Kim Moon-soo said, "Union unions extend their retirement age?...We need to think about the youth situation."

Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Moon-soo said over the labor community's claim to extend the retirement age, "It's all good if the retirement age is extended, but we should consider the situation of young people."

Minister Kim said at a discussion on continuing employment plans hosted by the Korea Labor Institute today that unions are all talking about extending the retirement age, and I want to see and ask the chairmen.

He also mentioned that even after graduating from Meister High School, he felt sorry and heartache when he saw young people unable to enter Hyundai or Kia Motors.

He added that he doesn't think reforms that eliminate young people's employment opportunities are reforms, adding that young people should be given at least one opportunity to experience decent work.

The Ministry of Employment and Labor says it needs to adjust working conditions, including the overhaul of the wage system, for continued employment, but it is closely confronting the labor community, which insists on extending the legal retirement age in the current form of work.