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S.Korea bans job ageism
South Korea, one of the world's fastest ageing societies, is to ban age discrimination against job seekers, a human rights watchdog said on Tuesday. Under the law, which takes effect on Sunday, companies found guilty of ageist recruitment policies will be liable to a fine of up to 30 million won (S$32,000), the National Human Rights Commission said in a statement...In 2006 the rights watchdog urged Korean Air and Asiana to drop their policy of hiring flight attendants aged under 25. They later complied.