Tag: minimum wage

Unionists and civic group members rally in downtown Seoul on April 6, 2016, demanding that the minimum wage be raised to 10,000 won (US$8.66) to guarantee basic livelihood. The rally took place a day ahead of the first meeting this year of a panel that reviews minimum wage. The minimum pay was set at 6,030 won for 2016, and the usual increase rate is 7 to 8 percent. (Yonhap)

Members of South Korea’s two umbrella trade unions rally over minimum wages in front of the government complex in Seoul on June 4, 2015. The unions are demanding that the government raise the per-hour minimum wage from 5,580 won (US$5.01) to 10,000 won. (Yonhap)