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Slaughterhouse workers on working visas enter Korea in first for foreign employment

Twelve workers entered on skilled visas as Seoul launches a pilot program to ease chronic labor shortages in slaughterhouses.

2026.7.14

A Samsung Electronics employee enters the company's building in Seocho District, southern Seoul [NEWS1]

Banks position around Samsung, SK hynix 'silicon collar' performance payouts

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix performance bonuses could reach a combined 60 trillion won ($39.7 billion) this year, a large enough sum to reshape housing markets, monetary policy and the whole labor market across Korea.

2026.6.1

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The torn remnants of Korean-language study materials used by the Bangladeshi employee after his manager allegedly went on a drunken rampage through the workers' dormitory on April 23. This photo was provided by the employee to the JoongAng Ilbo. [JOONGANG ILBO]

Factory manager under police investigation for allegedly routinely abusing migrant workers

A Korean factory manager currently under investigation for allegedly assaulting a Bangladeshi worker at a textile plant in Incheon on Friday is accused of abusing other migrant workers, according to interviews and reports.

2026.4.28

President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a meeting with representatives of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions held at the Blue House in central Seoul on March 24. [YONHAP]

Lee vows support to strengthen workers' basic rights in meeting with umbrella union

President Lee Jae Myung urged on Tuesday that workers' fundamental rights should be guaranteed to help address imbalances between labor and management, vowing support for efforts to strengthen those rights.

2026.3.24

A passerby walks by a poster promoting home mortgage loans at a bank in central Seoul on Dec. 7, 2025. [YONHAP]

Debt held by wage workers rises 2.4% in 2024 on mortgage loan increase

The average debt held by wage workers in Korea increased in 2024 from a year earlier, driven largely by growth in mortgage loans despite higher benchmark interest rates, the statistics agency said Tuesday.

2026.3.24

The Icheon Police Precinct in Icheon, Gyeonggi [YONHAP]

Labor groups call for investigation into Vietnamese worker's death at Gyeonggi gravel processing plant

A Vietnamese worker at a gravel processing plant in Icheon, Gyeonggi, died on Tuesday from severe bleeding caused by multiple injuries, preliminary autopsy results showed on Friday.

2026.3.13

Vietnamese migrant workers harvest radishes in a field in Yeongam County, South Jeolla, on Dec. 4, 2025. [HWANG HEE-GYU]

Migrant workers find a welcoming home in smalltown Korea

Kobiljon, a 42-year-old migrant worker to Korea from Uzbekistan, shared his New Year’s wish over a glass of beer on Dec. 27, 2025 — to play a song on the guitar that sounded like rain falling on his hometown.

2026.1.18

Foreign workers head to their night shifts in the multicultural food market district of Danwon District, Ansan, Gyeonggi, in this undated file photo. [JOONGANG ILBO]

Foreign worker postings vanishing as job market doldrums continue

As Korea’s job market downturn continues, even low-wage positions typically filled by foreign workers are disappearing.

2026.1.14

Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard in South Gyeongsang [JOONGANG ILBO]

Worker dies after falling 70 feet at Samsung Heavy Industries' Geoje shipyard

A worker employed by a subcontractor died after falling during painting preparation work at Samsung Heavy Industries' Geoje shipyard in South Gyeongsang.

2025.12.23

Worker dead in crane accident at road construction site

A crane toppled over at a road improvement construction site near the southern ramp of Jamsil Bridge in Songpa District, southern Seoul, at around 3:20 p.m. on Thursday, trapping and killing a worker.

2025.12.18