This is the 3193rd most frequent Korean word.
고용부는
"고용부는" means "the Ministry of Employment and Labor" in English.
Here, '고용부는' represents a subject (the Ministry of Employment) performing an action (deciding something).
고용부는 새로운 정책을 도입하기로 결정했습니다.
The Ministry of Employment has decided to introduce a new policy.
In this sentence, '고용부는' serves as the subject of the verb phrase 'investigating employment issues.'
고용부는 고용 문제를 조사 중입니다.
The Ministry of Employment is investigating employment issues.
'고용부는' here denotes the entity initiating the action of requesting, specifically targeting other parties (companies).