On Feb. 28, 2018, the National Assembly passed a revision bill to the Labor Standards Act, which calls for reducing the legal working hours per week from the current 68 hours to 52 hours. The revision stated that "a week is seven days," reducing the maximum working hours by 16 hours from the current 68 hours to 52 hours. The current 68 hours per week is due to the Ministry of Employment and Labor's interpretation of the state's unit as only "five days a week," while Saturday and Sunday were excluded from the calculation of legal work hours, adding eight hours each to the holiday work. Pros S…
It happened on the Danube River known by world travelers for its romantic night view. A cruise ship carrying many Korean tourists collided with a large cruise ship and sank into the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary, on May 29, 2019. Twenty-five Koreans were killed, and one is still missing. The passengers had a hard time escaping because it took only seven to eight seconds for the ship to sink. However, this accident could have been prevented because it was not caused by personal negligence but by external factors. Before the accident, Hungarian authorities ignored warnings that traffic on t…
On March 10, a Boeing 737 belonging to Ethiopian Airlines, which left Addis Ababa in the Ethiopian capital of Nairobi, crashed six minutes after takeoff, killing all 157 people on board. Last October, the same type of plane belonging to Indonesia's Ryanair crashed 13 minutes after takeoff, killing 189 people on board. As a result, the Boeing 737 Max model has been suspended worldwide. The cause of the two accidents is under investigation, the malfunction of the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) is the most probable reason. As the nose of the plane bwas lowered due to MCAS…
Recently, large forest fires broke out in many areas, including Gangwon Province and Busan. In particular, the Goseong-Sokcho forest fire in Gangwon Province, which occurred on April 4, 2019, was predicted to be a major disaster. However, the recent independence of the National Fire Agency has made it possible to mobilize firefighters from all over the country in the event of a disaster. Because of this, 3,200 firefighters rushed from everywhere around the country, contributing greatly to the success of stopping the forest fire and reducing the damage. Cheong Wa Dae Public petition is a site t
On November 16, 2016, Venezuela declared that it would default on loans. Since then, the country has been experiencing hyperinflation and political chaos. Venezuelan currency, the Bolivar (B), has completely lost its value and famine has increased so much that 75% of Venezuelan adults lost an average of 8kg in 2016 alone. Meanwhile, evading responsibilities of the economic crisis, two presidents in Venezuela are making political instability. On January 11, 2019, Nicolas Maduro was reelected as the 61st president. However, during his presidential term since 2012, Venezuela has had serious fin…
At the beginning of every university semester, many students have difficulties registering for classes because most Korean Universities use a registering system that has a first-come first-served basis. Therefore, students who gained spots in popular classes try to sell their spots to students who failed to register. Some sellers do this intentionally to make money. This happens every semester and many people bring up some problems in these cases. At the enrollment period, students are active in KMU’s social communities trying to buy and sell spots in classes. Students who want to sell their…
From November 30 to December 1, 2018, the Group of Twenty (G20) summit was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This was the 13th meeting of the G20 and the main agenda items were about trade, refugees, immigration, environment and climate change. The most important issues were about environment and trade. Through the summit, 19 countries, except the United States of America reconfirmed their participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change. All leaders agreed that the recent trade conflicts have negative effects and settled the need of reforming the WTO (World Trade Organization). Despite t
On December 11, 2018, Kim Yong gyun was working at the Taean thermal power plant when he died unfortunately while checking a conveyor belt. When the details of this incident became known, people were not only sad but also outraged by the irresponsible behavior of the power plant. The labor union pointed out the dangerous work environment and asked the company to have workers work in pairs, but the power plant did not implement it because of manpower problems caused by restructuring. The power plant even called the maintenance company before reporting the incident to the police. Even though th…
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