SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The price cap for meals for public servants and select other professions was raised to 50,000 won (US$38) from 30,000 won under a revised enforcement ordinance Tuesday. The revised enforcement ordinance to the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act, commonly known as the Kim Young-ran law, was approved by the [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Saturday carried out a written test for applicants seeking to become public servants nearly three months after the nationwide exam was delayed due to the new coronavirus pandemic. The test for the lowest-ranked grade nine of civil workers was originally scheduled for March 28 but was [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government said Tuesday it has decided to postpone a written test for applicants seeking to become public servants at the lowest ranked grade nine of the civil service until after May amid the spread of the new coronavirus. The test, scheduled for March 28, will be put [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean public servants on around-the-clock duties, such as police and customs officials, work about 1,000 hours more a year than public workers in member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a government survey showed Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Personnel and Management’s survey, government [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – President Moon Jae-in promised Wednesday to hire 1,500 new firefighters before the year’s end and a total of 19,000 before his five-year term ends. The 19,000 new firefighters and rescue workers will be included in 810,000 new jobs the president has pledged to create, but he said they will [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of employees working for local governments has exceeded 300,000 for the first time, topping 303,401 as of end of last year, announced the Ministry of the Interior on Monday. South Korea first adopted regional municipalities in 1995, when local governments hired 277,387 employees. The number of firefighters [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Seeking stability amid stiff job competition and a prolonged economic downturn, the number of test takers for civil service jobs is skyrocketing. In 2016, there were 257,000 young Koreans (aged 15 to 29) preparing for public service examinations, up by 38.9 percent from 185,000 in 2015, and accounting for [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Temporary Private Enterprise Exchange Program was first implemented in February by the Busan Metropolitan Government, allowing civil servants the opportunity to take up employment at commercial firms for a certain period of time, until they return to their government posts of origin. The system was initially met with [...]