South Korea to accept 22,000 foreign workers in an effort to ease labor shortages at small and medium-sized businesses

On the 13th, the South Korean Ministry of Employment and Labor announced that it will begin accepting applications for new employment permits for over 22,000 foreign workers (E-9 visas) under the employment permit system from the 21st to the 2nd of next month in order to address the labor shortages of small and medium-sized enterprises.