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![The meeting room for the 1st plenary meeting of the Minimum Wage Commission held at the Korea Press Center building in Jung District, central Seoul, is vacant on Tuesday. The first round of meetings to decide on the minimum wage for next year did not take place as scheduled because public delegates refused to attend, saying that labor officials rallying in the venue was too chaotic. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10694724.jpg?imageId=10694724&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Minimum Wage Commission Chairman Park Joon-shik, right, and Lee Dong-ho, a general secretary at the Federation of Korean Trade Unions, shake hands following a meeting held at the government complex in Sejong early Thursday. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10432384.jpg?imageId=10432384&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Representatives of labor, business and the public gather in Seoul to hold the first meeting on this round of minimum wage discussions on Tuesday. The Minimum Wage Commission, with 27 members, has to decide next year’s minimum wage by Aug. 5. The decision will be made under the Yoon Suk-yeol’s administration. Over the last five years under the Moon Jae-in government, minimum wages have gone up more than 40 percent to 9,160 won per hour. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11274775.jpg?imageId=11274775&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)