SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of employees at local businesses grew on-year by 2.1 percent in April on the back of an economic recovery, the labor ministry said Monday. As of the last business day of April, there were 18.6 million people employed by companies, up 379,000 from the same month last [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]