female employment Archives

Women Suffer Greater Employment Shock than Men amid Pandemic: Report

SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean women have suffered employment strains more than men amid the pandemic as job posts in the in-person service segment, hard hit by the virus outbreak, sharply eroded, a report showed Thursday. The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a severe blow to married women in the labor force, compared [...]

Female Employees Hit Harder by Economic Fallout from COVID-19

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The new coronavirus pandemic has had a more negative impact on the employment of women than that of men in South Korea, data showed Friday. The number of employed women stood at 11.58 million last month, down 2.4 percent from 11.87 million a year earlier, according to a report [...]