Naju City to hold '2026 Education for Farms Hiring Foreign Seasonal Workers'

Naju City (Mayor Yoon Byung-tae) held the "2026 Foreign Seasonal Workers Employment Farm Education" on the 13th at the Donggang Hall on the first floor of the Dongsin University Central Library to address the issue of rural labor shortages and to support stable farming activities. Rural areas are experiencing increasing population decline and aging, with particularly noticeable difficulties in labor supply during the sowing and harvesting seasons. To this end, Naju City has been actively promoting the foreign seasonal workers program. This system supports farms in legally hiring foreign workers for up to eight months during necessary periods, thereby underpinning stable farming activities and enhancing the sustainability of local agriculture, making it a key system. Naju City's introduction of foreign seasonal workers began in 2022 with 32 people, increased to 358 in 2023, 600 last year, and 800 this year, with plans to expand to over 1,000 next year. This shows that Naju City has ...