SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A legal institution affiliated with the Ministry of Justice is under fire for the extremely low monthly salary of 350,000 won it offers for its law apprenticeship program. The word in legal circles is that the Korea Legal Aid Corporation (KLAC) announced openings for its controversial apprenticeship position on the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea will have 41 ‘school-to-work’ high schools with an apprenticeship program similar to Switzerland’s by 2017. On April 15, The Ministry of Education and The Ministry of Employment and Labor said that they have been operating the apprenticeship program at nine Korean schools since November 2014, and will continue [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training held a global conference about apprenticeship on September 30 at JW Marriott Hotel in Seoul. Michael Axmann, Senior Commissioner of the International Labor Organization, delivered a keynote speech on “Quality Apprenticeship” at the conference. In the midst of youth unemployment [...]