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Korean Government Bolsters Treatment, Prevention for Foreign TB Patients

Korean Government Bolsters Treatment, Prevention for Foreign TB Patients

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Some 50,000 foreign laborers make their way to Korea each year in search of the “Korean Dream”, but a recent study revealed that these laborers, who are often exposed to substandard working and living conditions, have grown more vulnerable to tuberculosis than the general population.  According to the Korean [...]

Foreigners Growing Fond of Korean Convenience Food

Foreigners Growing Fond of Korean Convenience Food

INCHEON, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Convenience food, packaged Korean cuisine, is rapidly gaining popularity among foreigners, with an increasing number of travelers purchasing the products at Korean airports before departure.  Food and restaurant services company Our Home started offering Korean convenience food at its Food Empire outlets at Incheon International Airport this year. Food [...]

Foreign Students Struggle with Korea’s “Being Strict on Age” Culture

Foreign Students Struggle with Korea’s “Being Strict on Age” Culture

SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – About one-third of the foreign students studying in Korea consider “seniority-based” culture hard to accept. Yoo Hyun-kyung, the director of Yonsei University’s Korean Language Institute, presented the results of a study entitled “Efficient Management of Foreign Students” during the Korean Language Institute Council’s 10th anniversary workshop, which was held on [...]

Wait Time for Foreigners’ Alien Registration, Extension of Stay Slashed

Wait Time for Foreigners’ Alien Registration, Extension of Stay Slashed

SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The wait time for foreigners filing for alien registration or extension of stay has been sharply decreased with the extended implementation of the online reservation system, the government said Tuesday. The Ministry of Justice said since it adopted the full-scale online reservation system at six immigration offices in the Seoul metropolitan area [...]

Foreigners to Receive Tax Refund After Plastic Surgery

Foreigners to Receive Tax Refund After Plastic Surgery

SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreigners who receive plastic surgery and aesthetic treatment in South Korea will receive a value added tax refund starting next month, the health ministry said Wednesday. The tax rebate will be given at special booths installed in the country’s international airports when foreign patients submit a certificate issued by authorized medical [...]