The poverty wage for the same person is $7.24, meaning minimum wage pays one cent above poverty-level. For a household of two working people with no children: Each person should make $14.73 ...

North and South Korea agreed to increase the minimum wage for North Korean workers at a joint factory park by 5 percent, a South Korean industry representative said, ending a months-long dispute ...

Korea raised the minimum hourly wage for 2024 by 2.5 percent to 9,860 won ($7.8) amid weak economic growth. The Minimum Wage Commission made the decision following an overnight marathon debate and a ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina lawmakers will review proposals to raise the minimum wage this session following the introduction of two new bills advocating for higher pay. Despite the state’s ...

Could one of the world’s most secretive nations be slowly turning towards more international tourism? CNN’s Mike Valerio explains what North Korea’s new beach resort could mean for Kim Jong Un and his ...

The two Koreas have agreed to raise the minimum wage by five percent for North Korean workers at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex (GIC), the government said Tuesday. The Ministry of Unification ...

SEOUL -- South Korea will raise its nationwide minimum wage for 2024 by 2.5% to 9,860 won ($7.80) per hour, enough to surpass Tokyo's minimum wage und Agreed-on 2.5% hike is much smaller than 27% ...

If South Korea follows through as intended, its minimum wage will be roughly 70% of its median wage by 2020, well above the level in all other big economies (see chart). On the face of things, the ...

The minimum wage for North Korean workers being hired by South Korean companies operating at the inter-Korean industrial park in the North’s border town of Kaesong rose by 5 percent this year ...

ST. LOUIS — Thousands of information technology workers contracting with US companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars of their wages to North Korea for use in its ballistic ...