SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top securities firms have narrowed their gender pay gaps over the past five years, but disparities remain substantial, according to regulatory filings released on Sunday. Semiannual reports submitted to the Financial Supervisory Service show that the average first-half salary at the country’s 10 largest brokerages reached 103.5 million [...]
SEOUL, April 23, (Korea Bizwire) — For the first time, women working at South Korea’s top 500 companies earned more than 70 percent of what their male counterparts make, according to a new report signaling slow but steady progress in narrowing the corporate gender pay gap. The report, released April 22, 2025, by corporate analysis [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Women currently working at a domestic company that has more than 100 employees were found to be getting paid 33 percent less in salary compared to their male counterparts. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea announced these results yesterday after surveying 402 permanent male and female employees who [...]