Hit by Prolonged Pandemic, Corporate Employees Continue to Fall in May

SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of corporate employees in South Korea fell last month as the new coronavirus pandemic continued to weigh down on the job market, data showed Monday. The number of employees at domestic businesses employing one or more people reached 18.3 million as of the last working day of [...]

S. Korea Reports First On-year Loss in Corporate Employees Due to Virus

SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea suffered its first year-over-year decrease in the number of corporate employees last month, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said Tuesday, apparently due to the economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak. According to the ministry’s labor force report, domestic business entities employing more than one person had [...]