Seoul visit as tensions mount

In the light of growing tensions between North and South Korea, officials from the Ministry of Labour will head to Seoul on Thursday for a weeklong visit to inform Cambodian workers on emergency evacuation procedures. An estimated 25,000 Cambodians, a figure that includes roughly 5,000 illegal workers, are employed in South Korea. … The ministry is drawing up theoretical evacuation plans for about 8,000 workers in and around Seoul, should threat of a strike grow imminent. The group would be sent to Busan, in the south, and then flown or shipped to safer locales. …

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