Asia - Voice of America: Ethnic Koreans from China Hit by Seoul Visa Policy

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Ethnic Koreans from China Hit by Seoul Visa Policy May 23rd 2012, 15:15 SEOUL - In recent decades, South Korea has relied on migrant labor to help keep its economy running.  The majority of those foreign workers are from northeast China, but ethnically Korean. This year, about 70,000 of these workers will have to return home because their visas are set to expire - a policy that many claim is unfair. Kim Young-hwang has been working construction jobs in South Korea for about eight years.  The 35-year-old is an ethnic Korean from Harbin, China and ... Media files: C90E8979-4BEC-4F8F-91EA-54CAD43276F0_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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