SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, South Korean letter carriers are enduring greater pressure from a heavier workload. The Korean Postal Worker’s Union held a press conference in front of the Gwanghwamun Post Office in Seoul on Wednesday. During the press conference, the union claimed that since the coronavirus [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Over the past five years, as many as 29 employees of state-run postal service operator Korea Post, including letter carriers, were found to have committed suicide. Rep. Yoon Sang-jik of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party reported that 21 of the 29 Korea Post employees who committed suicide between 2015 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Mail carriers working in rural areas will be entitled to enjoy a five-day workweek starting next year. Korea Post, South Korea’s state-run postal service operator, decided to outsource parcel deliveries to local private businesses to reduce the burden on mail carriers stationed in rural areas. In areas where outsourcing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Postal workers in South Korea will work no more than five days a week from March of this year. Korea Post said on Thursday postal workers at a number of post offices will only work five days per week on two different shifts for a trial period between March and [...]