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Migrant workers call for right to change jobs under Korea’s visa system
April 30, 2026
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A Bangladeshi migrant worker whose assault was captured on video said Thursday he endured abuse because South Korea’s visa rules made leaving his job feel impossible. “I thought such abuse would not happen if I spoke Korean well,” Rakibul Islam said at a press conference in front of Cheong Wa Dae in central Seoul. “But this was not a language issue.
Workers are forced to endure or give up when companies do wrong.” His testimony came as foreign workers and advocacy groups called for abolishing re
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