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East Asia's Dynamic, Changing Labor Patterns

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Jun 08, 2013
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It has since been denied by Seoul, but the announcement by the small southern African state of Malawi that it was to send large numbers of workers to South Korea has focused attention on the enormous, interrelated issues in east Asia of labor shortage, migration, marriage and race.

For sure, the once-hermit kingdom is now home to about 1.5 million foreig…

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