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Wed, May 27, 2020 | 08:45

Think your employer is the best?

Think your employer is the best?

To determine the Best Employers in South Korea 2021, various independent surveys from a sample of employees will be conducted. The employees will not be asked to participate via their employers, but anonymously through both www.koreatimes.co.kr and hankookilbo.com and several online panels.

2020-05-26 13:24

Hyundai Heavy grapples with series of worker deaths

Hyundai Heavy grapples with series of worker deaths

A subcontracted worker hired by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) died while working at a shipyard in Ulsan Metropolitan City, according to Korea's biggest shipbuilder Friday.

2020-05-22 15:41

Civic group reports Orion chief to prosecution for workplace bullying

Civic group reports Orion chief to prosecution for workplace bullying

A civic group filed a complaint with the prosecution against Orion Group Chairman Tam Chul-gon, Thursday, accusing him of violating the Labor Standards Act, in relation to a company employee in her 20s who committed suicide recently.

2020-05-21 16:53

S. Korea to map out universal employment insurance plan by year-end

The government plans to prepare a roadmap for a universal employment insurance system by the end of the year, the labor minister said Thursday.

2020-05-21 14:59

Moon pledges to safeguard jobs, industries with 'Green New Deal'

S. Korea to introduce disposable cup deposits

S. Korea to introduce disposable cup deposits

Under a set of bills approved during the final session of the parliament's 20th term Wednesday, businesses will factor in the deposits in prices and refund the amount when customers return used disposable cups. It usually takes from six months to two years for passed bills to go into effect. The environment ministry said it plans to set the deposit amount based on manufacturi...

2020-05-21 10:24

Starbucks Korea reduces power sockets

2.08 million jobless: Pandemic sends S. Korea's unemployment rate to record high

2.08 million jobless: Pandemic sends S. Korea's unemployment rate to record high

The number of jobless South Koreans hit a record high in the first four months of the year due mainly to the coronavirus impact, a report showed Monday. Roughly 2.08 million people in the country remained unemployed during the January-April period, according to the report from Rep. Choo Kyung-ho of the main opposition United Future Party.

2020-05-18 10:37

Navy to assess impact of radioactive water on its operations amid Fukushima concerns

Navy to assess impact of radioactive water on its operations amid Fukushima concerns

The Navy plans to look into possible impact of radioactive contaminated water on its operations, officials said Tuesday, amid concerns over Japan's planned release of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.

2020-05-12 10:22

Korea's environment monitoring satellite sends first maritime images

Korea's environment monitoring satellite sends first maritime images

South Korea released the first images sent back by its environment monitoring satellite that clearly shows waters around the Korean Peninsula, the science ministry said Tuesday.

2020-05-12 09:40

Wood boiler suspected of starting Goseong forest fire

Wood boiler suspected of starting Goseong forest fire

The overheating of a wood-fuelled boiler at a house in Goseong, Gangwon Province, is believed to have started a fire that destroyed an estimated 85 hectares of forest in the county, according to police and the fire authorities, Sunday.

2020-05-03 17:27

Body of last S. Korean trekker missing in Annapurna snowslide found

The body of the last-remaining South Korean teacher who went missing in a deadly avalanche in the Annapurna region in Nepal in January was discovered early Friday, Seoul's foreign ministry said, putting an end to the monthslong search for four Korean victims.

2020-05-02 13:40

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