SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will extend the maximum period of stay for seasonal migrant workers on Tuesday from the current three months to five months to tackle chronic labor shortages in its agricultural and fisheries sectors, the Ministry of Justice said Wednesday. Under the current law, foreign seasonal workers invited by [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Migrant workers in Gyeonggi Province say “bias and discrimination” are their biggest challenges, second only to “language and communication obstacles”. The Gyeonggido Family & Women Research Institute filed a report on Thursday after conducting a survey of 688 foreign workers through seven Migrant Community Offices in Gyeonggi, the province [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will introduce a points-based visa system from next year that will allow skilled migrant workers to remain in the country long-term. Under the new visa scheme, high-skilled foreign workers who have previous work experience on either E-9, E-10, or H-2 visas will be able to apply for the [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – As of May of this year, 1.225 million foreigners 15 years old or above had been in South Korea for at least 91 days. Of this group, 53,000 had been approved for a second duration of stay in the previous five years (returned individuals). The economically active population of [...]
ICHEON, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – On November 7, an inspection into an Icheon, Gyeonggi Province-located package distribution center uncovered 191 migrant workers, all of them lacking valid work permits. The investigation was conducted by immigration authorities from the Ministry of Justice, and with the assistance of a handful of related agencies, it was discovered [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – It is reported that female migrant workers are easily exposed to one of the worst human rights violations, sexual abuse, in South Korea. Of the migrant women working in South Korea, 10.7 percent went through sexual harassment or sexual assault, according to data conducted by a human rights advocacy [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – What the migrant workers working in Korea wish to learn most has turned out to be a prospective business item with which they can start a business of their own when they go back home. According to a study by the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business last [...]