With all 10 clubs back home after weeks of spring training overseas, the preseason in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) is scheduled to begin Saturday.The exhibition campaign is set to wrap up on March 19, four days before the start of the regular season. Teams will have one day off next Wednesday.Most games will start […]
Korea had the biggest gender wage gap among 33 OECD countries, highlighting the skewed working conditions experienced by female employees in the country.This is according to the latest report on women’s work environment published by PwC, a global accounting and consulting network, to mark International Women’s Day, which falls on Friday.The report, titled “Women in […]
Korea’s industry ministry said Friday it has discussed ways to expand bilateral ties in the clean energy sector, including hydrogen, with its Danish counterpart.The two countries held the annual Korea-Denmark Green Growth Alliance meeting in Seoul, with this year’s agenda focusing on offshore wind and hydrogen, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.The […]
Concerns are growing over government interference in KT&G’s management, citing opposition from the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) to the tobacco maker’s proposal of appointing Senior Executive Vice President Bang Kyung-man as the new CEO, according to industry officials, Friday.Just a week after his nomination on Feb. 22, the state-run bank, which holds a 6.9 […]
Skepticism is growing over former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup’s next role as the ambassador to Australia even before his departure for Canberra. His appointment is under scrutiny as it was made while he was under a travel ban during the personnel vetting process.Critics argue that assigning the troubled ex-minister to the role could be a […]