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Sun, August 18, 2019 | 18:50

Minimum wage commission to have sub-bodies

The government has decided to divide the minimum wage decision process into two, as part of reform plans to strengthen the decision-making process and minimize clashes between labor and management.

Kim Hyun-bin | 2019-02-27 16:57

Child YouTubers exposed to cyberbullying

The market for children's content on online platforms like YouTube has grown explosively with the flourishing trend of “one-person” media here. In this media climate, children see becoming a YouTuber as one of their dream jobs. However, there are no protective measures or regulations to protect young YouTubers against cyberbullying or abusive language by their online peers, o...

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-02-26 03:17

Gov't to install air-purifying systems at more schools earlier

The government will install more air-purification systems at schools earlier than planned amid worsening fine dust-sparked air pollution, the education ministry said Sunday.

Kim Hyun-bin | 2019-02-24 16:39

High temperatures cause household electricity use to hit new record in 2018

South Korea's household electricity use hit an all-time high in 2018 as the country experienced record high temperatures that caused people to turn on their air conditioners for longer periods of time, official data showed Sunday. Last year the country witnessed the hottest summer in 111 years that pushed up electricity used by homes to 72,895 gigawatt hours (GWh), up 6.3 per...

2019-02-24 12:43

Ruling on physical labor age limit to have huge ripple effects

The top court's Thursday decision to raise the expected legal maximum age for physical work from 60 to 65 is likely to affect many sectors of the rapidly aging society, fueling debates on age adjustment for retirement, insurance, elderly benefits and others.

Lee Suh-yoon | 2019-02-22 17:10

Top court recognizes maximum working age for physical labor to be 65

The Supreme Court recognized the maximum working age for physical labor as 65, Thursday, overturning a 1989 decision that set the figure at 60. The decision, which came in a suit calculating the lost income of a family member in a death compensation claim, is likely to affect many other social factors such as insurance and retirement age.

Lee Suh-yoon | 2019-02-21 17:14

From 60 to 65: Top court ups maximum working age

The Supreme Court on Thursday recognized the age of 65 as the maximum age that people are physically fit to work, breaking a nearly 30-year precedent that will likely reshape the notion of retirement and affect related industries. The 13-judge bench reversed an appellate court ruling that ordered the family of a drowning-accident victim to be compensated based on the applied ...

2019-02-21 15:07

Gov't to remove 1.2 million-tons of illegal waste by 2022

The government plans to take care of illegally dumped waste around the country, amounting to 1.2 million tons over the next three years, the environment ministry said Thursday.Of the total waste load, 839,000 tons came from the waste abandoned by businesses that either went bankrupt or stripped of their licenses, the findings by the Ministry of Environment showed.Illegally-di...

2019-02-21 13:28

Discontent rises over flexible work hour deal

Representatives from labor and management have agreed to revise the flexible work hour system to further increase its scope. Although this is the first agreement made following talks and concessions between both sides, neither is fully satisfied - management says the six-month period for calculating working hours is not enough for effective business operation, while labor rep...

Kim Hyun-bin | 2019-02-20 16:37

'Shortage of nurses creates bullying culture'

A year has passed since Park Seon-wook, a nurse from Seoul Asan Medical Center, committed suicide due to intense bullying at work. Park's death shed light on the rampant hazing in the nursing community. Such abhorrent behavior has become prevalent, creating a culture of so-called “taeum,” or burn-to-ashes in Korean, meaning senior nurses harass junior nurses and new staff wit...

Kim Hyun-bin | 2019-02-20 15:41

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