Migrant worker’s passport photo spread online after workplace departure

Police have begun investigating allegations that the passport photo and other personal information of a foreign seasonal worker were circulated online after the worker left their workplace in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province. The worker filed a complaint with Boryeong Police Station on Wednesday, claiming that personal information, including a passport photo, had been shared online without consent, according to the Joint Committee with Migrants in Korea. The complaint alleges that two interp