October 9, 2024

(EDITORIAL from Korea Times on Oct. 9)

A month after the Filipino caregiver pilot program began, both the Seoul city government and the Ministry of Employment and Labor intervened to adjust it. Last week, they took their first step by eliminating the 10 p.m. curfew for the initial group o…

(EDITORIAL from Korea Herald on Oct. 9)

The Ministry of Education has unveiled an emergency plan to “normalize” medical school operations to deal with the inevitable gap in education for medical students who have refused to attend classes in protest against the government’s medical reform …

S. Korea to be included in FTSE Russell’s global bond index

South Korea will be included in a key global government bond index run by FTSE Russell, the London-based organization has said.

South Korea secured a spot in the FTSE Russell’s World Government Bond Index (WGBI), two years after being on the watch l…