SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The ratio of the self-employed and other nonwage workers in South Korea touched an all-time low in 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Thursday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy had 6.52 million unsalaried workers as of the end of December last year, marking the 23rd consecutive year of decline, [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of nonwage workers, such as the self-employed, in South Korea inched down 0.4 percent in 2021 from a year earlier amid the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Thursday. There were 6.61 million unsalaried workers as of August, down 292,000 from the same period in 2018, according to [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of nonwage workers such as those self-employed in South Korea edged down 0.9 percent in 2019 from a year earlier amid a protracted economic slump, government data showed Tuesday. There were 6.79 million unsalaried workers as of August, down 62,000 from the same period in 2018, according [...]