Helping Hands for Pohang Fishing Villages! ... 333 Foreign Seasonal Workers Launch Ceremony

3-Day Training for Foreign Seasonal Workers in Seafood Processing

Pre-Safety Education Conducted During Gwamegi and Squid Drying Season

On the 3rd, Pohang City held the '2023 Foreign Seasonal Workers Launch Ceremony in the Seafood Processing Industry' at the Lifelong Learning Center Deogeopgwan, providing preliminary training for foreign seasonal workers who will work in the seafood processing sector.

On the 3rd, Pohang City held the '2023 Foreign Seasonal Workers Launch Ceremony in the Seafood Processing Industry' at the Deogeop Hall of the Lifelong Learning Center.

The launch ceremony was attended by about 400 people, including Vice Mayor Kim Nam-il, members of the city council, Daegu Immigration Office Pohang Branch, Pohang Guryongpo Gwamegi Cooperative, Guryongpo Squid Drying Association, Squid Producers Association, Guryongpo Fisheries Cooperative, Gwamegi and squid drying companies, multicultural families, and foreign seasonal workers, who welcomed the workers and conducted preliminary training.

Winter gwamegi and squid drying in Pohang play an important role in the local economy, but due to a shortage of labor in fishing villages, the city has been inviting overseas relatives of multicultural families every year to address the labor shortage.

Last year, 219 people from 67 companies entered the country to assist with labor in fishing villages, and this year, 333 seasonal workers (298 from Vietnam, 20 from the Philippines, 10 from Cambodia, and 5 from China) are expected to help with labor shortages at 77 companies.

Vice Mayor Kim Nam-il said, “We welcome the foreign seasonal workers who have come to help with the labor shortage in Pohang’s fishing villages, and we hope you always work with safety in mind.” He added, “We believe that foreign seasonal workers will be a great support to the local seafood processing companies.”

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