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North Korean defectors to fill bus driver roles amid Seoul's worker shortage (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
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North Korean defectors in Seoul will receive training to become shuttle bus drivers as part of a new city initiative to address a chronic driver shortage, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Thursday.

According to the city government, a pilot program will be launched in collaboration with the Seoul metropolitan town bus association, under which at least 20 North Korean defectors seeking employment will undergo training this year.

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[–] PlasticLove@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago

Bussin’ to Busan

[–] StraponStratos@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago

Surprised the government hasn’t sorted all defectors out with a job long before this.

[–] yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

That's one way to use immigrant labor in a largely xenophobic society that has gone too far into capitalism to avoid immigrant underclass labor.