SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is set to implement a zero-tolerance policy that will exclude public officials from their positions even for a first-time intentional drug offense. This initiative is part of a broader plan to improve public service integrity and deter misconduct within the ranks of government employees. Additionally, the [...]
JEJU, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Island is set to implement a new remote working system specifically designed for young civil servants, particularly those belonging to the so-called MZ generation in their 20s and 30s. This innovative work arrangement allows eligible employees to perform their duties from designated public facilities and national institutions, rather than [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The once sought-after job of working as a government employee is losing popularity due to stagnant wages and an overhaul of the pension system. The Ministry of Personnel Management recently received applications for the state exam to recruit grade 9 public servants. A total of 121,526 people applied for [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of the Interior and Safety has announced a plan to switch the desktop computers used by 623,000 civil servants working for various levels of government as well as public institutions to business laptops called “Onbook” by 2027 on a step-by-step basis. Onbooks are laptops that civil servants [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — As time-fixed lunch breaks for civil servants are set to be implemented in some areas, pros and cons debates are heating up here South Korea. Ten district offices in the southern port city of Busan plan to introduce the fixed lunch break for civil servants starting from January next [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — In the midst of the growing voices for the establishment of gender-equal organization culture, the Seoul city government plans to expand the number of night shifts offered to female civil servants. At the Seoul Waterworks Authority, women will be encouraged to work the night shift. Night shifts require workers [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government announced Sunday a set of tough “social distancing” measures for civil servants, employees of public organizations and soldiers nationwide, kicking off a two-week intensive campaign against the spread of the coronavirus. The guidelines call for the expansion of telecommuting among public officials, flexible working hours [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly 40 percent of college students and office workers plan to take civil service exams this year, a recent report showed. JobKorea, the operator of a job search portal, and Albamon, a recruitment website for part-timers, jointly conducted a survey of 2201 university students and workers in their 20s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — In the future, civil servants who do personal broadcasting on the Internet, such as videos uploaded to YouTube, must apply for a concurrent job permit with their agency if they meet certain profit requirements. The Ministry of Personnel Management prepared and unveiled “standard guidelines” including such information on Monday, [...]
CHUNCHEON, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Rising demand for social welfare services is placing civil servants at the risk of depression and suicidal impulses due to an excessive workload and overwhelming stress. The Gangwon Provincial Health Center recently conducted a mental health survey on 767 government employees in Gangwon Province, 13.6 percent of whom said [...]