South Korea on Contract of Employment

"You're fired!" - a phrase popularized by Donald Trump on the television show The Apprentice - is hardly imaginable in Korea's tightly regulated labor market.

After securing 192 seats in the national legislative election held on 10 April, the opposition coalition led by the Democratic Party will retain its majority...

For many years, Korean employers have had the option to impose changes to work rules without obtaining their workers' consent, where those changes are in line with social norms.