
News by Country: Korea
28 July 2020
Korea
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COVID-19 fallout in
culture, sports, tourism sectors tops 7 tln won: gov’t (Yonhap News, 27 July 2020)
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Moon calls for all-out
measures for recovery of S. Korea’s recession-hit economy (Yonhap News, 27 July 2020)
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Estimated 1.66 million
young S. Koreans unemployed (Hani, 23 July 2020)
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S. Korea to raise tax
rate on highest income bracket from 42% to 45% (Hani, 23 July 2020)
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Major trade union
vetoes key deal to counter COVID-19 pandemic (Yonhap News, 23 July 2020)
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S. Korea’s economy
shrinks 2.9 pct in Q2, worst since 1997 financial crisis (Yonhap News, 23 July 2020)
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Producer price growth
at near 2-year high in June on oil prices (Yonhap News, 21 July 2020)
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S. Korea’s household
debt highest in world in comparison with GDP (Yonhap News, 20 July 2020)
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Three-fourths of
Korean big firms use flextime amid coronavirus (Yonhap News, 20 July 2020)
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Companies still abuse
subcontractor employees despite Supreme Court ruling 10 years ago (Hankyoreh, 20 July 2020)
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IBs maintain steady
growth outlook for S. Korea (Yonhap News, 19 July 2020)
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Local governments
pushing to hand out additional pandemic relief money (Yonhap News, 18 July 2020)
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Moon urges prudent
approach on levying more capital gains taxes on stock investors (Yonhap News, 17 July 2020)
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Consumption shows
signs of rebound, but export slump continues: finance ministry (Yonhap News, 17 July 2020)
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BOK keeps rate steady,
warns of sharper-than-expected contraction (Yonhap News, 16 July 2020)
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S. Korea to invest
73.4 tln won in green projects as part of ‘New Deal’ scheme (Yonhap News, 16 July 2020)
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6 months after virus
outbreak, S. Korean economy gears up for big jump (Yonghap News, 16 July 2020)
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Moon, 7 other leaders
call for equal global access to COVID-19 vaccine (Yonhap News, 16 July 2020)
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Minimum Wage Pushed
Aside: The Paradox of a Moon Government Seeking Income-Driven Growth (KHAN, 15 July 2020)
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FDI pledges to S.
Korea drop 22 pct in H1 amid pandemic (Yonhap News, 15 July 2020)
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Job losses extend into
June, unemployment rate up at 4.3 pct (Yonhap News, 15 July 2020)
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S. Korea to create job
program for alleviate unemployment, job loss resulting from COVID-19 (Hankyoreh, 14 July 2020)
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S. Korea raises
minimum wage to 8,720 for 2021 (Hankyoreh, 14 July 2020)
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S. Korea to invest 160
tln won in ‘New Deal’ projects,
create 1.9 mln jobs (Yonhap News, 14 July 2020)
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Auto exports down 33 pct in H1 amid
virus pandemic (Yonhap News, 14 July 2020)
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Unemployment benefits
hit record-high in June due to COVID-19 pandemic (Yonhap News, 13 July 2020)
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A Worker Infected with
COVID-19 at Coupang Logistics Center Requests Recognition of Industrial
Accident (KHAN, 9 July 2020)
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Full text of President
Moon Jae-in’s video message at ILO summit (Yonhap News, 8 July 2020)
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Finance minister sees
worse Q2 contraction, but vows positive growth in Q3 (Yonhap News, 6 July 2020)
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Korea’s economy to
rebound by 3 pct in 2021: IMF economist (Yonhap News, 6 July 2020)
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S. Korean economy
tipped to contract this year, but positive growth still possible: report (Yonhap News, 5 July 2020)
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Foreign arrivals in
Korea again dive 98% in May (Korea Times, 4 July 2020)
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S. Korean assembly
approves 3rd virus response extra budget worth 35.1 tln won (Yonhap News, 3 July 2020)
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Seoul city bans rallies over COVID-19
fear (KBS News, 3 July 2020)
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Moon urges legislation
on raising property ownership taxes against soaring housing prices (Yonhap News, 2 July 2020)
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Tripartite talk of labour-management
fails (KBS News, 2 July 2020)
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Social stigma poses
threat to coronavirus survivors (Korea Times, 2 July 2020)
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Seoul city moving to
set up infectious disease hospital (Korea Times, 2 July 2020)
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Seoul city moving to
pay COVID-19 relief funds to foreigners (Korea Times, 30 July 2020)
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Banks’ lending rates
up in May (Yonhap News, 30 June 2020)
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S. Korea’s industrial
output suffers extended slump in May amid virus pandemic (Yonhap News, 30 June 2020)
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Pandemic leaves small
Korean firms short of migrant workers (Korea Times, 29 June 2020)