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Yes. In this case, the surviving company should obtain permission for wastes treatment business pursuant to Article 25 3 of the Wastes Control Act in order to continue to operate a wastes treatment business. If the text of an Act is composed of relatively clear definitions, it can be said that a different interpretation method is unnecessary or should be used restrictively, in principle. And the first sentence of Article 33 2 of the Wastes Control Act prescribes that "Where a wastes treatment business entity, etc. who is a corporation is merged by absorption with another corporation, establishes a new corporation after the merger with another corporation, or establishes a new corporation or is merged with another corporation after the division of waste treatment business, etc., a corporation surviving the merger or a corporation established by merger or division shall obtain permission from the Minister of Environment or the Mayor/Do Governor, as prescribed by Ministerial Decree of Environment." In the second sentence of the same subparagraph, it is stated that "In such cases, the corporation surviving the merger or the corporation established by merger or division that obtained such permission shall succeed to the rights and obligations relating to permission for, approval of, registration of, or reporting on wastes treatment business, etc." Under subparagraph 8 of the same Article, "where the succession to rights and obligations is made under paragraph 1 or 2, the permission, approval, registration, or report regarding the previous wastes treatment business entity, etc. shall lose its effect" main sentence. In this regard, where a wastes treatment business entity obtained permission for division pursuant to the first sentence of subparagraph 2 of the same Article, the newly incorporated company by division shall succeed to the rights and obligations relating to permission for, etc. waste treatment business, etc. pursuant to the second sentence of the same subparagraph and the main sentence of subparagraph 8 of the same Article, and where such rights and obligations are succeeded, the previous permission, etc. of waste treatment business entities, etc. shall lose its effect, and the surviving corporation is no longer deemed to possess a permission for valid wastes treatment business. Therefore, it shall be conforming to the texts of the Wastes Control Act to interpret that in order for a surviving corporation to continue to operate a wastes treatment business, permission for wastes treatment business prescribed by Article 25 3 of the same Act should be obtained once again. On the other hand, under Article 530-10 of the Commercial Act, a newly incorporated company by simple division, succeeding company after division, etc. shall assume the rights and obligations of the divided company as prescribed by a division plan. In this regard, if it is decided under the division plan that the surviving company and the newly incorporated company by division shall divide sections and both companies shall continue to operate a wastes treatment business, the newly incorporated company by division shall succeed the divided company’s rights and obligations within the scope prescribed by the division plan. In this regard, there can be arguments that the surviving company does not need to re-obtain permission for wastes treatment business under Article 25 3 of the Wastes Control Act and can continue to operate such business. However, the purpose of the Commercial Act is to maintain and strengthen companies and guarantee corporate activities for-profit activities and therefore contribute to national economy, and the Act is a private law based on private autonomy. On the other hand, the Wastes Control Act is a public law based on publicity, the purpose of which is to contribute to enhancing the quality of people’s lives by restricting the emission of wastes and treating wastes in an eco-friendly manner. Because the two laws are separate independent laws with different basic concepts, the Commercial Act cannot apply preferentially over the Wastes Control Act and nor can the application of the Wastes Control Act be exempted without prescribed regulations, so such argument is not valid. Consequently, in this case, the surviving company should obtain permission for division of wastes treatment business pursuant to Article 25 3 of the Wastes Control Act in order to continue to operate a wastes treatment business.

Yes, an employee who had a child who was older than 8 years or in 3rd grade or higher in elementary school at the time of the enforcement of the amended Act, the employee can include two times the unused childcare leave period in the period of reduction of working hours during the childcare period pursuant to the proviso of Article 19-2 4 of the Act. According to Articles 19-2 1 and 4 of the Act before partial amendment to Act no. 20521 on Oct. 22, 2024, an employee’s child had to be “aged 8 years or younger or in the 2nd grade or lower of elementary school” to be eligible to apply for reduction of working hours during the childcare period, which was identical to that of employees eligible to apply for childcare leave, and the period that can be included in the reduction of working hours during childcare leave was as follows: “where an employee who is eligible to apply for childcare leave pursuant to Article 19 1 has not fully used such leave for a period of childcare leave under Article 19 2, the remaining period shall be added to the period for reduction of working hours”. However, under the amended Act, the age range of the child was widened, stipulating that an employee’s child shall be “aged 12 years or younger or in the 6th grade or lower of elementary school” to be eligible to apply for reduction of working hours. The amended Act also stipulates that where an employee has not fully used the childcare leave, two times the remaining period shall be added to the period for reduction of working hours. Therefore, in this case, the issue is whether an employee who has had a child who was older than 8 years or higher than the 2nd grade of elementary school at the time of the enforcement of the amended Act is eligible for addition of two times the remaining period of unused childcare leave period to the period for reduction of working hours. The main sentence of Article 19-2 4 of the amended Act prescribes that the period of reduction of working hours during childcare period is not more than 1 year, while the proviso of the same subparagraph states that where an employee has not fully used childcare leave, two times the remaining period shall be added to the period for reduction of working hours. In other words, because there is no separate clause restricting the relevant regulation to employees who can apply for childcare leave or excluding the employees who cannot apply for childcare leave, it can be said that regardless of whether an employee can apply for childcare leave pursuant to the proviso of Article 19-2 4 of the amended Act, where an employee has a child who is aged 12 or under or in the 6th grade or below of elementary school, he/she is eligible for application of reduction of working hours during childcare leave, and if he/she has not fully used the childcare leave, two times the remaining period can be added to the reduction of working hours during the childcare period. Therefore, if an employee had a child who was older than 8 years or in 3rd grade or higher in elementary school at the time of the enforcement of the amended Act, the employee can include two times the unused childcare leave period in the period of reduction of working hours during the childcare period pursuant to the proviso of Article 19-2 4 of the Act.

先ごろソウルで開かれた外国人向けの就職フェア=(聯合ニュース) 【ソウル聯合ニュース】留学や就職、観光などの目的で韓国に滞在する外国人が初めて280万人を突破したことが29日、分かった。 法務部の出入国外国人政策本部によると、今年10月現在で韓国に滞在する外国人は283万7525人で、前月比3.6%増加した。 韓国に滞在する外国人は2019年に過去最多の252万4000人を記録したが、新型コロナウイルスの流行が拡大した20年に203万6000人、21年には195万6000人と急減した。その後、23年に250万7000人とコロナ禍以前の水準を回復し、24年には265万人と過去最多を更新。今年も270万人台前後で推移し、先月に初めて280万人を上回った。 長期滞在外国人は前年同月比6.3%増の216万人超、短期滞在外国人は同2.7%増の67万6000人超となっている。 滞在資格別では季節労働(E-8)が6万5000人で、前年同月比58.7%増加した。留学(D-2)は22.1%増の22万2000人、雇用許可制により就業が認められた非専門人材に与えられる非専門就業(E-9)は2.4%増の33万5000人だった。 なかでも、通常は観光シーズンの夏場に増加した後で減少傾向を示す観光(B-2)が急増。10月時点で、観光ビザで滞在する外国人は18万3000人で、前年同月比22.7%、前月比38.8%増加した。K―POPなど、韓国文化の世界的人気による外国人観光客の流入増が影響を及ぼしたと分析される。 国籍別では中国が97万5000人で全体の34.4%を占め、ベトナム(12.5%)、米国(6.9%)、タイ(6.0%)、ウズベキスタン(3.6%)、ネパール(3.2%)などが続いた。 年齢別では30代(25.8%)が最も多く、20代(23.9%)、40代(16.2%)、60代以上(13.7%)、50代(12.2%)、10代以下(8.2%)の順だった。 韓国に滞在する外国人の53.7%が首都圏に居住し、慶尚道が20.5%、忠清道は13.0%、全羅道は8.9%だった。 ynhrm@yna.co.kr 原文記事 出所:聯合ニュース2025.11.28.

ソウル都心にある韓国最大の仏教宗派「大韓仏教曹渓宗」の総本山、曹渓寺を訪れた外国人観光客=(聯合ニュース) 【ソウル聯合ニュース】韓国観光公社が28日に発表した統計によると、10月に韓国を訪問した外国人観光客は前年同月比8.7%増の173万9000人で、新型コロナウイルス流行前の2019年10月(165万6000人)を上回った。 地域別にみると、19年に比べ欧州と米州からの観光客が33.9%増加し、日本からの観光客も27.5%増えた。香港、台湾、マカオなど中華圏の観光客もコロナ禍前の水準を上回った。このうち欧米など遠距離の観光客の増加は、韓流ブームと関連があると分析される。 中国人観光客は前年同月比20.5%増え、増加幅が最も大きかった。中国人団体観光客のビザ(査証)を免除する制度が施行された影響とみられる。 1~10月の訪韓外国人観光客は前年同期比15.2%増の1582万1000人で、19年同期の108.4%の水準となった。 今年の目標値である1850万人の達成は確実とみられる。 国・地域別の観光客数は中国(471万人)、日本(299万人)、台湾(157万人)、米国(124万人)、香港(51万人)の順だった。 一方、10月に海外に出国した韓国人旅行客は267万8000人で、前年同月比12.4%増加した。1~10月は2433万5000人で、19年同期の100.2%の水準まで回復した。 ynhrm@yna.co.kr 原文記事 出所:聯合ニュース2025.11.28.

【ソウル聯合ニュース】韓国外交部は27日、第14回韓日科学技術協力委員会が同日東京で開催されたと発表した。 同会議は2009年の第13回会議以降、開催されていなかったが、9月の首脳会談で再開に合意し、今回16年ぶりに開かれた。 韓国側は外交部の韓旻咏(ハン・ミンヨン)気候環境科学外交局長が首席代表を務め、外交部のほか科学技術情報通信部、産業通商部、宇宙航空庁など関係官庁の関係者が出席した。 日本側は川村裕科学技術協力担当大使が首席代表を務め、外務省、内閣府、総務省、文部科学省、経済産業省など関係官庁の関係者が出席した。 韓氏は韓日両国が先端技術分野で協力を拡大できる重要な時点に立っているとし、両国が保有する高い技術力を土台に未来志向の協力を持続していかなければならないと強調した。 両国は会議で人工知能(AI)、量子技術、宇宙、バイオなど先端技術政策の現状について共有し、分野別に2国間・多国間協力を強化するための方策について議論した。 第15回会議は韓国で開かれる予定で、両国は協力委員会の定例的な運営のために緊密に意思疎通していくことを確認した。 yugiri@yna.co.kr 原文記事 出所:聯合ニュース2025.11.27.

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