Korea’s aging rural workforce increasingly reliant on migrant workers
Social affairsOct 23, 2017
Korea’s aging rural workforce is increasingly dependent on migrant labor, government data showed Sunday.According to data from the Agriculture Ministry released by Rep. Park Wan-joo of the ruling Democratic Party on Friday, the number of migrant workers in Korea’s agricultural industry reached 22,300 as of July. Last year, 7,018 migrant workers entered Korea to work in the agriculture industry, a steep increase from 5,641 in 2013. Cambodia topped the list with 12,269 workers, followed by Nepal w