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All posts tagged "labor"

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  [CNA] More Koreans going to Singapore in search of work

  Faced by the difficulty of finding a job back home, more South Koreans are choosing to come to Singapore – even if they are overqualified for the positions they take up here. Ms. Lee...

  • Posted April 24, 2015
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  260,000 S. Korean workers strike against flexible labor market, pension reform

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — Tens of thousands of unionized workers walked out of their work places across the country Friday against government plans to reform the pension system for public servants and introduce a more flexible labor market....

  • Posted April 24, 2015
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  Most US West Coast ports bustling again after labor deal

  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Nearly all West Coast seaports began the week with dockworkers hustling to load and unload cargo ships that were held up amid a months-long labor-management dispute. The exception Monday was the Port of...

  • Posted February 23, 2015
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  Robots replacing human factory workers at faster pace, especially S. Korea

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Cheaper, better robots will replace human workers in the world’s factories at a faster pace over the next decade, pushing manufacturing labor costs down 16 percent, a report Tuesday said. The Boston Consulting Group...

  • Posted February 10, 2015
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  S. Korea’s employees top global list for annual work hours by 300+

  TOKYO (AP) — Work rules vary in generosity from nation to nation. Japan’s rules aren’t tough but its situation is almost unique. Workers don’t take off the days they are entitled to because of a mindset that...

  • Posted February 6, 2015
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  With jobs scarce, S. Korean youth fall prey to abuse

  By Park Sojung SEOUL  (Yonhap) – Lee Ga-hyeon, a 23-year-old university senior, says she was completely thrown off guard when the manager of a McDonald’s branch where she worked fired her last September. “You can’t come to work...

  • Posted January 23, 2015
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  Seoul confirms 2,091 more Koreans as victims of Japan’s forced labor

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — An additional 2,091 South Koreans have been confirmed as victims of forced labor by imperial Japan who ruled the Korean Peninsula as a colony during the first half of the 20th century, the Seoul...

  • Posted January 22, 2015
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