Foreign Workers Can Be Option to Increase Population (KoreaBizwire/21 Aug 2024)

The Korea Bizwire reports that a senior presidential aide suggested that South Korea should consider accepting more foreign workers to address its declining working-age population amid a demographic crisis caused by the world's lowest birth rate, which hit 0.72 in 2023. The aide emphasized the need for a long-term strategy to integrate foreign workers and noted that without such measures, the country's population could decrease by 30% and face significant challenges.