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Korean SMEs call on presidential candidates to reform labor, hiring policies - MSN
The groups released a list of 100 policy proposals on April 13 developed with three academic organizations. They said the goal is to “restart the engine of South Korea’s slowing economy ...
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Exclusive: South Korea plans end to lump-sum retirement payouts for workers
The South Korean government is pushing forward with a major overhaul of how workers receive retirement benefits, aiming to ...
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South Korea takes steps to resolve comfort women, wartime labor claims against Japan - Stars and Stripes
CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — South Korea’s government is pushing forward a plan to resolve its decades-long quarrel with Japan over the compensation for forced-labor victims during World War ...
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Migrant workers in South Korea face uncertain conditions - Los Angeles Times
As South Korea's migrant labor program ramps up recruitment, it faces scrutiny for what critics say is a failure to guarantee safe working conditions. Migrant workers in South Korea face uncertain ...
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South Korea’s Doctor Strike Highlights Need To Legitimize And Support Advanced Practice Nursing
Recognizing and empowering the advanced practice nursing workforce through well-crafted legislation, professional development pathways, and institutional support will not only improve nurse and ...
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's biggest problem isn't North Korea - Newsweek
President Yoon Suk Yeol's battle to reform a South Korea beset with structural problems under the specter of an increasingly aggressive neighbor to the North ...
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Samsung workers in South Korea declare an indefinite strike to campaign for better pay and leave policies | CNN Business - CNN International
The largest labor union at Samsung Electronics in South Korea has declared an indefinite strike after a three-day walkout failed to yield any ground in a tense dispute between workers and the tech ...
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Declaring ‘Crisis,’ South Korean Firms Tell Managers to Work 6 Days a Week
In South Korea, the five-day workweek is only a generation old, introduced by labor laws in 2004, starting with the public sector and larger companies before spreading to smaller firms.
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Trump’s Trade Policies Distract South Korea While the Country Faces Bigger Demographic Challenges - Center for Strategic and International Studies
South Korea ’ s surprise economic contraction in the first quarter shows it was one of the first countries to feel the negative effects of U.S. President Donald Trump ’ s effort to reshape ...
Health Affairs2mon
South Korea’s Physician Shortage Crisis: Lessons For US Policy Makers
On February 1, 2024, South Korea released a policy package aimed in part at addressing the growing physician shortage crisis in the country. To that end, the package included an expansion of the ...
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South Korea's Population Faces Point of No Return - Newsweek
South Korea's plummeting birth rate, the world's lowest with just 0.72 births expected per woman lifetime last year, is likely to accelerate the population imbalance.
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South Korea: Presidential candidates’ human rights policies surveyed
Ahead of South Korea’s upcoming presidential election, set to be held on 3 June 2025, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) have sought ...