HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SERVICE OF KOREA

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Implemented in August, 2004 to help small and medium sized companies solve their labor shortages.
It allows employers who have failed to hire native workers to legally hire an adequate number of foreign workers.
It is a system that the government introduced to manage foreign workers in Korea in an organized manner.

Select sending countries based on the rate of illegally staying workers, preference by employers and etc.
Determine the quota of workforce per industry.
Develop the hiring policy for foreign workers.

Industries	Description
Manufacturing	Companies with less than 300 full-time workers or less than KRW 8 billion in capital
Construction	Any type of construction project ※ Excluding construction companies building power plants, steelworks and petrochemical facilities holding industrial environment facilities licenses
Service	Construction waste management, recycled material collection and sales, warehousing and cold storage (inland), publication of books, magazines and printed materials, publication of music and audio contents
Fishing	Deep sea and coastal fishing, fish farming, extraction of salt
Agriculture and Stock-breeding	Plant cultivation, stock-breeding, and its service