VIETNAME FAST CLSOING GAP WITH CHINESEWith the Vietnamese topping the list of foreign entrants, the proportion of foreigners, overwhelmingly Chinese for years, is also changing., the number of Chinese foreign residents, including marriage immigrants, overseas students and workers with a work permit, was 952,254 – the largest number and three times more than that of second-ranking Vietnamese with 307,487.
Analysts said Korea now needs to address issues such as improving foreign workers’ work safety and human rights to make the system sustainable.“To maintain skilled foreign workers to work long-term, Korea should provide them with better support programs such as bringing their families into Korea and comfortably settling in the local community,” said Lee Kyu-yong, a researcher at the Korea Labor Institute.
According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the cumulative number of foreign workers allowed to enter Korea under the employment permit system stood at 1,001,106 as of the end of the first half, up from 961,347 at the end of 2023.
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