- The current foreign worker admission system divides workers into the two categories of "professional" and "nonprofessional" workers, and is thus not very successful at resolving labor shortages at varying skill levels. - If the unskilled worker requires significant job training due to his lack...

- The objective of this study is to present a way South Korea, North Korea, and the surrounding Northeast Asian region can achieve a win-win result through invigoration of regional economic cooperation by inducing participation of North Korea in the process of the Northeast Asian Economic...

- Hiring former government officials can provide benefits in utilizing the accumulated knowledge, but also creates problems in that they can be abused as lobbying channels. - One of the primary causes of Korea's savings bank collapse was the hiring of former oversight agency officials and their...

- This study attempts a statistical examination and analysis of the characteristics and situation surrounding business groups (Chaebol) in Korea in order to provide basic information for corporation policy and the ongoing business group debate. - Business groups have continued to account for an...

- In 2001, South Korea restructured its electric power industry and introduced competition to the industry, but it has failed to establish an effective system of competition. - Since the restructuring took place in 2001, electric power is being produced and investment is being made in power...

- The ex-ante responses the central bank made in the past to achieve house price stability may not be as beneficial as ex-post responses. However, this attitude has been challenged after facing enormous conomic and social expenses caused by the huge economic setbacks resulting from the global...

- Need to assess equity and efficiency of investment of time, effort, and money into Koreans' development of English ability from standpoint of economic resource allocation - One-third of all primary and secondary school students' private tutoring expenditures go toward English study; college...