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[Real Reality]

The wage gap between regular and irregular workers widened.
The wage of regular workers increased by more than 9.7 percent
from 1.28 million won to 1.69 million won last year while that of
irregular workers only increased by some 7 percent from 810,000 won
to little over 1 million won, according to the report.



The nation was shocked when Park Ill-soo, a 50-year-old irregular
worker at Hyundai Heavy Industries in the southeastern industrial city
of Ulsan, committed suicide Feb. 14, blaming it on his unstable employment
status.
20% of Public Workers on Irregular Payroll
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200402/kt2004022215150910510.htm

[Real Reality]

Does official mean the same as regular?
Does unofficial mean the same as irregular?
Which do you prefer?

Gap Widens Between Official and Unofficial Workers in Public Sector
One out of five people working in the public sector, such as governmental departments, affiliated organizations, local governance bodies, and public enterprises, are part-time employees. Among all employees at the Ministry of Information and Communication (47,177), about 48 percent (16,957) were part-time workers. Moreover, 2,589 people, who make up 49.1 percent of all employees in the Ministry of Labor (5,273), had part-time jobs. ... the gap between rich (regular workers) and poor (part-timers) appears to be growing.

Average monthly income for part-time jobs rose to W1.001 million last year from W813,000 in 2000.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200402/200402220014.html
Full Time --- Part Time
Permanent --- Temporary


Number of part-timers, temps increases from Korea Herald
About one out of three Korean employees were classified as part-time or temporary workers last year as businesses escalated cost-cutting measures, a labor study showed.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2004/02/23/200402230038.asp