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Gov’t Pushing to Nurture 150,000 Semiconductor Talents Over Next 10 yrs

SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to nurture about 150,000 semiconductor talents over the next 10 years to help keep up its competitive edge in chipmaking and tackle manpower shortages facing domestic chipmakers, Education Minister Park Soon-ae said Tuesday. The plan came as the government is making a renewed push to support [...]

Gov’t Unveils Plan to Introduce ‘Vocational Ability Bank System’

SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will establish legal grounds to enable the systematic management and application of the information regarding workers’ vocational abilities accumulated through educational training programs, for employment and human resource management purposes. The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced on Tuesday that it had issued an advance legislation notice [...]