SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — While foreigners account for less than 4 percent of all laborers in South Korea, 1 in 10 people who died in major industrial disasters last year were foreigners, a lawmaker said, citing data from the the Ministry of Employment and Labor. 75 people among 668 killed in major industrial [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study claimed that the introduction of a program designed to support migrant workers who have returned to their home countries will help prevent foreigners from staying in South Korea illegally. Kim Yeon-hong, a departmental head at the Human Resources Development Service of Korea, said that out of [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to suspend arrivals of migrant workers with records of recent visits to southern African nations in order to block the inflow of the potentially more contagious omicron COVID-19 variant, officials said Monday. The labor ministry’s plan, which could affect the entry of manual workers from 16 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to partly lift restrictions on arrivals of migrant workers prompted by the pandemic later this month, as the country has begun to take steps to return to normalcy, the labor ministry said Friday. The government will allow all entry of foreign workers from 16 countries that [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — With the number of migrant workers in South Korea declining sharply due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, these laborers are becoming more important figures, particularly at construction sites. According to the Ministry of Justice, the number of migrant workers on E-9 non-professional employment visa or H-2 work and visit [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to gradually lift restrictions on arrivals of migrant workers prompted by the pandemic starting later this month as the country has begun to take steps to return to normalcy, the labor minister said Monday. “In light of the shift to ‘living with COVID-19′ scheme, we’re going [...]
ANSEONG, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Koh Jin-taek is proud of having built a small but stable farming business in Anseong, 77 kilometers south of Seoul, over the past two decades producing primarily lettuce, chicory and other types of leafy vegetables. He currently owns 44 vinyl greenhouses and had supplied nearly 10,000 kilograms of produce [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study revealed that migrant workers in South Korea have been struggling with economic difficulties and discrimination after the spread of COVID-19. Professor Shim Mi-seung from Chonnam National University and professor Park Ji-hyeon from Pyeongtaek University conducted extensive interviews last year with seven foreign workers who have experienced [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has come up with a set of special measures to boost the COVID-19 vaccination rate among migrant workers here as fears of a possible crackdown on unregistered immigrants are holding back their vaccination turnout, officials said Thursday. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the Ministry of [...]