Seoul: The Republic of Korea will allocate more than 22,000 additional seasonal migrant workers in the second half of this year to tackle chronic labour shortages in its agricultural and fisheries sectors, the justice ministry announced.
According to Emirates News Agency, the justice ministry held a joint meeting with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on Tuesday. During this meeting, they approved the allocation of 22,731 seasonal workers to 100 local governments across the country.
With this latest decision, the total number of seasonal workers assigned for this year rises to 95,700, marking a 41 percent increase from last year’s 67,778. The agriculture ministry also plans to allow local governments to run public seasonal worker programmes using local funds starting in the second half after obtaining government approval.