Korea sets 15-day stay rule for foreign nationals’ pension back payments

Foreign nationals seeking to fill gaps in their National Pension Service contribution records must now prove they were physically present in South Korea during the months they want to cover, under tighter rules that took effect Monday. The previous guidelines treated periods of valid foreigner registration and immigrat

Ukrainian companies are abandoning traditional hiring filters as mobilization, migration, and a growing skills mismatch make qualified workers harder to find. Vacancies that once took two to three weeks to fill now take two to three months. Wages are climbing and employers are turning to veterans, students, older worke

In a survey conducted last year by Japan's labor ministry, 68.2% of companies said they hired foreign nationals to ease a labor shortage.

TOKYO -- Japan's halt in accepting new foreign workers under the Specified Skilled Worker (i) status for the food service sector from April this year