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Chip industry faces bleak future as young talent turns to medicine

Korean chip companies, grappling with an existing shortage of workers, anticipate more severe labor challenges in the upcoming years, as a strong preference for medical schools draws promising students away from the tech industry.

2024-01-31

Korea's hotels are full but halls are empty as industry scrambles to fix labor shortage

Hotels in Korea are experiencing dire labor shortages, especially as workers who had left the industry during the Covid-19 pandemic have not returned while demand for accommodation services has bounced back.

2023-12-25

More than half of SMEs willing to hire offshore software engineers amid talent shortage

More than half of small and medium-sized enterprises in Korea want to hire software developers from overseas amid a talent shortage, a survey showed Sunday. Around 75 percent of the 187 companies surveyed said they found it challenging to hire and...

2023-07-03

Nine foreign workers stop reporting to work at HD HHI shipbuilders

Nine foreign workers of Thai nationality hired by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have stopped showing up for work only a week after being hired at the shipbuilder's shipyard in Ulsan.

2023-05-24

Work visa restrictions to ease to combat labor shortages

The Employment and Labor Ministry announced Wednesday that it will raise the quota for non-professional E-9 visas to 110,000 this year, 41,000 more than in 2022.

2023-03-08

Korean shipbuilders in a jam as Vietnamese welders denied entry

Over 1,000 Vietnamese skilled workers have been denied entry to Korea due to forged documents, leaving shipbuilders short of labor just as orders are increasing.

2022-11-07

Foreign workers running rings around hard-up farmers

“We’re now in this really strange situation where these illegal immigrants are cherry-picking the Korean farms they want to work on."

2022-08-22

Now playing: Usherless theaters as workers vanish

At some cinemas in Korea, movie theaters are playing the latest hits, but ushers are nowhere to be found. "There was no one to check my ticket when I went into the theater and took a seat," said a customer who visited a theater in Songpa ...

2022-07-03

Gov't to push for speedy influx of immigrant workers to alleviate labor shortage

The government will push for a speedy influx of immigrant workers to help alleviate labor shortages in farming, fishing and other industries in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, officials said Tuesday.

2022-06-14

Workers scarce as gigs pay better and are less stressful

Small businesses in Korea are struggling to recruit part-time workers as the government lifts all social distancing measures except mask requirements.

2022-04-18