Record number of Koreans forced to leave bar, restaurant jobs
Social affairsAug 14, 2018
A record-high number of Koreans involuntarily left their jobs at bars and restaurants in the first half of this year, possibly due to the country’s latest minimum wage hike, government data showed. The number, 46,563, is the highest since the government began recording the data in 2009.According to the report, the number of Koreans who were forced to leave their jobs at restaurants and bars, because they failed to get their contracts renewed or their employers went out of business, among other r