
News by Country: Korea
28 July 2020
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Number of people
employed plummeted in the first two months since the outbreak: the drop was 1
million after COVID-19 > 920,000 after the Asian Financial Crisis (KHAN, 19 May 2020)
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Coronavirus drives
unemployment to new high in Jan.-April (Yonhap News, 18 May 2020)
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De facto jobless up 800,000 in Korea
since Feb. 1 (Korea Herald, 17 May 2020)
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Offline applications
begin for virus relief fund (Yonhap News, 18 May 2020)
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S. Korea seeks to ease
factory regulations for more reshoring (Yonhap News, 17 May 2020)
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Finance ministry set
to slash economic outlook amid coronavirus pandemic (Yonhap News, 17 May 2020)
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Firms to cut workforce
if virus fallout continues: poll (Yonhap News, 17 May 2020)
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Moon to convene
meeting over state fiscal health next week (Yonhap News, 17 May 2020)
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Korean New Deal needs
to include Green New Deal that includes vision for environment (Hani, 15 May 2020)
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S. Korea vows more
measures to prop up virus-hit economy (Yonhap News, 15 May 2020)
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Volunteers head out to help farmers (KBS, 15 May 2020)
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Lowest Employment Rate Since 1999 (KBS, 14 May 2020)
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Working Level Meeting over Job Crisis (KBS, 14 May 2020)
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President Moon Prepares For Post COVID -
19 Era (KBS, 13 May 2020)
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How what kind of
post-corona world will S. Korea build? (Hani, 13 May 2020)
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Nationwide Disaster Relief Fund Payments (KBS, 12 May 2020)
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Moon urges speedy push
for expanding quarantine system, employment insurance (Yonhap News, 12 May 2020)
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Online applications
for virus relief money begin (Yonhap News, 11 May 2020)
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Korea will initiate
post-pandemic era (Korea Times, 10 May 2020)
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Korea mulls expansion
of employment insurance to all workers (Korea Herald, 8 May 2020)
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Gyeonggi Province to
bay disaster allowance to marriage migrants and permanent residents (Hani, 7 May 2020)
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Migrant workers forced
to go on unpaid leave as manufacturers shut down due to COVID-19 (Hani, 5 May 2020)
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President orders to carry out state
projects (KSB, 29 April 2020)
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Migrant workers
struggle to afford quarantine facilities (Hani, 29 April 2020)
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S. Korean government
considering paying 70% of wages of USFK workers on unpaid furlough (Hani, 27 April 2020)
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S. Koreans returning
to offices after weeks of social distancing and working from home (Hani, 27 April 2020)
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FKTU’s recommendations
for overcoming COVID-19 to the Economic, Social and Labour Council (27 April 2020)
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KPTU Statement on New
Stability Measures (KPTU, 25 April 2020)
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How South Korea flattened the curve, and
who pays the bill (International Viewpoint, 24 April
2020)
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Policy response to
COVID-19 for SSE enterprises in the Republic of Korea (ILO, 24 April 2020)
· [Fifth Emergency Economic Policy Meeting] Government to Invest
90 Trillion Won to Maintain Jobs: South Korea’s “New Deal” (KHAN, 23 April 2020)
· S. Korea to pursue :New Deal : for post-virus economic recovery (Hani, 23 April 2020)
· S. Korea’s Moon says to prepare third supplementary budget, hike
subsidies to keep jobs
(Reuters, 22 April 2020)
· Ruling party pushes opposition over virus relief funds
(Yonhap, 22 April 2020)
· Moon unveils W40tln relief package for key industries, job
retention (Yonhap, 22
April 2020)
· Brakes on a National COVID-19 Cash Payment in May (KHAN,
21 April 2020)
· KPTU
press conference today launching an ‘Aviation Struggle Brigade’ against mass
layoffs of subcontracted cabin cleaning, baggage handling and catering workers
for big airlines like Korean Air and Asiana (KCTU, 20 April 2020)
· TADA basic service stopped without any consideration for drivers
(in Korean) (Kyunghyang Biz, 18 April 2020)
· 195,000 jobs vanish: Pandemic starts to suffocate job market (Korea
Times, 17 April 2020)
· S. Korea unveils 2nd extra budget of W7.6 trillion for aid to
virus-hit households (Korea Times, 16
April 2020)
· Employment Crisis Confirmed in Hospitality, Tourism and other
Face-to-Face Service Industries (KHAN, 14 April 2020)
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Unemployment benefit cases surges amid
virus (KBS, 14 April 2020)
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Environmentalists
concerned over increased use of disposables amid COVID-19 epidemic (Hani, 14 April 2020)
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Seoul to provide
payments to young people who lost part-time jobs during to COVID-19 (Hani, 14 April 2020)