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Nearly 30 Pct of Foreign Laborers in S. Korea Work Over 50 Hours Per Week

SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 3 out of 10 foreign employees in South Korea worked 50 hours or longer per week last year, data showed Wednesday. A total of 1.43 million foreigners aged 15 and older resided in South Korea as of May 2023, and 64.5 percent of them have a job here, [...]

Small Firms Employ 80% of Foreign Workers in South Korea

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of foreign nationals having jobs in South Korea reached an all-time high of nearly 1 million this year, and nearly 80 percent of them were affiliated with companies with fewer than 50 workers, data showed Sunday. The number of foreigners aged 15 and older residing in the [...]