{
  "id": 15710683,
  "title": "Foreign nationals make up 0.7% of Korea's research workforce, visa hurdles persist",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/foreign-nationals-make-up-0-7-of-koreas-research-workforce-visa",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T06:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20261020/foreign-nationals-make-up-07-of-koreas-research-workforce-visa-hurdles-persist"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Korea Industrial Technology Association's report indicates that foreign nationals make up a mere 0.7% of Korea's research workforce, despite a 21.4% increase in the number of research and development organizations employing foreign researchers over the past decade. The 3,155 foreign researchers constitute 2.7% of the 72,224 corporate research and development organizations registered with KOITA, showing a 57.9% increase in their representation. However, visa and administrative hurdles persist as the primary obstacles to hiring foreign workers, with the share of foreign researchers in the total research workforce remaining stagnant around 0.7%.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Foreign nationals make up 0.7% of Korea's research workforce, visa hurdles persist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/foreign-nationals-make-up-0-7-of-koreas-research-workforce-visa-15714420",
        "published": "2026-10-20T07:17:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}