35th Future Labor Reform Forum: Issues and Challenges in Youth Employment and Extending the Retirement Age

A seminar titled “Issues and Challenges of Youth Employment and Extension of the Retirement Age Under the New Government” was held on the themes of youth employment and extension of the retirement age currently being discussed under the new government. As extension of the retirement age and youth employment have continued to emerge as major issues under the new administration, this seminar was organized as a forum to discuss youth employment policy, extension of the retirement age, and various other employment and labor policy issues.

Thank you to everyone who participated.

Date and Time: Tuesday, January 8, 2026, 10:00 a.m.

Venue: Pureun Hall, Center for Free Enterprise (CFE)

Host: Future Labor Reform Forum

Topic: Issues and Challenges in Employment and Labor Policy Under the New Government

Moderator: Seunggil Lee, Head of the Future Labor Reform Forum

Presenter: Deokho Kim, Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Governance, Sungkyunkwan University

Discussants: Siyoung Song, Chair of the Correct Labor Union at Seoul Metro; Myungro Lee, Former Head of the Human Resources Policy Division at the Korea Federation of SMEs; Gwang yong Go, Policy Director of the Center for Free Enterprise (CFE); Jiman Lee, Professor, Department of Business Administration, Yonsei University

Original title: <제35회 미래노동개혁포럼: 청년고용과 정년연장 쟁점과 과제>

Author: Future Labor Reform Forum

Date: 2026-01-08

Source: https://www.cfe.org/bbs/bbsDetail.php?cid=futurelabor&pn=1&idx=28478