SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Hundreds of migrant workers gathered in front of Seoul Station on Sunday, the last weekend before Labor Day, demanding greater freedom to change workplaces and calling for an end to widespread wage theft and substandard living conditions that have come to define their lives in South Korea. The rally, organized [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A significant number of migrant workers in South Korea have experienced wage theft, with the average amount owed surpassing 6 million won according to a recent government study. The report, titled “Research Study on the Current Situation of Wage Arrears for Migrant Workers and Remedies,” was commissioned by the National [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Migrant worker rights organizations have urged the government to implement robust measures to address the persistent issue of unpaid wages, citing data obtained from the Ministry of Employment and Labor that revealed unpaid salaries for migrant workers reached a staggering 121.5 billion won in 2022. In a joint statement released [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The hiring of foreigners will be further expanded in South Korea’s labor-intensive industries, beginning next year, the government said Friday, finalizing a plan to bring in an all-time high of 165,000 non-professional migrant workers in 2024 to tackle growing labor shortages. Hotels, condos and restaurants, among others, will be [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will bring in an all-time high of 165,000 non-professional migrant workers next year under the Employment Permit System to cope with growing labor shortages hitting many industries, the Ministry of Employment and Labor said Monday. The government will also expand the industries in which the foreign workers [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will extend the maximum period of stay for seasonal migrant workers from the current five months to eight months to tackle chronic labor shortages in its agricultural and fisheries sectors, the justice and agriculture ministries said Tuesday. The ministries said the government will revise the relevant enforcement [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign worker organizations, including the Migrant Trade Union and the Migrant Workers’ Equality Alliance, protested in Seoul on April 30, one day before Labor Day, to demand better working conditions. They chanted “guarantee freedom of movement at workplaces” and staged a chain performance to attract attention. They called for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to significantly extend the stay permit to about 10 years for migrant workers who entered South Korea on a non-professional visa and worked long enough to meet the requirements for occupational proficiency, the labor ministry said Thursday. Under the current Employment Permit System for migrant workers, [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 12,000 migrant workers will enter South Korea in the first half of this year to relieve labor shortage in farming and fishing areas, the justice ministry said Monday. Of the total of 12,330 migrant workers invited to the country, 100 from the Philippines first arrived here on [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has decided to grant stay extensions to over 130,000 migrant workers in the country to relieve labor shortage at farms and small businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said Monday. Of some 132,000 workers whose stay permits end between April 13 and Dec. 31, those who receive [...]