Foreign workers vulnerable under work permit system
(WorldNews South Korea)

By Lee Kyung-min Nepalese worker`s suicide sparks call for law revision The handwritten note found next to the body of Keshav Shrestha. Courtesy of Sunita Bandey A regulation banning foreign workers from seeking new jobs without their current employer`s approval has drawn growing criticism, following the suicide of a migrant worker whose requests for such permission were repeatedly denied. Many Korean employers have abused the Employment Permit System, under which migrant workers have had to endure habitual verbal and physical abuses as they are tethered to the companies they work for. The system has deprived non-professional foreign workers of their right to seek...