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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

An AI-generated image of a female being abused by a male [CHATGPT]

Husband accused of beating migrant wife just days after she arrived in Korea

A Southeast Asian woman was allegedly beaten with a weapon by her husband just eight days after arriving in Korea to marry him, leaving her hospitalized with severe injuries and no access to health insurance or residency status.

2026.6.2

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The air gun presumed to be used in an alleged assault on a foreign worker at a plating factory in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, on Feb. 20 [YONHAP]

Police raid Gyeonggi factory over serious injury to foreign worker from air gun

Police on Tuesday raided a plating factory in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, where the owner allegedly injured a foreign worker with an industrial air gun about two months ago, causing severe internal injuries.

2026.4.14

The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency in Suwon, Gyeonggi on Dec. 13, 2024. [YONHAP]

Police form task force, investigate foreign worker injury on presidential orders

Police have launched an investigation into the head of a manufacturing company, who allegedly injured a foreign worker by spraying an air gun at the worker’s anus, authorities said Tuesday.

2026.4.7

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

Kim Nelly, a 14-year-old Kazakh national, right, and Li Jingqian, an 18-year-old Chinese national, who attend the Ansan Global Youth Center in Ansan, Gyeonggi, speak in an interview with the JoongAng Ilbo. [JANG JIN-YOUNG]

Immigrant teenagers, Korean teachers face challenges as classrooms grow more diverse

The “Wind Class” is a preparatory class designed to help teenagers who have recently arrived in Korea after spending their early years abroad transition into the Korean public education system.

2026.1.18

People walk through a traditional market in Ansan, Gyeonggi, on July 29. [JOONGANG ILBO]

'Migrant background' population climbs to 5.2% of all people in Korea

Korea counted 2.71 million people with a migrant background as of Nov. 1 last year, new government statistics showed Monday, meaning that about one in 20 residents fell into the category.

2025.12.8

Migrants disembark from a British Border Force vessel as they arrive at the Port of Dover, in Dover, Britain, on Dec. 29, 2024. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Illegal migrants to face clothing and mouth searches for phones at British ports

Police in Britain will be able to require illegal migrants to remove their coats and allow mouth searches at British ports so officers can look for mobile phones or SIM cards and gather intelligence on their journey, the government said on Monday.

2025.12.2

This photo provided by the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service shows a capsized boat on Nov. 14 off the coast of Imperial Beach, California. [AP/YONHAP]

4 dead after boat believed to be ferrying migrants into U.S. capsizes off San Diego

A wooden skiff believed to have been ferrying migrants toward the United States capsized in stormy seas near San Diego, leaving at least four people dead and four hospitalized, the Coast Guard said Saturday.

2025.11.16