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South Korea warns of social unrest without job growth
LOS CABOS — South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak called Monday on world leaders to address the gap between rich and poor, warning that growing disparities could lead to social unrest. Speaking before a summit of the Group of 20 economies, Lee drew lessons from South Korea’s experience during the 1997…
Youth joblessness near crisis peak
Youth joblessness is almost back at its peak following the outbreak of the global economic crisis and is unlikely to ease until at least 2016, the International Labour Organization warned Tuesday. The ILO said nearly 75 million youths or 12.7 percent of people aged 15 to 24 will be out…
Brazil has thousands working in forced labor: ILO
BRASILIA — Thousands of people still toil in forced labor in Brazil, despite government attempts to curtail the practice, the International Labour Organization said in a new report. Since 1995, more than 40,000 people have been rescued from forced labor, citing field reports from the poor, rural areas in the…
Asia leads world in child-labor products: report
India, Bangladesh and the Philippines lead the world in the number of products made by child workers, a US government stock-taking of the global scale of underaged labor revealed. Some 130 types of goods — from building bricks and soccer balls to pornography and rare ores used in cellphones —…
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