropical areas, is increasing. Snow crab is one of...

Labor & environment | 2017-07-24 16:07

[Debate] Shin Kori reactors: to be or not to be

The fate of two reactors at the Shin Kori Nuclear Power Plant in the southeastern city of Ulsan is critical for the country because it will set the tone of the administration’s energy policy. President Moon Jae-in is pushing to deliver on his campaign promise to phase out nuclear power plants. The state-run Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) has suspended work on the two re...

Labor & environment | 2017-07-23 17:24

Expertise vs. democracy: Dispute heats up over ad hoc committee on Shin Kori

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