Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to South Korea as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
South Korea: Personal Information Protection Act is now in effect
Back in December 2018 we reported that the South Korean National Assembly had proposed several amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act that ensure data protection compliance measures in a non-EU country are comparable to the EU GDPR measures …
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South Korea: Government to tackle workplace ‘gapjil’ culture
The South Korean Government has announced its intentions to tackle power abuse and harassment in the workplace, also known as “gapjil” …
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South Korea: One-off holiday for historic centennial
Thursday April the 11th has been declared a one-off non-working public holiday …
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South Korea: After 48-year ban, Korea legalizes medical cannabis products
A law that legalises medical cannabis has been approved and took effect on the 12th of March 2019 …
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South Korea: Key changes to Labour Standards Act in 2019
Due to an amendment in the Labour Standards Act, previous exemptions from a 30-day default notice period have been repealed and replaced by a simple exemption in respect to any employee whose service is less than three months at the date of termination …
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South Korea: Government to finalize minimum wage restructuring plan within January
The government is seeking to make the process of determining minimum wages more democratic …
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South Korea: Govt. to reflect hours of paid rest in calculating minimum wage
Under Korean labour law employers are required to pay workers who work 15 or more hours a week a minimum of 8 hours a week “paid rest” …
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South Korea: Proposed changes to Personal Information Protection Act
The National Assembly has proposed several amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) in an effort to obtain an adequacy decision from the EU …
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South Korea: Court order compensation to wartime forced labourers
A series of recent court rulings has ordered major Japanese companies to pay survivors of the Japanese occupation of Korea (1910-1945) compensation for forced labour …
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South Korea: Vietnamese citizens to get five-year multi-entry visas to South Korea
Vietnamese permanent residents living in Hà Nôị, HCM City and Đà Nẵng may now obtain a multiple entry visa valid for up to 5 years for South Korea, and stay up to 30 days per visit …
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South Korea: Class-action suits to be possible in broader range of cases
Justice Minister Park Sang-ki is seeking to expand the scope of class action lawsuits …
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South Korea: Application of the Equal Employment Act is set to broaden
The application of the Equal Employment Act is set to broaden on January 1st 2019 …
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South Korea: Hyundai Motor’s South Korean union votes in favor of wage deal
A wage deal has just been reached between Hyundai Motor Co …
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South Korea: Number of fathers taking paternity leave jumps 66% on-year in H1
Parents with children under 8 are currently entitled to take family leave for up to one year …
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South Korea: Minimum wage to surpass W8,000
It has been finally agreed that next year the hourly minimum wage will rise from 7530 Won (US$7 …
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