SEOUL, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – For the first time in 18 years, private sector jobs have surpassed government positions as the most sought-after career path among South Korean youth, according to a new government report. The shift comes as young job seekers face increasingly lengthy periods of unemployment, with the average time to secure a [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jobs in the public sector rose 2.6 percent on-year in 2021, data showed Thursday, as the government created more positions for vulnerable people amid the protracted pandemic. A total of 2.83 million people were employed in 2021 by the public sector, up 73,000 from the previous year, according to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 6 out of 10 workers at big and medium-sized companies think the country’s public sector is heavily corrupt, a survey showed Thursday. In the survey of 1,000 workers, conducted by the Korea Institute of Public Administration, 61.9 percent said that corruption in the public sector is serious, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s public sector aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the coming decade by 37.5 percent from the 2017 level, the environment ministry said Tuesday. The new target is designed to support the Moon Jae-in government’s plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, which means to effectively reduce [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s public sector reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 20 percent last year from its target volume, the Ministry of Environment said Saturday. According to the ministry, annual greenhouse gas emissions by 782 government and state-funded institutions amounted to 3.98 million tons of CO2 equivalent in [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Mobile identification cards will gradually replace the existing plastic cards in South Korea’s public sector beginning this year, the government said Monday. The mobile ID card system will be first introduced to civil servants late this year, according to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Ministry [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people in their 30s who were newly employed in the public sector fell in 2016 from the previous year, government data showed Monday, despite the government and state-run companies lifting the age limit for new recruits. The figure fell 13.8 percent to 63,000 in 2016 from [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s finance ministry said Sunday it will streamline the country’s public sector by eliminating overlapping operations and expand merit-based payment to encourage healthy competition. The measures are part of the Park Geun-hye administration’s second-phase normalization plan for the public sector. Policymakers take credit for reducing debts by 24.4 [...]