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Nearly 15 percent of employees in the South Korean construction industry were foreign nationals in the first quarter of this year, amid a shortage of local workers at construction sites, a report showed. A total of 110,000 workers of foreign nationality were working at construction sites here as of the end of March, accounting for 14.8 percent of the total 741,000 construction workers, according to a quarterly report.
Nearly 15 percent of employees in the South Korean construction industry were foreign nationals in the first quarter of this year, amid a shortage of local workers at construction sites, a report showed. A total of 110,000 workers of foreign nationality were working at construction sites here as of the end of March, accounting for 14.8 percent of the total 741,000 construction workers, according to a quarterly report.
Foreign laborers account for nearly 15 percent of construction workers here, according to a local report Sunday. According to the Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association, the number of foreign construction workers came to 109,865 as of March this year, accounting for 14.8 percent of the total 741,698 workers at construction sites. Of them, 99,836 were men, up 4,147 on-year, while the number of women increased sli.