Wednesday, October 23, 2019
The Seoul city government said Wednesday it will more than quadruple the number of recipients of its monthly youth employment promotion subsidy and create a new housing rent subsidy for young people next year. Under the new youth welfare policy...
Friday, October 11, 2019
A social protection centre for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims has received US$150,000 from the government of the Republic of Korea’s Gyeonggi Province to upgrade its facility.The project aims at creating a fresh, comfortable atmosphere for victims so...
Saturday, October 5, 2019
The Seoul Metropolitan Government will introduce an accident insurance scheme that will cover its registered residents, paying out up to KRW10 million (US$8,300) to victims of various accidents. According to a report by Korea Bizwire, the programme...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Starting next month, the maximum period of paternity leave in South Korea will be raised from 5 days to 10 days, with full pay for the entire duration. The application deadline will also be extended, to 90 days after the birth of the child, from the...
Friday, August 9, 2019
More South Koreans aged over 60 are voluntarily subscribing to the state pension in a bid to better provide for their future years, data showed Friday.
The number of "voluntary and continuous subscribers" to the pension plan came to 483,326...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
The number of South Koreans applying for unemployment benefit (also dubbed job seekers’ allowance) have rapidly increased in the wake of widespread small business closures and rising jobless rates. According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the...
Sunday, May 5, 2019
The money is aimed to support over the coming two years 30,000 of the most vulnerable Afghan refugees living in settlements in the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to WFP Representative in Iran, Negar Gerami, the Republic of Korea remains WFP’s top...
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
The number of people covered by state-run employment insurance showed the sharpest increase in South Korea in seven years in March thanks to the government’s pro-labor policy to enhance welfare of the workers. The Ministry of Employment and Labor...
Friday, March 15, 2019
The government will increase the nation's unemployment benefit payouts by more than 16 percent in the second half of the year, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said Friday. The ministry said it will raise the amount and duration of unemployment...
Monday, February 11, 2019
State benefit to subsidize living expenses for people between jobs hit an all-time high of 625.6 billion won ($557.2 million) in January in South Korea amid worsening job situation.
According to data released by the Ministry of Employment and...
