South Korea’s Hidden Workforce: Factory Fire That Killed 20 Shines Spotlight on Foreign Migrant Labor
Blast looks likely to trigger investigations on the conditions under which foreigners work in South Korea, raising echoes of America’s Triangle Shirtwaist fire.
Largely unnoticed on the streets of South Korean cities and towns, more than one million foreigners labor in factories and farms at wages considerably below those of most South Koreans.
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