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- Forced labor victims propose forming S. Korea-Japan consultative body to solve historical dispute
- Groups representing the victims of forced labor during Japan’s colonial occupation of Korea have proposed that Seoul and Tokyo set up a joint consultative body to resolve the is...
- Jan.7,2020 18:19 KST
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- [Photo] S. Korea to offer universal high-speed internet to all citizens in all areas
- The South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) has designated high-speed internet a universal service. MSIT has tasked KT, the country’s top provider, to build the infrastr...
- Jan.6,2020 16:58 KST
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- [Photo] S. Korea’s foreign exchange reserves high record high in December for 3rd straight month
- South Korea’s foreign exchange reserves climbed to a record high in December 2019, reaching US$408.82 billion, an increase of US$1.36 billion from the previous month. It was als...
- Jan.6,2020 16:56 KST
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- [Photo] “Parasite” wins Golden Globe for best foreign language film
- Bong Joon-ho’s film “Parasite” won the Golden Globe prize for best foreign-language film on Jan. 5, becoming the first South Korean film to win a Golden Globe. “Once you overcom...
- Jan.6,2020 16:53 KST
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- Hyundai Motor launches carsharing service in LA
- The time was the morning of Jan. 4 at a transfer parking facility near Union Station on the Los Angeles subway. Dressed in T-shirts, employees of car sharing businesses were nim...
- Jan.6,2020 16:51 KST
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- UN calls for S. Korea to ratify core ILO conventions
- South Korea is coming under growing pressure from the international community to ratify key labor conventions. Following criticism from the EU, now the UN has called out the Sou...
- Jan.6,2020 16:48 KST
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- Employers circumvent minimum wage burdens by reducing hours and benefits, report shows
- An increase in the minimum wage resulted in hourly wages increasing last year for the bottom-earning 10-20% of workers, but a comparison in terms of monthly income showed an act...
- Jan.6,2020 16:47 KST
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- Seasonal foreign workers regularly stripped of wages by brokers in worker-exchange program
- “A,” 32, and “B,” 35, are workers from the city of Santa Rosa in the Philippines who arrived in South Korea in September of last year through the Ministry of Justice’s “foreign ...
- Jan.6,2020 16:45 KST
