The annual salary of President Moon Jae-in was set at 225 million won ($211,320), up 5 million won from last year, as the Cabinet approved the personnel and management ministry's pay raise plan for public servants Tuesday.
According to the plan, monthly wages for rank-and-file soldiers were raised by an average 87.8 percent. That's in line with Moon's campaign promise to increase the salaries of conscripts to half the minimum wage by 2022.
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Moon at airport terminal opening President Moon Jae-in tries out an automated self-service baggage drop-off system at the second passenger terminal of Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Jan. 12, 2018, ahead of the new terminal`s opening ceremony. (Yonhap) |