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Koreatech to launch master’s program with ILO training center

The English-language program combines online study, six weeks on campus and a capstone project for vocational education professionals.

2026.8.13

Korean Labor Minister Kim Young-hoon, left, shakes hands with International Labour Organization Director-General Gilbert Houngbo in central Seoul on May 21. [MINISTRY OF EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR]

President Lee to meet with ILO director-general Friday to discuss AI and labor policy

President Lee Jae Myung was set to meet with International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Gilbert Houngbo on Friday to discuss Korea's labor policy in the era of AI, the presidential office said.

2026.5.22

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Sohn Kyung-shik, chairman of the Korea Enterprises Federation, speaks on June 9 at the ILO’s 113th General Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. [KOREA ENTERPRISES FEDERATION]

Future of Korea's labor market lies in 'diversity, autonomy,' says KEF chairman

At ILO's annual meeting, KEF chairman Sohn Kyung-shik called for labor reform and cooperation amid economic challenges, urging flexibility in work regulations and performance-based pay to address high youth unemployment and changing market dynamics.

2025.6.9

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, right, speaks during a seminar on how to address the high wages for Filipino domestic caregivers, held at the National Assembly compound in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Tuesday. The event was hosted by People Power Party lawmakers, including Rep. Na Kyung-won, center. [YONHAP]

Seoul mayor, PPP lawmaker argue against minimum wage for Filipino caregivers

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon and People Power Party Rep. Na Kyung-won on Tuesday underscored the need to implement differential wages for Filipino domestic caregivers as controversies over high costs continue to escalate.

2024.8.27

Ambassador to Geneva Yun Seong-deok speaks during a meeting at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Jan. 23. [YONHAP]

Korean diplomat Yun Seong-deok elected head of ILO governing body

Ambassador to Geneva Yun Seong-deok was elected chairperson of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Governing Body, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

2024.6.16

Bang Jae-seung, professor from Seoul National University Hospital and the head of a nationwide coalition of emergency committee at medical schools, speaks at a press conference on Saturday at Seoul National University Hospital in central Seoul. [NEWS1]

Medical professors urge exclusion of second vice health minister from talks

The coalition — a united front of emergency steering committees at medical schools — pointed out “discord” in the government’s response, viewing the minister as a hindrance in advancing the negotiations over the med school admissions quota hikes.

2024.3.31

An elderly patient lies on a bench as she waits to see a doctor at a university hospital in Daegu on Friday. [YONHAP]

Gov't to respond to ILO concerning back-to-work orders for junior doctors

The Labor Ministry said it will respond vigorously to the International Labour Organization after junior doctors appealed to the UN agency over back-to-work orders.

2024.3.29

President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks at a Cabinet meeting held at the presidential office in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on Monday. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

Presidential office walks back Yoon’s comments on ILO wage discrimination ban

The presidential office on Monday backtracked comments by President Yoon Suk Yeol that appeared to suggest he was considering ways to suspend the International Labour Organization's (ILO) ban on wage discrimination against foreign workers in Korea.

2023.10.30

Opposition People Power Party (PPP) lawmakers leave a committee meeting Monday to protest the ruling Democratic Party's ratification of key ILO conventions in the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee. [YONHAP]

Ruling party railroads labor conventions through committee

The ruling Democratic Party (DP) bulldozed the ratification of three key conventions of the International Labor Organization (ILO) through a major committee on Monday, paving the way for a mass expansion of worker unionization in Korea.

2021.2.22

A more uneven playing field

At Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, the Moon Jae-in administration approved three International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions to resubmit the revised union and other labor bills to the National Assembly. The bills shelved during...

2020.7.8