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61% of Koreans view foreigners not members of Korea

More than six out of 10 Koreans do not view migrant workers as “members of Korea,” a survey showed Wednesday, indicating the country still has a long way to go until becoming a truly multiracial society. According to the Overseas Korea Foundation's survey of 820 adults nationwide, 61.1 percent of respondents have difficulties in accepting migrant workers as members of society, a sign of deteriorating public opinion toward non-Koreans. In the foundation's 2013 survey, only 57.5 percent said they did not accept them as members of Korean society.

Labor & environment | 2018-01-03 18:19

Women abhor female bosses

Women were found to suffer greater workplace stress when supervised by female bosses or surrounded by female colleagues, a study showed Wednesday. According to the research paper, titled “Are Women Enemies of Each Other?; Impact of Boss's Gender on Female Workers' Performance,” by the Korean Labor Economic Association, researcher Chung Han-na wrote stress levels were up by 3....

Labor & environment | 2018-01-03 18:12

Xenophobia dies hard in Korea, survey shows

Nearly 61 percent of South Koreans do not consider foreign workers members of Korean society, a survey showed on Wednesday, reflecting the deep-rooted xenophobia that remains strong despite all the campaigns to promote multiculturalism.

Labor & environment | 2018-01-03 14:44

Jeju suffers from 'too many tourists'

Every year, about 15 million tourists visit Jeju Island, home to only 660,000 people. Over the past decade, the island has turned into Korea’s tourism hub with many luxury hotels and resorts, thanks to an increasing number of visitors from overseas and other parts of the country. But the island’s commercial success has come at a steep cost. An overwhelming amount of garbage a...

Labor & environment | 2018-01-02 16:37

70% of part-time workers worry about tough job market amid minimum wage hike

According to the survey conducted by the website operated by Mediawill Networks, 72 percent of respondents said they are worried about facing changes in the job market with the hike in the minimum hourly wage. The poll was conducted from Dec. 21-29 on 1,458 of its members.

Labor & environment | 2018-01-02 10:57

Blind hiring brings hopes to jobseekers

The blind recruitment system, which seeks to hire people based on relevant skills rather than credentials, is becoming a source of hope and confidence for many jobseekers. Under this system, state-run companies are forbidden from asking questions not directly related to the job including the applicants' family background, age, sex and the school they attended on the initial a...

Labor & environment | 2018-01-01 09:02

Korean Air plane cleaners go on strike

Workers of Korean Air's subcontractor in charge of cleaning the airline's planes went on strike Saturday, calling for improved working conditions.

Labor & environment | 2017-12-31 16:09

South Jeolla: top renewable energy producer relies on toxic waste

South Korea's top province producing the most renewable energy needs to develop more ways to do this because it still largely relies on environmentally toxic methods.

Labor & environment | 2017-12-31 14:38

Gov't enforces emergency fine dust reduction measures in Seoul

It is the first time the ministry has issued the "fine dust emergency reduction measures" since the system was introduced early this year. The alarm requires factories, construction sites and other dust-releasing workplaces in Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province to cut operations and take steps to reduce pollution from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Labor & environment | 2017-12-29 20:17

Scientist extracts phosphate from sewage

Choi Ye-duk, a wastewater researcher at the Seoul Institute of Health and Environment, has invented a way to extract phosphate from sewage. Phosphate is a critical ingredient in making fertilizer. Fertilizer makers in Korea rely solely on foreign imports for their production. Phosphate deposits are found in China and Morocco but supplies have dwindled during the past century ...

Labor & environment | 2017-12-29 17:54

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