Job News Inje to hire multicultural workers from overseas

Expat English teachers in Daegu and Yeongju cities do volunteer work in an apple orchard in Sunheung-myeon village, Yeongju. / Korea Times file

By Ko Dong-hwan

Gangwon Province’s Inje-gun district will invite people from multicultural families overseas to work on farms in Korea that are short of labor.

The 11 recruits will work on eight farms cultivating hot peppers and paprika. The workers will be paid the 6,470 won ($5.78) minimum hourly wage.

“Applicants, regardless of gender, should be C4-Visa holders for 90 days and from a multicultural family,” said Kim Jeong-mi, an Inje-gun Office official from a bureau handling crops and environment.

The hiring is an initiative of the district’s new seasonal foreigner employment policy to resolve the chronic labor shortage in farming regions.