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Retirement age push raises youth job fears (KOR)

Korea’s major labor groups want an immediate increase in the retirement age to 65, while critics warn it could deepen youth unemployment without broader wage and labor reforms.

2026.6.18

Retirement age push raises youth job fears

Korea’s major labor groups want an immediate increase in the retirement age to 65, while critics warn it could deepen youth unemployment without broader wage and labor reforms.

2026.6.17

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Standing on the edge of a cliff

Samsung Electronics' labor and management failed to reach an agreement on profit-sharing after two days of government-mediated negotiations from Tuesday to Wednesday. The strike is set to begin on May 21.

2026.5.14

Police dismantle the memorial tent abruptly installed by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions near Cheonggye Plaza in central Seoul to commemorate the death of a Korean Construction Workers' Union official on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

Police, unionists clash over memorial during mass rally

Physical clashes between the police and labor unionists took place Wednesday night as labor unionists erected a memorial altar to commemorate the death of a union member who set himself on fire to protest the Yoon Suk Yeol government’s ...

2023.6.1

Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) hold a rally near Sejong-ro in downtown Seoul on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

Labor unionists hold large rallies in downtown Seoul

Thousands of members of a labor union held large-scale rallies in multiple locations in downtown Seoul on Wednesday as tensions between the union and the Yoon Suk Yeol government continue to escalate.

2023.5.31

[Editorial] The lawless gigantic labor unions

The government must stop the malpractice of the powerful umbrella unions before it's too late.

2023.2.21

The lobby of HMM’s headquarters in central Seoul on Thursday. [NEWS1]

HMM unions seal deal, abandon strikes

HMM's two labor unions agreed on a wage agreement after more than two months of wrangling and threats of strikes.

2021.9.2

Asiana Airlines labor union members protest their company being acquired by Korean Air Lines in front of Korea Development Bank in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Labor says job promises unrealistic in Asiana takeover

Labor is skeptical about the no-layoffs promises being made in the complex acquisition of Asiana Airlines by Korean Air Lines, saying that the powers that be need to face reality.

2020.12.3

Blue House moves to adopt ILO conventions

The Blue House is pushing for a revision to labor laws that will allow unemployed and laid-off workers to join labor unions.

2020.6.23