{
  "id": 15575853,
  "title": "Korea seeks dedicated US visa quota for shipbuilding workers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/korea-seeks-dedicated-us-visa-quota-for-shipbuilding-workers-15575853",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T07:17:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20261019/korea-seeks-dedicated-us-visa-quota-for-shipbuilding-workers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korea Times reports that South Korea is seeking a dedicated U.S. visa quota for shipbuilding workers as a condition for fulfilling its $150 billion investment commitment under the Make American Shipbuilding Great Again (MASGA) initiative. This request was made to U.S. representatives by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, which explained the conditions that Washington needs to meet for Korea to fulfill its investment commitment. The ministry highlighted the need for sufficient shipbuilding orders, joint shipbuilding exemptions, financial incentives, and a dedicated visa quota for shipbuilding workers as prerequisites for implementing the investment commitment.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korea seeks dedicated US visa quota for shipbuilding workers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/korea-seeks-dedicated-us-visa-quota-for-shipbuilding-workers",
        "published": "2026-10-19T06:47:02.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}