SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The governor of Poland’s Lodzkie Region on Thursday called on South Korean electronics and automobile companies to invest in the province which is rich in skilled workers and is a major transportation hub in Europe. Gov. Witold Stepien is visiting Seoul along with business executives from nine Polish [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – As a growing number of young foreign nationals are struggling to integrate in South Korean society after moving to the country during their adolescence, the Seoul Metropolitan Government is taking matters into its own hands with a new friend matchmaking project. Seoul’s new program will help connect foreign national [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will restrict the visa extensions of foreigners who default on tax payments as part of nationwide efforts to reduce tax dodgers, the government said Monday. The Ministry of Justice said it will share all of the tax information of foreign residents here in South Korea with the [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is considering establishing an institution tasked with inspecting applications for refugee status due to a steady rise in the number of people seeking asylum in the country, government officials said Thursday. A long-running civil war in Syria and other disturbances have created a refugee crisis [...]
JEJU, South Korea, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Jeju Immigration Office said Tuesday that the number of voluntary departures of undocumented aliens has soared after it started offering exemptions on entry bans starting in March. As of March 19, a total of 891 individuals who had been staying illegally had left for their home [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – One out of 10 foreigners living in South Korea are illegal aliens, government data showed Tuesday. According to the data released by the Ministry of Justice, 211,320, or 10.5 percent of the total number of foreigners living here as of end-January, are staying without a valid visa. The number [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – President Donald Trump’s headstrong approach towards immigration is spreading fear in Korean communities in the United States. According to local civic organizations assisting Korean immigrants – including the Los Angeles Korean Resource Center, Hana Center in Chicago, and the Illinois Association of Korean Education – the number of phone [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s government said Monday it has permitted the entry of 26 Syrians who are seeking refugee status here. The Ministry of Justice said out of 28 Syrians who have been staying at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, all except two have been allowed into the country. The [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Due to the stagnating economy and declining real estate sales, the number of Koreans migrating to different areas has declined in three consecutive months (as of May). The total number of domestic migrants in May was 589,000, the lowest figure for the month since May 1975 (480,000). Among those [...]
INCHEON, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Two Chinese nationals who were indicted on charges of illegally sneaking into South Korea through the country’s largest airport received a suspended jail term and were order to be deported, court records showed Friday. The Incheon District Court sentenced the husband and wife to a year and eight months [...]