SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will increase the quota of foreign workers in five industries to alleviate labor shortages, officials said Monday. The Ministry of Labor and Employment said it will speed up the entry process for immigrant workers, streamline administrative procedures for employers of immigrant workers and strengthen support tailored for [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With the labor shortage on construction sites becoming more severe, South Korea’s construction sector is calling on the government to lift restrictions on the hiring of foreign workers as well as to issue pardons to the companies that were imposed restrictions on hiring. During the period from late last [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — As shipbuilding industry is suffering from a manpower shortage amid a deluge of orders, the Ministry of Justice has taken steps to help address the issue, including the simplification of E-7 visa requirements for foreign workers. The E-7 visa was designed to allow foreign workers to be employed in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The increase in the number of foreign workers does not result in domestic employees losing jobs — instead, it promotes the relocation of domestic workers towards duties where communication skills are important, South Korea’s central bank said. The influx of foreign workers can impact not only the employment and wages [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreigners seeking employment in South Korea under the Employment Permit System (EPS) will be offered access to a free online Korean language course starting next year, a state-run resource development company said Monday. The Human Resources Development Service of Korea said it has forged a partnership with King Sejong [...]
HWASEONG, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Hwaseong, south of Seoul, announced that it will start offering a one-stop service for unregistered foreign workers to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Any unregistered foreign worker can visit a nearby COVID-19 testing center to receive a vaccination without having to make a prior reservation. Foreigners over 30 [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday announced a decision to extend the period of stay for about 115,000 foreign migrant workers by one year in a bid to relieve labor shortages at small businesses and in farming and fishing communities. The labor and justice ministries said that the temporary extension of [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The state human rights watchdog on Tuesday urged local governments to withdraw their orders for migrant workers to undergo mandatory coronavirus testing, calling it “discriminatory against foreigners.” Some local governments, including Seoul and the surrounding Gyeonggi Province, issued such administrative orders earlier this month amid spikes in infections in [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is pushing to revise local immigration laws to allow migrant workers from overseas to land parcel sorting jobs amid growing concerns over the industry’s manpower shortage and notoriously long work hours, officials said Tuesday. The Ministry of Justice recently preannounced a revision of an enforcement decree on [...]