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Sat, July 2, 2022 | 19:48

Gov't to push for speedy influx of immigrant workers to alleviate COVID-19 labor shortage

The government will push for a speedy influx of immigrant workers to help alleviate labor shortages in farming, fishing and other industries in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said Tuesday.

2022-06-14 14:37

6,500 workers with disabilities legally paid less than minimum wage last year

About 6,500 workers with disabilities legally earned less than the minimum wage last year, a report said Tuesday.

2022-06-14 11:53

First lady calls for end to dog meat consumption

First lady Kim Keon-hee has called for an end to dog meat consumption, saying Korea and China are the only countries among big economies where people still eat dog meat, according to a newspaper interview published Monday.

2022-06-13 15:07

Disruptions deepen as unionized truckers continue strike for 5th day

Unionized cargo truck drivers extended their strike to a fifth day Saturday, causing disruptions and delays in logistics nationwide, industry sources said.

2022-06-11 17:02

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases below 10,000 amid waning omicron wave

South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 10,000 Friday, continuing a gradual decline, as the country is working to return to pre-pandemic normalcy.

2022-06-10 22:00

Yongsan Park opens on trial basis

The site of a former U.S. Forces Korea base near the office of President Yoon Suk-yeol opened as a public park on a trial basis Friday, drawing crowds of people trying to get a first-hand look at the site that had been off limits to ordinary citizens for the past 120 years. Yongsan Park has been under construction on the site previously used as that USFK's Yongsan Garrison, a...

2022-06-10 17:28

Yoon welcomes war heroes, bereaved families to presidential office

President Yoon Suk-yeol welcomed a group of war heroes and bereaved family members at the presidential office Thursday to demonstrate his commitment to personally taking care of them as Korea's commander in chief.

2022-06-09 17:03

Korea aims to halve traffic deaths by 2027 through advanced systems, stronger monitoring

The government said Thursday it will apply artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies to the country's traffic monitoring systems to try to reduce the number of traffic-related deaths.

2022-06-09 16:26

State panel to uncover truth about detention camp set up by military junta in 1980s

A state reconciliation panel on Thursday announced a decision to find out the truth about a civilian concentration camp set up by the military junta in the early 1980s and pay due compensation to its victims.

2022-06-09 14:52

UN rapporteur to meet with sex slave, rights-violation victims in Korea

U.N. Special Rapporteur for Truth, Justice and Reparation Fabian Salvioli has arrived in Korea for meetings with victims who suffered human rights violations connected to the country's colonial and authoritarian legacies, officials said Thursday.

2022-06-09 14:52

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