SEOUL, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is likely to halt the suspension of licenses and other administrative steps against striking trainee doctors in an effort to seek a breakthrough in monthslong medical service disruptions, officials said Monday. Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong is scheduled to hold a press briefing later in the day after [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized workers of Samsung Electronics Co. are set to launch a three-day strike Monday, but the planned labor action is unlikely to disrupt production at the technology giant due to low participation. The National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU), the biggest labor union with 29,000 members, will kick off the [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Unionized workers of Samsung Electronics Co. are set to stage a three-day general strike this week as their negotiations with the management over wages and working conditions fell through. The National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU), the biggest labor union with 28,000 members, announced plans for the Monday-Wednesday strike last [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has been weighing measures on how to deal with trainee doctors who refuse to return to hospitals in protest of medical reform, according to officials Friday. With most trainee doctors still remaining unresponsive to the government’s appeasement measures to help them return to hospitals, officials said the [...]
ULSAN, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The labor union of Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s leading automaker, on Thursday decided to launch a two-day partial strike next week amid stalled negotiations with the company over wages and working conditions. The union said it has decided to stage four-hour walkouts on Wednesday and Thursday next week. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of more than 90 patient advocacy groups staged a rally in central Seoul on Thursday, calling for doctors to end the ongoing walkout that has disrupted public health services for nearly five months. The protest, including members from the Korea Alliance of Patients Organization and the Korean Organization [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The Bank of Korea (BOK) has released a study highlighting the significant economic implications of the impending retirement of South Korea’s second generation of baby boomers. The research suggests that as over 9.5 million individuals born between 1964 and 1974 reach the legal retirement age of 60 over the next [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model to determine appropriate treatment periods for workers injured on the job, marking a significant shift in the management of industrial accident claims. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety, in collaboration with the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – In an unprecedented move, Samsung Electronics’ largest labor union has declared its intention to stage a full-scale strike, raising concerns about potential disruptions at the tech giant’s operations. The National Samsung Electronics Labor Union, representing approximately 28,000 workers or 22% of the company’s workforce, announced on July 1 that wage [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Senior doctors at Asan Medical Center, one of the five biggest hospitals in Seoul, said Wednesday they will cut procedures and outpatient care starting Thursday, blaming the government for causing disruptions in public health services in the wake of medical reform. Medical professors at the University of Ulsan, who [...]