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Korea's wage gap between regular and non-regular workers widened to a record 1.94 million won ($1,464) per month this year, while the share of non-regular workers hit an all-time high of 38.5% in August, the highest since data collection began in 2003. The number of non-regular workers rose by 103,000 year-on-year to 8.671 million, while regular workers increased by only 10,000, according to the Ministry of Data and Statistics. Korean media outlets are highlighting this as a growing labor market divide, with the gap and proportion both reaching unprecedented levels, signaling deepening inequality in employment conditions.