All posts tagged "South Korea"

  • High school classroom in South Korea (Courtesy of Schplook via Flickr/Creative Commons)
    UN urges S. Korea to abolish HIV testing of foreign teachers

    GENEVA, May 20 (Yonhap) — A United Nations committee on Wednesday reprimanded South Korea’s mandatory HIV testing of native English teachers as discrimination against foreigners, urging the country to abolish the policy. Foreigners who come to South...

    • Posted May 20, 2015
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  • Seoul skyline (Courtesy of Gary Craig via Flickr/Creative Commons)
    Glass ceiling in S. Korea still hard to crack: poll

    SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) — Seven out of 10 workers in South Korea think that there is a thick glass ceiling in their workplace, a poll showed Wednesday, demonstrating that the local work environment is still dogged...

    • Posted May 20, 2015
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    S. Korean grads quitting degree-related job hunt

    By Jhoo Dong-chan An increasing number of unemployed young adults are giving up hope of finding a job. Park is one of the so-called NEET tribe — an acronym for “Not in education, employment or training.” A...

    • Posted May 19, 2015
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  • An office in the Gangnam district in Seoul, South Korea (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    S. Korean women lag far behind men in wages

    SEJONG, May 19 (Yonhap) — South Korean female workers lagged far behind their male counterparts in wages in 2013, government data showed Tuesday, highlighting a deep gender gap in the country’s workforce. The average salary of a...

    • Posted May 19, 2015
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    YouTube sees ‘tremendous’ growth potential in S. Korea

    By Bahk Eun-ji YouTube, the global video-sharing giant, said Tuesday that it expects further growth in the Korean online video streaming market with the rapid growth of mobile users in Korea. “Korea is one of the first...

    • Posted May 19, 2015
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    Man swallows hamster in front of children ‘to show how dear life is’

    By Kim Rahn Police Monday investigated an instructor at a rural South Korean boarding facility who bit a hamster to death and swallowed it in front of children. The instructor, surnamed Yu, 44, said he did so...

    • Posted May 18, 2015
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  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, shakes hands with South Korean President Park Geun-hye prior to their meeting at the presidential Blue House Monday, May 18, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Pool Photo via AP)
    S. Korea, India sign co-production treaty

    SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) — South Korea and India Monday signed an audio-visual co-production agreement that will enable film producers to tap into various incentives offered by both governments. The Audiovisual Co-production Treaty was signed in Seoul...

    • Posted May 18, 2015
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