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Experts advocate for immigration amid population decline
Experts advocate for immigration amid population decline
The government should change its immigration policy drastically in the face of the declining population, experts said Monday.
2020-10-19 16:43
  • [INTERVIEW] 'Korea's population outlook makes immigration talk inevitable'
Delivery worker dies from overwork, workers' group says
Delivery worker dies from overwork, workers' group says
A contract parcel delivery worker employed by the logistics company Hanjin Express died recently, a delivery workers' collective said Monday, arguing that an unbearable workload caused his death. The 36-year-old worker, whose surname was Kim and worked at a company branch in the central Seoul ward of Dongdaemun, was found dead at his home Monday last week, according to the ci...
2020-10-19 13:54
Concerns grow over poor work conditions at logistics firms
Concerns grow over poor work conditions at logistics firms
Only four days after a 40-year-old delivery worker at CJ Logistics died from respiratory difficulty on Oct. 8, another man in his 20s died from alleged overwork at Coupang's distribution center in Chilgok, North Gyeongsang Province, last Monday.
2020-10-18 17:42
Seoul highlights citizens' health in handling Fukushima water issue
Seoul highlights citizens' health in handling Fukushima water issue
South Korea's foreign ministry reiterated its "foremost priority" to protect its citizens' health and safety Friday in dealing with Japan's potential discharge of contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. The ministry also said the government has been handling the issue under a vice-ministerial inter-agency dialogue platform, amid public safety concerns ov...
2020-10-16 16:19
4 incineration plants lead Seoul's household waste management
4 incineration plants lead Seoul's household waste management
From delivery boxes to toilet paper, food waste, recyclable items and plastic items - domestic waste refers to all types of waste produced by households.
2020-10-15 09:11
Delivery workers vow not to work on Saturdays
Delivery workers vow not to work on Saturdays
Parcel delivery workers vowed not to work on Saturdays for the next two weeks following the recent death of an overworked fellow worker, said the Committee for the Prevention of Work-Related Deaths of Delivery Workers, Tuesday.
2020-10-13 16:49
Sinking South Korea - how critical is the situation?
Sinking South Korea - how critical is the situation?
Marine City, a residential community of skyscrapers in Busan's coastal district of Haeundae, towers close to South Korea's southeastern shoreline. The architectural grandeur has been consistently laid bare to destructive threats from angry seas with typhoon-driven waves crashing over seawalls, flooding, broken windows and fallen trees. Typhoon Maysak last September, Chaba in ...
2020-10-13 14:10
Korea's coal use for power generation dips 7% in 2019
Korea's coal use for power generation dips 7% in 2019
South Korea's coal consumption for electricity generation decreased 7 percent in 2019 from a year earlier due to its efforts to cut carbon emissions, a report said Monday. Asia's fourth-largest economy consumed 94 million tons of coal to generate electricity, compared with 101 million tons a year earlier, according to the report by the Korea Energy Economics Institute. It mar...
2020-10-12 09:10
Gyeonggi Province asked to offer COVID-19 subsidies to foreigners
Gyeonggi Province asked to offer COVID-19 subsidies to foreigners
The state-run human rights agency asked Gyeonggi Provincial Government Sunday to provide financial support to foreign residents under its jurisdiction amid the ongoing controversy over the exclusion of non-Koreans from the disaster relief fund.
2020-10-11 16:32
1 in 4 office workers are YouTubers on the side: survey
1 in 4 office workers are YouTubers on the side: survey
Kang Tae-kwon, an office worker in his 30s, has his own YouTube channel with more than 100,000 subscribers. Its main focus is on introducing Korean culture to non-Koreans, which is unrelated to his job at a state-owned company in the agricultural sector.
2020-10-08 14:06
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