On July 11th, Yuhan Kimberly’s Chief Executive Gyu-bok Choi was awarded the Order of Civil Merit, Camellia Medal for a family-friendly business management. For the past five years, the average birthrate of female employees rose from 1.12 to 1.8 children, and the percentage of employees taking parental leave shot up from 4.8% to 91.7%. This… Continue Reading »
Among the countermeasures against the falling birth rate in South Korea, one has started a debate about how to view this whole issue of childbirth in general, all over again. The ministry of health and welfare in South Korea was criticized for its so-called “Childbirth credit point system”. This system was established in 2007 and… Continue Reading »
Sangmin, Lee A once strongly patriarchal society, South Korea’s, traditional role of women is being challenged in current times. Kim Jung-hee, an office worker in Seoul, is a typical working mother in Korea. She gets up at 6:30 a.m. to prepare breakfast for the whole family and help her husband get ready for work. After… Continue Reading »