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A demonstrator kneels in front of federal agents in a farm field during an immigration raid in Camarillo, California, on July 10. [AP/YONHAP]

1.2 million immigrants are gone from the U.S. labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows

It's tomato season and Lidia is harvesting on farms in California's Central Valley. She is also anxious. Attention from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could upend her life.

2025.9.2

Dozens of foreign national workers enter Korea at Incheon International Airport in Incheon on July 13, 2022. [NEWS1]

Labor Ministry offers work permits to foreign workers at hotels and restaurants

With hotels in Korea suffering from dire labor shortages, the government has extended its work permit quota to accept 4,490 foreigners intending to work in the hotel and restaurant industries.

2024.4.4

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A father and his daughter look at installed exhibits at the National Hangeul Museum in Yongsan District, central Seoul in October last year. [NEWS1]

Stay-at-home fathers hit record last year

Sixteen-thousand fathers left the workforce last year to raise children, but women are still bear a vast majority of parenting responsibility.

2024.2.23

A woman stands in front of Samsung Electronics headquarters at Seocho District, southern Seoul. As of June last year, Samsung Electronics ranked first among domestic companies in the number of employees, with 124,070 workers. [NEWS1]

Korean conglomerates surpass 3 million employees as SMEs shrink

The number of employees at Korean conglomerates exceeded 3 million for the first time last year, reaching 11 percent of the overall employment at local companies, while the number of employees at SMEs fell to its lowest level.

2024.1.22

Smoke rises from the Banwol Industrial Complex located in Ansan, Gyeonggi, in December 2023. [NEWS1]

Young Koreans shun manufacturing jobs for easier hospitality roles

Workers aged 60 and above surpassed those in their 20s in the manufacturing sector workforce last year, constituting a record-high 13.4 percent of all manufacturing employees.

2024.1.16

Tag: labor force

labor force

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1.2 million immigrants are gone from the U.S. labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows

Labor Ministry offers work permits to foreign workers at hotels and restaurants

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