Korea: Minimum wage hike to weigh on growth

A further sharp rise in the minimum wage in Korea at the start of this month is likely to drag heavily on the labour market again this year, further holding back employment growth and household consumption, and is one of the reasons we expect GDP growth to come in well below consensus in 2019.

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