South Korea\'s top 30 conglomerates plan to hire a record 124,000 new workers this year in line with the government\'s effort to promote \"shared growth,\" their lobby said Wednesday. The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) said at a business-wide meeting attended by President Lee Myung-bak that large companies plan to hire 12.7 percent more employees compared to the 110,000 that were hired overall in 2010.