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Competition for jobs at Korea’s biggest companies is notoriously intense.
Some might wonder… what kind of salaries they’re competing for.
A survey finds… the highest paying companies are in the oil refinery business and finance.
Our Ko Roon-hee has the details.
The average salary at 13 firms among South Korea’s top 100 companies based on market capitalization… marked around 88-thousand U.S. dollars last year.
This is according to a survey released on Tuesday by online job search portal, JOBKOREA.
It said the analysis was based on 80 firms among the one-hundred.
Companies in the oil refinery and finance industry made up the top spots.
S-OIL Corporation, a petroleum and refinery company, paid the most…with its average salary coming in at around 121-thousand dollars.
Meritz Securities was second with around 119-thousand.
A global energy and chemical company, SK innovation, was third.
Samsung Electronics was sixth, with the average of 105-thousand.
The report also showed a gender disparity when it came to pay.
Men received an extra 28-thousand dollars on average last year…compared to women.
A separate report by Jobkorea released last December showed…that job seekers are most interested in the salary they can receive when choosing a job.
Around 12-hundred university students were surveyed on what companies they want to work for among the 100 top firms by sales.
The most popular reasons to work for specific companies were…the size of salary, extra benefits, working environment, and the firm’s image.
Ko Roon-hee, Arirang News.

So which of Korea’s top 100 companies pay their employees the most?
A latest report found that the country’s oil refinery and finance sectors paid their workers the most lucrative salaries.
Our Ko Roon-hee tells us more.
The average salary at 13 firms among South Korea’s top 100 companies based on market capitalization… marked around 88-thousand U.S. dollars last year.
This is according to a survey released on Tuesday by online job search portal, Jobkorea.
It said the analysis was based on 80 firms among the one-hundred.
Companies in the oil refinery and finance industry made up the top spots.
S-Oil Corporation, a petroleum and refinery company, paid the most…with its average salary coming in at around 121-thousand dollars.
Meritz Securities was second with around 119-thousand.
A global energy and chemical company, SK innovation, was third.
Samsung Electronics was sixth, with the average of 105-thousand.
The report also showed a gender disparity when it came to pay.
Men received an extra 28-thousand dollars on average last year…compared to women.
A separate report by Jobkorea released last December showed…that job seekers are most interested in the salary they can receive when choosing a job.
Around 12-hundred university students were surveyed on what companies they want to work for among the 100 top firms by sales.
The most popular reasons to work for specific companies were…the size of salary, extra benefits, working environment, and the firm’s image.
Ko Roon-hee, Arirang News.

South Korea’s tourism account deficit hit a record high in January,… as more people traveled out of the country than came in.
According to the Bank of Korea, the deficit reached two-point-one-six billion U.S. dollars in the first month of 2018.
Nearly three million Koreans traveled abroad in January alone,… up more than 22 percent from the previous year.
The number of inbound tourists dropped 22 percent,… despite China’s partial lifting of its ban on group tours to South Korea.

The South Korean government will introduce a new minimum wage-setting system on Monday that divides the roles within the Minimum Wage Commission, a body that determines the wage increases.
According to the labor ministry,… the commission will be divided into two sub-bodies.
Government representatives will first devise an appropriate range for the increase,… while the final decision will be made jointly by representatives of companies, non-regular workers and small businesses.
The government hopes the measure can bridge the gap between employers and employees after a whirlwind of controversy over the rapid rate of increase during the past couple of years.

The South Korean government will introduce a new minimum wage-setting system on Monday that divides the roles within the Minimum Wage Commission, a body that determines the wage increases.
According to the labor ministry,… the commission will be divided into two sub-bodies.
Government representatives will first devise an appropriate range for the increase,… while the final decision will be made jointly by representatives of companies, non-regular workers and small businesses.
The government hopes the measure can bridge the gap between employers and employees after a whirlwind of controversy over the rapid rate of increase during the past couple of years.

South Korea is kissing goodbye to plastic straws… in its bid to go greener.
Most of the nation’s coffee shops and cafes are ditching the plastic…. in favor of some interesting and eco-friendly alternatives.
Kim Da-mi reports.

With this edible straw, you can enjoy your hot Americano for two to three hours or your favorite iced tea for up to ten hours.

If you’d prefer not to eat the straw after finshing your drink, it will decompose naturally within three months rather than 500 years like plastic ones.

With global initiatives to eliminate and reduce plastic use such as plastic bags and cups, straws of different shapes, forms and sizes are being produced, like these edible ones.

“My goal is to create even more appetizing straws packed with vitamins, red ginseng and Chitosan that can attract older people and more.”

Coffee shops in downtown Seoul have already started to go plastic-free.
Drinks and desserts are served only with reusable materials like stainless straws, paper straws and glass cups.

These cafes also encourage customers to think and live eco-friendly by selling stainless straws and of course brushes to clean them.

“Customers seemed a touch confused initially, but after learning about the environmental reasons for doing it, they now bring their own containers to go.”

“I don’t think it makes a lot of difference to eat in wodden bowl over a plastic bowl.”

Franchise businesses are also participating in the campaign.

In addition to Starbucks’ goal of banning plastic straws worldwide by 2020, so-called ‘Drinking Lids’ have replaced regular straws.
Straws made out of rice, bamboo and paper will also be introduced in luxury hotels in Seoul from early September.

But of course, forming new habits and efforts to maintain hygiene are necessary, and experts say doing the dishes may require even more dish soap… a side effect of the change that has its own negative impact on the environment.

Going green can be costly, as these paper straws cost ten times more than plastic ones. But these straws can be the start of greener life and environment.

Mingle Media TV was invited to come out to meet two of Korea’s top rock bands FTIsland (Five Treasure Island) and CNBlue (Code Name Blue) along with other media and language translators, we found out more about them.

They are performing tonight at the Nokia Theatre: FTISLAND & CNBLUE “Stand Up” by MLive.

FNC Entertainment is the music label for FTIsland and CNBlue out of Korea. FTIsland debuted in 2007 and ranked number one on every music chart in Korea since then they have been one of Asia’s top artists. CNBlue had been performing on the street with a one-man LIVE to reach their goal of performing 100 times in Japan before their official debut in 2010. CNBlue has also ranked high on the charts and was even number one on the Oricon Weekly chart as the first foreign band to top Japanese charts in 41 years.

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South Korea is kissing goodbye to plastic straws in its bid to go even more green.
Most of the nation’s coffee shops and cafes are ditching the plastic in favor of some interesting and eco-friendly alternatives.
Kim Da-mi reports.

With this edible straw, you can enjoy your hot Americano for two to three hours or your favorite iced tea for up to ten hours.

If you’d prefer not to eat the straw after finshing your drink, it will decompose naturally within three months rather than 500 years like plastic ones.

With global initiatives to eliminate and reduce plastic use such as plastic bags and cups, straws of different shapes, forms and sizes are being produced, like these edible ones.

“My goal is to create even more appetizing straws packed with vitamins, red ginseng and Chitosan that can attract older people and more.”

Coffee shops in downtown Seoul have already started to go plastic-free.
Drinks and desserts are served only with reusable materials like stainless straws, paper straws and glass cups.

These cafes also encourage customers to think and live eco-friendly by selling stainless straws and of course brushes to clean them.

Korean
“Customers seemed a touch confused initially, but after learning about the environmental reasons for doing it, they now bring their own containers to go.”

English
“I don’t think it makes a lot of difference to eat in wodden bowl over a plastic bowl.”

Franchise businesses are also participating in the campaign.

In addition to Starbucks’ goal of banning plastic straws worldwide by 2020, so-called ‘Drinking Lids’ have replaced regular straws.
Straws made out of rice, bamboo and paper will also be introduced in luxury hotels in Seoul from early September.

But of course, forming new habits and efforts to maintain hygiene are necessary, and experts say doing the dishes may require even more dish soap… a side effect of the change that has its own negative impact on the environment.

Going green can be costly, as these paper straws cost ten times more than plastic ones. But these straws can be the start of greener life and environment.