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March 2022

  1. Asia-Pacific labour market insights

    E-formalization: A Korean success story

    25 March 2022

    An ILO report Digital solutions and formalization: E-formalization case study on the Republic of Korea highlights the role digitalization has played in Korea’s formalization success story and provides a series of valuable experiences for other countries in the region.

June 2019

  1. Domestic Workers' Day

    An aging Asia increases the demand for domestic workers. But what about their rights?

    16 June 2019

    Mr. Nilim Baruah, International Labour Organization’s Regional Migration Specialist for Asia and the Pacific, reviews progress on migrant domestic workers’ rights in Asia.

June 2017

  1. Video

    Welcome message from Roberto Di Meglio - 8th ILO SSE Academy (Seoul)

    20 June 2017

November 2010

  1. Entrevistas en vídeo

    Social Protection: An Interview with the ILO's Michael Cichon

    16 November 2010

    With the launch of the ILO's World Social Security Report 2010, ILO TV interviews Michael Cichon, Director of the ILO Social Security Department. The report examines the current state of social security across the world and the positive impact that a social protection floor can have as a social and economic stabilizer, particularly in times of crisis. Michael Cichon argues that all countries can put some basic social protection measures in place. "We have a saying in the social security department: there is nobody too poor to share," he says.

August 2008

  1. Article

    Executive summary:Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

    10 August 2008

  2. Article

    Promotional Flyer:Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

    10 August 2008

March 2008

  1. News

    ILO Convention No. 187 on occupational safety and health to come into force following ratification by the Republic of Korea

    13 March 2008

    The Republic of Korea has recently ratified a new ILO Convention, the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health, Convention No. 187. This ratification will bring this important international labour standard designed to promote a “preventive safety and health culture” into force in the next 12 months.