Negotiations on minimum wage resume

A young person holds a signboard calling for raising South Korea's mandated minimum wage to 10,000 won per hour in front of the Bosingak Bell Pavilion in Jongno-gu, central Seoul, Monday. After the resumption of negotiations to set next year's minimum wage late last week, the labor unions, changing their earlier demand, asked for a 8,400 won minimum hourly wage, up 50.5 percent from the current 5,580 won. Employers proposed the minimum wage be increased by merely 30 won or 0.5 percent to 5,610 won.

Park Sae-jin swatchsjp@ajunews.com

Negotiations on minimum wage resume

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