Korea is one of the countries that the population is aging very rapidly. Besides, aging rate of Korea is fastest in the world. But particularly more serious thing is that the level of welfare for the aged has not improved to keep pace with the speed of aging in Korea. Therefore the problems of the aged are appearing seriously and one of those is the elderly suicide. According to a recent statisti
2.2.3 Promoting system
The promoting system of Senior Employment Project for the aged consists of division of roles by different levels of government, such as 'Ministry of Health and Welfare', local government, 'Korea Labor Force Development Institute for the aged(한국노인인력개발원)‘, and each performing institutions. Major policies are managed by 'Ministry of Health and Welfare' a
The Roles of the Board of Audit and Inspection
1. 감사위원회의 역할
BAI, the Supreme Audit Institution of the Republic of Korea, is established under the President of the Republic, but it is independent in performing its duties. Provisions of the Constitution and the BAI Act mention three major responsibilities of BAI: (i) BAI verifies the accounts of revenues and expenditures of the
I. Introduction
Recently, what is the most urgent policy for Korea? There would be various answers, but it can be welfare policy. For example, both Park GeunHye and Moon Jae In, who got most votes in president of Korea election in 2010, made a commitment about economic democratization the policy for . It means that there is a lot of demand about welfare policy in Korea. Answer to these demands,
Ⅰ. Introduction - What is welfare and the 19th General Election
What is welfare? What is the exact definition of welfare state? It is hard to define what it is. The dictionary definition for welfare is a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous. Also, in a political term, it means governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need. From when the civil state wa