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Disabled Make Up Smaller Percentage of Workforce at Larger Firms

Disabled Make Up Smaller Percentage of Workforce at Larger Firms

SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — After inspecting 27,012 entities in the private sector last year, the Ministry of Employment and Labor revealed the average employment rate (compared to number of full-time workers) for individuals with disabilities was 2.61 percent, and that this figure declined among employers with larger workforces. While employers with 100 to [...]

Seoul Withdraws Financial Support for Int’l Taxis Averaging 0.9 Fare Per Day

Seoul Withdraws Financial Support for Int’l Taxis Averaging 0.9 Fare Per Day

SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine years and 8.6 billion won in funding later, Seoul is stepping back from an international taxi initiative that was founded in 2009 to provide tourists with taxis with English-, Japanese- and Chinese-speaking drivers. In the past nine years of their existence, each international taxi has averaged less than [...]

85 Women Dead at the Hands of Significant Other Last Year

85 Women Dead at the Hands of Significant Other Last Year

SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — After analyzing reported incidents in the press, the Korea Women’s Hot Line has revealed that at least 85 women were murdered by their husband or boyfriend last year. In addition, 103 women were survivors of failed murder attempts by their male significant other. The deadly violence perpetrated against women [...]

Police Launch Preliminary Probe into Korean Air Heiress over Suspected Assault

Police Launch Preliminary Probe into Korean Air Heiress over Suspected Assault

SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Friday they began a preliminary investigation into allegations that a daughter of Korean Air Lines Co.’s chief physically assaulted an advertising company official last month. Cho Hyun-min, an executive at the country’s largest air carrier and the second daughter of Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho, is accused [...]