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Labor & Environment

Tue, October 22, 2019 | 20:06

Administrative staff at diplomatic missions call off strike

The union of administrative staff working at diplomatic missions overseas has scrapped its plan to go on strike scheduled initially for later this week, according to the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU), Sunday.

Kang Seung-woo | 2019-08-11 16:26

Greenpeace warns Korea of Japan's radioactive water discharge

An international environment organization has said that Japan plans to discharge radioactive waste into the Pacific Ocean in the near future and Korea will fall particularly vulnerable. Greenpeace Korea, the global NGO's branch in Seoul, reposted on Facebook on Wednesday a column by its nuclear specialist Shaun Burnie published in The Economist, claiming Japan is planning to ...

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-08-08 17:19

2020 minimum wage set at 8590 won

The government has confirmed its decision to set next year's minimum wage at 8,590 won ($7.16) per hour, rejecting the labor sector's call for more deliberation. The minimum wage will be uniformly applied to all workplaces starting Jan.1.

Kim Hyun-bin | 2019-08-05 17:34

Job fair for Japanese firms scrapped amid dispute

A job fair for Japanese companies has been scrapped amid worsening ties between Seoul and Tokyo, according to the labor ministry, Monday. The Seoul Career Vision, a job fair hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and co-organized by the Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) and the Human Resources Development Service of Korea, was scheduled to be held on Sep...

Kang Seung-woo | 2019-08-05 16:11

1 in 4 college students prepare for civil service exams

About 25 percent of college students and jobseekers are preparing to take the state-run civil service exams, a poll showed, Monday. According to the survey by local job portals Job Korea and Albamon of 1,022 university students and recent graduates on the job market, 24.7 percent of the respondents said they have been preparing for the civil servant exams.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2019-08-05 15:46

'Extreme' heat waves to grill 29 more Korean cities starting 2021

Despite the Korean government's efforts to reduce local greenhouse gas emissions, extreme heat waves will scorch 29 more cities starting 2021, according to the country's national forecast agency.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2019-08-02 15:41

'Lack of communication led to death of workers'

The deaths of three workers at a rain drainage reservoir in Yangcheon-gu, southwestern Seoul, Wednesday, resulted from a lack of communication between the local government and the facility builder over a sluice gate opening, rescue authorities and police found, Thursday.

Kim Hyun-bin | 2019-08-01 16:59

Calls grow for stronger punishment against animal abusers

An increasing number of people are calling for tougher punishment against those who abuse animals, with claims that that the current law is too lenient. A public petition was posted on the Cheong Wa Dae website, Monday, demanding that the government strongly punish those who maltreat animals. It had more than 107,000 signatories as of Wednesday.

Kang Seung-woo | 2019-07-31 17:07

Gov't seeks to allow fired workers to join company unions

The Ministry of Employment and Labor said Tuesday it was submitting revisions to the Labor Law that will among other things allow people who were fired to retain their union membership. The move is part of the government's efforts to ratify three of four key International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions it has signed within the year, after facing mounting pressure from t...

Kim Hyun-bin | 2019-07-30 17:33

Environment ministry sues Young Poong smelter for fudging emission data

The Ministry of Environment has sued Korean conglomerate Young Poong Group's zinc smelter for allegedly forging its emissions data and air-quality analyzing firms for colluding with the company.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2019-07-30 17:18

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