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Most Young Workers Support Raising Retirement Age, Survey Shows

SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A large majority of South Korean workers in their 20s and 30s say the country should extend the legal retirement age, reflecting deepening economic anxieties and concerns about old-age security, according to a new survey released Wednesday. The poll, conducted by Remember & Company, which operates the professional networking [...]

SK Telecom Extends Retirement Age and Introduces “Wage Peak System”

SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom decided to raise the retirement age of its employees to 60 from current 58 and introduce a “wage peak system.” SK Telecom recently signed a collective agreement with its trade union on various issues like the extension of the retirement age, wage peak scheme, and expansion of [...]