Korea Times Finance Reporter
Hello, I am Jun Ji-hye, a reporter at The Korea Times. I primarily cover financial authorities and write articles on a wide range of topics related to finance and capital markets. If you have any information to share, feel free to email me at jjh@koreatimes.co.kr, and I will review it carefully. I am committed to always doing my best to communicate with readers through high-quality articles.
Reps. Kim Meen-geon and Choi Soo-jin of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) apologized Thursday after they were seen sleeping during a plenary session of the opposition-controlled National Assembly the previous day.
Seven in 10 Korean people suffered mental health problems last year, including extreme stress and depressive thoughts, according to a National Center for Mental Health survey released Wednesday.
Jang Seong-hwan, a 94-year-old Korean businessman who was the chairman of Samsung Brush and was known for a large real estate donation to KAIST, passed away on Monday, according to the university, Wednesday.
Over 40,000 workers at 90 delivery subcontractors of Coupang have not been provided with employment insurance and industrial accident insurance, which are considered major social security nets offered to laborers, according to the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service (K-COMWEL), Wednesday.
The same minimum wage will continue to be set across all industries in Korea next year after a proposal to implement sector-specific minimum wages was voted down during a plenary session of the tripartite commission, Tuesday.
Government officials and politicians from rival parties, as well as religious leaders, gathered Tuesday to put their heads together to tackle a demographic crisis caused by the country’s ultra-low birthrate.
The new support center for foreign workers in North Jeolla Province utilizes all available resources including financial institutes and lawyers to help the workers in the region.
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon vowed to bring small but significant changes to the daily lives of citizens during his remaining two years in office.
Labor and management representatives are locked in a contentious standoff over whether to implement sector-specific minimum wages as part of ongoing discussions to set the 2025 minimum wage.
The Ministry of Employment and Labor has launched an investigation into lithium battery maker Aricell over suspected illegal hiring of foreign workers after Monday’s deadly fire at its factory killed 23 employees, including 18 foreign nationals, officials said Thursday.