Number of ‘Short-time Workers’ in S. Korea Hits New High in May

SEJONG, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of “short-time workers” in South Korea reached an all-time high in May amid increasing labor costs, a report showed Tuesday. A total of 1.56 million employees in Asia’s fourth-largest economy worked fewer than 15 hours per week, according to the report released by Rep. Choo Kyung-ho of [...]