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Mon, March 25, 2019 | 19:30

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Seoul joins hands with Asian partners over waste

South Korea's customs agency has set up a temporary task force, with China, the Philippines and other regional partners, to crack down illegal shipments of waste, an official said Monday.

Labor & environment | 2019-03-25 13:49

Wives still do more housework than husbands: report

Many married women think they share childcare duties with their husbands quite equally, but in fact they bear a greater burden than their partners in other household chores, a study showed Friday. According to the 2018 study 10,630 married women aged between 15 and 49 by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 52 percent said they and their husbands were not sharin...

Labor & environment | 2019-03-22 17:01

[INTERVIEW] 'Flight attendants provide much more than in-flight services'

For a flight attendant traveling around the clock, enjoying different cuisines and beautiful scenery in different countries is part of their daily routine. The lifestyle definitely caught Mok In-sang's attention, which led him to apply for a cabin crew member position at the country's second-largest carrier, Asiana Airlines.

Labor & environment | 2019-03-22 15:51

2017 Pohang earthquake triggered by geothermal plant: experts

An earthquake which struck the nation's southeastern city of Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, in 2017, was triggered by an experimental geothermal power plant, the government said Wednesday.

Labor & environment | 2019-03-20 16:23

Ruling party calls for probe into Pohang plant linked to earthquake

Bus drivers threaten to stage nationwide strike in May

The Korean Automobile and Transport Workers' Federation threatened to hold a nationwide bus driver strike in mid-May, if the government does not comply with their conditions to preserve their wages before the government 52-hour work week restriction, which is scheduled to be enforced July 1.

Labor & environment | 2019-03-20 16:23

Geothermal plant responsible for powerful Pohang earthquake in 2017, says Gov't

South Korea's second-most destructive earthquake, which struck the southeastern city of Pohang in 2017, was probably triggered by an experimental geothermal power plant, the government said Wednesday.

Labor & environment | 2019-03-20 14:46

S. Korea to give 80,000 young jobseekers W500,000 a month - for six months

The monthly "youth employment promotion subsidy" of 500,000 won ($440) will be paid for up to six months to unemployed people aged 18 to 34 who have graduated from or dropped out of secondary schools, universities or graduate programs within two years, the ministry said. Only those who belong to households earning less than 120 percent of the nation's median income, or 5.54 m...

Labor & environment | 2019-03-18 13:23

Engineer finds work-life balance in boxing

Looking for a better balance between work and after-hours life, many office workers try diverse and unique hobbies. Kang Seo-young, an engineer of display materials development at battery maker Samsung SDI, may be one of them, but she is pursuing an activity that does not fit the typical image of her job.

Labor & environment | 2019-03-15 17:16

[Reporter's notebook] Should employees be penalized for boss's wrongdoing?

Should employees be penalized for the wrongdoings of their CEO or executives? This question is up for debate as the government is seeking to establish stricter punishment for local airlines following numerous abuse of power scandals by owner families in recent years, mostly involving Korean Air.

Labor & environment | 2019-03-13 16:26

Korea to conduct seabed exploration near Dokdo

South Korea plans to carry out an exploration of the ocean floor near its eastern island of Ulleung around July and August, an official said, in an apparent effort to better understand its easternmost territory, Dokdo. Dokdo - a set of rocky islets in the East Sea - has long been a source of diplomatic friction between South Korea and Japan.

Labor & environment | 2019-03-10 10:21

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