KOREA

REPORTERS:
DACLAN, Charmaine Flor M.
MALOCONG, Rhodalyn B.
BALANDI, Angelica L.
REYES, Jezer C.
North korea (Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea)
• Communist State under Totalitarian
Dictatorship
• Headed by the Supreme Leader Kim Jong
Un K
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• most ethnically homogeneous regions

• Religious activities under state control
• Underpopulated
• state controls all means of production
• general government policy of self-
reliance
 Strengths
1. Internal Security System
- large and extensive

2. Free medical care

- at least one clinic in each village

3. Social insurance
- disabled, pregnant women and
childbirth

4. Funeral Benefits

5. Pension for old-age

- home for the aged in each Province
 ISSUES IN THE NORTH
• Freedom of Movement and Information
- illegal to move from one province to another/abroad
- prior approval
- not allowed to communicate abroad
- one channel and no internet
- movements and activities are controlled and monitored

• Forced Labor
- forced and uncompensated
- includes children and women
- paramilitary labor brigades (buildings, infrastructures)
- for those who are not to free to choose their own job
ISSUES IN THE NORTH
• Pretrial, Detention, Due Process Violations
and Torture
- arbitrary, violent, cruel and degrading
- ordinary citizens no access to laws
- more money = better treatment=shorter sentences
- pretrial detention – beating, torture, dangerous and
unhygienic conditions, sexual violence
 ISSUES IN THE NORTH

● Marginalized Groups
“songbun” – socio-economic political classification
system
- loyal
- wavering
- hostile
- discrimination against lower classed
persons
- accepting bribes
ISSUES IN THE NORTH

• Goods and social services

- inadequate
• Health Benefits
- shortage of physicians, medical equipment and medicine
• Women/girls gender discrimination
- high level of sexual violence and harassment
- forced labor
- sexual exploitation
- slavery in China (forced marriage)
 ISSUES IN THE NORTH
COVID 19 Responses

- intensified enforcement of ban on illegal travel to China (execute when caught)

- drastic quarantines for those coming from abroad

- little food, inadequate medical treatment, no electricity

- restrictions on domestic travels

- permits, checkpoints, enhancing enforcements to illegal travel
 SOUTH KOREA
• Centralized democratic republic
• Headed by the President (Yoon Suk Yeol)
• Diverse ethnicity
• World’s major religions peacefully coexist
• Slow growth in population
• Increase in economic growth
• Ministry of Personnel Management – public personnel
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Classification and Grade

 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• Recruitment and Selection
OPEN COMPETITION (Grades 5, 7 & 9)
- 3 rounds of examination

MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS
ESSAY TYPE COMPETENCY
QUESTIONS INTERVIEW

PUBLIC SERVICE
APTITUDE TEST
 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• Recruitment and Selection

COMPETITIVE COMPETITION (All grades)

ANOUNCEMENT

APPLICATION REVIEW

INTERVIEW
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM

• Recruitment and Selection

WOMEN’S PROMOTION SAFETY NET

- Less representation of women in upper ranks and career

advancement
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 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• Recruitment and Selection
1. QUOTA FOR THE DISABLED
– 3% of total positions
- different recruitment for severe disability
- support system during exam and interviews

2. QUOTA FOR LOW INCOME BRACKET

– basic livelihood program, single- parent family benefit

3. QUOTA FOR LOCAL TALENT

– selecting talent from secondary and tertiary education institutions
- 20% of grade 5 recruited positions, 30% of grade 7
 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• PROMOTION
 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

Promotion Overseas Training

LEADERSHIP
Requirement: 300 officials/year TRAINING FOR
Continuing Education SENIIOR CIVIL SERVICE SCS
Credits (100 hrs/year) DIRECTOR

GRADE 5 LEADERSHIP
TRAINING
GRADE 6

GRADE 7

GRADE 8
BASIC COURSE
GRADE 9
 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT – Performance Pay and Performance Management
CLASSIFICATION SCS/G3/G4 G5 & BELOW
System Performance Agreement (Once Work Performance Appraisal
Yearly) System (Twice Yearly)
Evaluation Factor - individual/dept. achievement -work achievement/work
- Job performance performance
quality/ability
Rank 3 or more ranks 3 or more ranks

Process Strategic Planning- Interim Strategic Planning- Interim

Check – Final Evaluation Check – Final Evaluation

Utilization Reflected in portion of annual - Drafting of list of candidates

salary based on performance for promotion
- - reflected in promotion and
payment by results
 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• REMUNERATION

Fixed Annual Salary Political

Service
Job Performance and Task related
annual salary Senior Civil Service

Performance related Annual

Salary Grade 5

Seniority based Payment +

Performance Bonus Grade 6 & Below
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• Pension Benefits
– Government Employees Pension Service
- 9% (salary) employee + 9% Government Share
- entitled more than 10 years of service
- 36 years maximum contribution
- Regular pension age is 65 years

• Healthcare
- National Insurance Health Program (equal share
employee/GS)
- Medical Aid Program
- Long-term Care Insurance Program
 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• Working Hours
- 8 hours per day maximum of 52 hours per week
- Overtime pay if exceeds 40 hours @150% of salary,
200% night -differential – 12 hours
maximum per week

• Leave Credits
Paid Leaves
- 11 days a year ( 1 year in service)
- 15 days (2nd/3rd year)
- additional one day from third year maximum of 25
paid leaves
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• Maternity/ Paternity Leave
Maternity Leave
- 90 calendar days
- can be filed 45 days before delivery
- 120 calendar days for multiple births

Paternity Leaves
- 10 days
- availed within 90 days after birth

• Parental Leave
- one year for each parent
- first three months 80% pay
- remaining nine months 50% pay

Part-time parental leave

- reduction of working hours from 1 – 5 hrs per day
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Time- off for care of dependents

- 90 days unpaid leave per year
- blocks of atleast 30 days
- may use 10 days unpaid leave per year
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

ELECTRONIC PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

THANKYOU
(GAMSAHAMNIDA)