160,000 foreign workers next year...largest number ever = South Korea

Next year, Korea plans to bring in 165,000 new foreign workers, the largest number ever. This is to resolve the shortage of human resources in small and medium-sized enterprises such as manufacturing and construction. More than 3 times as much as 3 years ago
Due to the increased scale of introduction, it is expected to expand to industries that can utilize foreign workers, such as the food and accommodation industries. To summarize the interview with E-Daily on the 22nd, the Ministry of Employment and Labor announced that the employment permit system will be used next year.
The government is considering introducing the E-9 visa to 165,000 people. The current proposal is expected to be finalized at the government's Foreign Human Resources Policy Committee, which is scheduled to meet next week.
The employment permit system is a system in which small and medium-sized businesses that are unable to hire domestic workers receive permission from the government to hire non-specialized workers (E-9 visas). The Korean government supports people such as Vietnam and the Philippines.
Out of a total of 16 countries with which Japan has concluded material export operations agreements (MOUs), E-9 visas are issued to foreign nationals who wish to work in non-professional occupations such as agriculture, manufacturing, and construction.
The introduction of 165,000 people is the largest scale ever since the employment permit system was introduced in 2004. Compared to 2021, three years ago, it has more than tripled. Non-professionals entering the country on an E-9 visa
The number of foreign workers was 56,000 in 2020, 52,000 in 2021, and 69,000 last year. This year, the number of people was expected to be 110,000, but 10,000 people were added in August, increasing the number to 120,000.
did. It was reported that the largest introduction scale in history took into consideration the human resource shortage among small and medium-sized enterprises, which shows no signs of improving. The number of "vacant jobs" that could not be filled was 31,000 in 2020 in the manufacturing industry.
0 cases, 50,000 cases in 2021, 66,000 cases last year, 57,000 cases until June this year, 95,000 cases in non-manufacturing industry in 2020, 115,000 cases in 2021, 152,000 cases last year.
By June, there were 156,000 cases, which is on the rise. Especially from next year, the number of industries that can utilize E-9 human resources will increase. Starting next year, the government will begin working on the restaurant industry, hotel industry, forestry industry, and mining industry, all of which are suffering from a shortage of human resources.
We are planning to introduce E-9 personnel to both locations. However, it is reported that preparations will first be made for the introduction next year in the form of a pilot project, and the scale itself is not expected to be large. 100,000 E-9 personnel will be introduced next year
More than that will be allocated to the manufacturing industry. It is also expected that there will be full-fledged discussions on expanding shipping departures. As the scale of introduction of E-9 visa personnel increases significantly and the types of industries allowed are expanded, there will be a departure
This is because it has been pointed out that there is a need to further increase the amount. However, the Ministry of Employment stated, ``The new designation of sending departures must be decided carefully as consideration must be given to the public sending infrastructure of the candidate country.''
It must be done,” he said.