There are things that change from the New Year 2021. First of all, the minimum wage based on the hourly wage is raised to 8,720 won. Although it has increased by 130 won from last year, it is the lowest rate (1.5%) since the introduction of the minimum wage system in 1988. Excluding this year, the lowest wage increase was in 1999 (1525 won, 2.7%), just after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) financial crisis. Based on the changed minimum wage, if you work 40 hours a week, your monthly salary, including weekly vacation pay, is about 1.82 million won. As the law amendments were broken last year, abortion surgery, so-called’abortion’, is not subject to punishment from this year. The abortion crime, enacted in 1953, will be abolished after 68 years. This is because in April 2019, the Constitutional Court ruled inconsistent with the criminal abortion provisions (part of Article 269 (1) and Article 270 (1)), but the National Assembly failed to come up with an amendment for one year and nine months. In October, the government proposed an amendment to allow abortions within 14 weeks of pregnancy while maintaining abortion, but it is still pending in the National Assembly.
Things that change for the new year
Reduced annual burden of 1.6 million won per high school student
Minimum wage and hourly wage increased by 130 won to 8,720 won
The sergeant’s monthly salary is raised to 608,500 won
Graphic = Reporter Lee Jeong-kwon [email protected]
On the 30th, in the National Assembly, women and medical experts gathered to discuss tasks in preparation for the’decriminalization of the suspension of pregnancy’. The crime of abortion disappeared beyond the legislative deadline, but it is necessary to prepare support measures for a safe termination of pregnancy. Experts agreed that it is important to have a system for providing correct information on the termination of pregnancy. This is because the majority of women get inaccurate information about pregnancy termination through Internet communities and social network services (SNS).
Free education, which was applied only to the second and third grades of high school, will be expanded to all grade levels from 2021. A total of 1.24 million people receive free education. According to the Ministry of Education, the annual tuition burden of 1.6 million won per student, such as admission fee, tuition fee, school operation support fee, and textbook fee, will be reduced. Munmo (46), a parent who has a daughter who is entering high school this year, said, “It will reduce the burden on the household by reducing tuition costs by about 1.6 million won, but in the long run, I hope that the country can come up with a plan to reduce private education costs.” Said. However, some special purpose high schools such as autonomous private high schools and foreign language high schools are excluded from the free high school education benefits.
In the new year, the salary of the sergeant exceeds 600,000 won for the first time. According to the’changing defense work’ released by the Ministry of Defense on the 28th of last month, the salary of soldiers for the new year will be increased by 12.5% from the previous year. Accordingly, the sergeant’s monthly salary from 54,900 won last year will rise to 6,8,500 won.
Reporter Choi Yeon-soo [email protected]