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Feb 6 • 09:09 UTC • 🇰🇷 Korea • Hankyoreh (KR)

The number of migrant workers in the shipbuilding industry has surged fivefold... 'Skilled worker visas have become a means of securing low-wage labor'

The number of migrant workers in South Korea's shipbuilding industry has increased over five times in three years, raising concerns about low wages and opaque migration processes, particularly for those entering under skilled worker visas (E-7-3).

#shipbuilding #migrant workers #low wages #E-7-3 #Korea

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