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Andres Albiol, the first foreign train engineer to serve in Korea, attended the New Year’s Eve bell-tolling ceremony, Monday, as one of the nations representative citizens.

GEORGE TOWN: A foreign worker was killed after he was electrocuted while doing welding work at a construction site using a scissor lift on Saturday (Dec 30).

Foreign-born workers are helping make up for the ongoing construction industry labor shortage

Avon Domalaon of the Philippines worked for construction companies in Korea from 2006 to 2012 on an E-9 nonprofessional employment visa under the Employment Permit System (EPS).

KUALA LUMPUR: The decision to freeze the quota of hiring foreign workers including for next year still stands, and the Cabinet has not made any new decision regarding the matter, says Human Resources Minister V Sivakumar.

British Interior Minister James Cleverly announced that the UK was raising the minimum threshold for salary for foreign workers' visas.

The number of foreign workers working in Hungary may soon reach 100,000, reports portfolio.hu, based on data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH).

A government panel has compiled a final report on a new system to replace Japan's controversial trainee program for foreigners, featuring improved rights protection with increased flexibility for workplace changes and tougher oversights.

This, Minister Sivakumar states, is a low number, considering that the government has set a quota of 7,500.

PETALING JAYA: With the current economic slowdown resulting in lower orders and labour needs, many employers are still reluctant to let go of their foreign workers, says a group representing small and medium enterprises.