Reforming the labor sector means not only pursuing pro-business policies, but also promoting a worker-friendly environment, the labor minister said, refuting criticism from unions that the Yoon Suk Yeol administration has been leaning too heavily in favor of big businesses.
A conference for the Employment Permit System (EPS) kicked off on Wednesday for a three-day run in Busan, co-hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Human Resources Development Service of Korea.
Heat waves to last 12 times longer if emissions continue unabated Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.
Amid growing concerns over scorching heat and tropical nights posing threats to public health and economic activities, a report suggested Wednesday that the period of extremely high temperature days would surge 11-fold the current period in the future if climate change continues. According to a forecast of the thermal stress index released by the the Korea Meteorological Administration, Korea's summer heat stres.