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Number of Foreign Workers Rebounds This Year amid Economic Recovery

SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign workers in South Korea rebounded this year after two consecutive years of decline as the job market has recovered amid the economic recovery, data showed Tuesday. The number of foreign workers came to 855,000 as of May, up 7,000 or 0.9 percent from the previous [...]

S. Korea Conducts Anti-virus Inspections of Workplaces with Foreign Employees

SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has launched a nationwide inspection of manufacturing workplaces with foreign employees to check if they are properly following the anti-virus guidelines amid a series of cluster infections reported at such facilities, officials said Sunday. On Thursday, the Ministry of Employment and Labor began the inspection on some [...]