Migrant Workers in South Korea: Between Strategic Ambivalence and Systematic Exploitation

Prior to the 1980s, the South Korean workplace was not reliant on migrant workers. However, roughly just before the Seoul Olympics of 1988 were held, there was a noticeable increase in the number of foreign workers in South Korea. From the 1980s onwards, the South Korean government and its export-de...

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Main Author: Vicente Angel S. Ybiernas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Philippines 2013-06-01
Series:Social Science Diliman
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Online Access:http://www.journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/socialsciencediliman/article/view/3737/3438