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Overworked deliveryman's illness recognized as injury on duty

If a deliveryman's pre-existing health conditions deteriorate due to a heavy workload and stress before the Chuseok holiday, it should be recognized as an injury on duty, a district court ruled recently.

Labor & environment | 2018-09-16 17:11

Korean economy's ability to create jobs falls to lowest level in 8 years

The South Korean economy's ability to create new jobs has fallen to the lowest levels in over eight years, official data showed Sunday. Data by the Bank of Korea and Statistics Korea revealed that the gross domestic product (GDP) elasticity of employment for Asia's fourth-largest economy reached 0.132 in the second quarter of this year. This reading is the lowest tallied sinc...

Labor & environment | 2018-09-16 09:40

SsangYong Motor to reinstate all fired workers

The agreement was reached during a press conference at the office of the Economic, Social and Labor Council in Seoul, attended by representatives from the car manufacturer's management and labor union as well as those from the presidential advisory body and the Korean Metal Workers' Union's SsangYong branch.

Labor & environment | 2018-09-14 18:00

'Gov't to mobilize all possible policy options to boost job creation'

South Korea's chief economic policymaker said Wednesday that the government will make all-out efforts to improve the country's dismal job market as a dramatic upturn in employment is unlikely in the near future. His remarks came as the number of employed people reached 26.9 million in August, up a meager 3,000 from the same month in 2017, according to Statistics Korea.

Labor & environment | 2018-09-12 11:07

Job creation tumbles to 8-year low; youth unemployment hits 19-year high

Job creation tumbles to 8-year low; youth unemployment hits 19-year high

South Korea's unemployment rate rose slightly in August due to a fall in employment in the retail and manufacturing sectors, with poorer-than-expected job creation showing no signs of a letup, government data showed Wednesday. The unemployment rate stood at 4 percent last month, up 0.4 percentage point from a year earlier, according to the report compiled by Statistics Korea.

Labor & environment | 2018-09-12 09:11

'Gov't to mobilize all possible policy options to boost job creation'

Female migrant workers can change jobs to head off sexual violence

Female immigrant workers will be allowed to change their jobs if they suffer from sexual violence, according to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, Monday. The Ministry of Employment and Labor accepted the commission's advice to change the employment system for female foreign workers who come here under the Employment Permit System (EPS), as a countermeasure agains...

Labor & environment | 2018-09-10 18:11

The curse of E-6-2

Hammer-wielding clash throws Seoul's rent problem in spotlight

On the morning of June 7 the owner of a small jokbal pig feet restaurant in Seochon in central Seoul, named Gungjung Jokbal, chased after his landlord with a 1.5-kilogram hammer, causing him injuries that required 12 weeks of treatment - mainly to the arms - in the resulting scuffle.

Labor & environment | 2018-09-06 16:36

Noryangjin merchants clash with operators over market relocation

Hundreds of merchants at a major fish market in Seoul Thursday clashed with the market operator who attempted to forcibly relocate the merchants' shops from an old building to a new one. Some 400 merchants formed a human blockade at the entrance of the Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market beginning in the early morning to face 300 subcontractors and representatives from the ...

Labor & environment | 2018-09-06 15:53

Environmentalist dreams of DMZ Peace Zone

Amid the fast changing political landscape on the Korean Peninsula, an environmental activist has become one of most cited persons in the media and at seminars when it comes to talking about the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). “I am spending of the busiest days of my life participating in seminars to talk about the DMZ recently,” Seo Jae-chul, a senior ecological activist with Gree...

Labor & environment | 2018-09-05 18:32

Korea to ban disposable cups, plastic straws by 2027

The government will seek to ban disposable cups and plastic straws to reduce waste gradually by 2027. In a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, 10 government bodies including the Ministry of Environment reported their “natural circulation” initiative, which aims to cut down urban life waste in all processes from production and consumption to management and recycling.

Labor & environment | 2018-09-04 17:36

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