Korea to raise minimum wage for 2020 by 2.9%
(WorldNews South Korea)

The screen shows the result of a vote for the minimum wage for next year, set at 8,590 won, at a meeting of the Minimum Wage Commission at Government Complex Sejong, Friday. /Yonhap By Bahk Eun-ji The minimum wage for next year has been set at 8,590 won ($7.3) per hour, a 2.9 percent increase from the current 8,350 won, and the third lowest rise since the nation adopted the wage system in 1988. This reflected complaints from small businesses that the steep increases over the last two years have put huge...