• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• v.53 no.2
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• pp.243-246
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• 2015

At present, more than 500,000 foreigner workers, most of them from Asian countries with high parasitic infection rates, are working in Korea. Since investigation into the prevalence of parasitic infections in foreigner workers has not yet been conducted in Korea, the present study was performed to determine the parasitic infection status of foreigner workers living in Cheonan City, Chungcheongnam-do (Chungnam Province) and to plan, on that basis, effective control measures. From October to December 2013, the parasitic infection status of 231 foreigner workers employed at selected Cheonan-si small businesses was investigated by both stool examination and ELISA. A total of 60 individuals (26.0%) were found to be infected with parasites. The stool examination detected 14 positive cases (6.1%), and ELISA revealed 50 positive people (21.6%), for at least a kind of parasitic disease. The most common infection was cysticercosis (8.7%), followed by toxocariasis (7.8%) and clonorchiasis (7.4%). Since it was proved that parasitic infections were prevalent among foreigner workers living in Cheonan City, more comprehensive study is urgently needed in order to understand the nationwide status of parasitic infections in foreigner workers.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.159-160
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• 2023

Mainly, this research is consisted management of construction works. And this research is explained how make manage of workers health and methods of safety work in construction sites. As a result, writter researches to make ideas for manage to use that analyse each type of workers they are old workers, foreigner workers and general technicians.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.350-369
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• 2018

The aim of this study is to investigate foreigner's spatial change and relations to industrial workers in the sixteen districts of Busan metropolitan city from 2000 year to 2015 year. To achieve the goal, the data published in Pusan Statistical Yearbook was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The results are summarized in the followings. Firstly, the spatial changes of foreigners as a whole during 2000~2015 year are different based on their nationality. Secondly, foreigner's spatial change based on nationality and gender is much complex. The meaning of foreigner's spatial change in each district tested by nonparametric statistics is different according to a time scale. Thirdly, the relationality between foreigners as a whole and industrial workers in the sixteen districts is different by nationality and gender. The study method can be utilized at other cities or regions, and the results of those studies can be helpful to solve various problems due to increasing foreigners.

• Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.187-207
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• 2021

This study examined the perception of farmers who employ foreign workers. A survey was conducted on 110 farms, and the main research results are as follows. First, as many farmers hire foreign workers in informal ways other than the employment permit system or seasonal worker programs, it is important to increase the number of registered foreign workers through the employment permit system or seasonal worker programs. Second, it is important to improve farmers' perception of compliance with the minimum wage, as some farmers pay wages below the legal minimum wage. Third, the subjective productivity evaluation results of farmers showed that the difference in labor productivity between foreigners and foreigners was not significant. This means that hiring foreign workers is due to other factors such as ease of management and cost rather than productivity. Fourth, many farmers were willing to hire existing foreign workers even if they paid extra wages after the expiration of the employment permit system. Finally, promotion and improvement of the additional system for foreign workers' workplaces are needed to solve problems caused by foreign employment during off-farming season.

• Korean Security Journal
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• no.11
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• pp.245-274
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• 2006

Korea is not permitting the foreigner emigration officially. But to domestic the foreigner dwells in the form which is various and it is living. These people are slept, the industrial workers and married a person of different nationality and kosians. In 2005 October 27th a rase riot raised by the immigration and stay sleeping group in France. It observes the width eastern possibility due to foreigner immigration and stay which dwell even inside instruction making Korea which will reach sleeping group the reporter it does.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.251-252
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• 2023

Compared to other industries the construction industry experiences more casualties and property damage due to safety accidents. One of the reasons is the increasing number of foreign workers. For this reason, past studies have found that foreign workers at construction sites are more exposed to safety accidents than non-foreign workers. Nevertheless the proportion of foreign workers involved in safety accidents at construction sites is increasing, and there has been a lack of research to predict the risk of safety accidents at construction sites. Additionally, realistic safety management is lacking due to a lack of safety accident risk prediction research. Therefore, in this study, we would like to propose basic research that proposes an AI-based safety accident prediction model framework for predicting safety accidents of foreign workers at construction sites. The framework and results of this study will contribute to reducing and preventing the risk of safety accidents for foreign workers through risk prediction for safety management of foreign workers at construction sites.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.44 no.2
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• pp.33-69
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• 2021

This study estimates the employment relationship of domestic and foreign workers by establishing 16 municipal and provincial panel data for the period 2010-2018. It attempts to analyze industry-specific (manufacturing and construction), scale-specific (5-29, 5-29, 5-299 and 5 above) and uses the foreign worker's national share (foreigner's concentration index) as an instrumental variable to control the endogeneity of foreign workers. Finally, it compares the results of panel GLS, which does not consider the endogeneity of foreign workers, with the results using instrumental variable method that considers it. As a result of the analysis, the complementary relationship between domestic and foreign workers was confirmed in the panel GLS analysis. However, although the employment relationship between domestic and foreign workers was not statistically significant in the instrumental variable method, the analysis of the combination of manufacturing and construction industry showed a statistically significant substitute relationship. This study is highly regarded for the first time in Korea that an instrumental variable method was created to identify and control the endogeneity of foreign workers in estimating employment relationships between domestic and foreign workers.

• Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.344-355
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• 2021

Purpose: With low birth rates and aging population problems in Korea, the number of foreign workers grows rapidly. The purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing physical activity of foreign workers based on a Health Promotion Model by examining relationships between acculturation, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, exercise self-efficacy, activity-related affect, social support, and physical activity. Methods: The participants were foreign workers aged 18 to 60 who were employed at eight shipyards. A questionnaire was distributed to 216 participants. Results: As a result of the multivariate ordinal logistic regression analysis, factors affecting physical activity of foreign workers were perceived benefits (B=.65, 95% CI=0.08~1.22), exercise self-efficacy (B=.16, 95% CI=0.05~0.26), integration (B=.41 95% CI=0.14~0.69), and social support for physical activity (B=.48, 95% CI=0.12~0.83). The total explanatory power was 17.7% (x²=41.95, p<.001). Conclusion: Based on these results, there is a need to develop a customized program to increase physical activities of foreign workers by enhancing integration, perceived benefits, exercise self-efficacy and social support.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.44 no.3
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• pp.339-354
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• 2009

The purposes of this study are to identify many implications of commuting regional type according to the features of foreigner commuting. Research on the pattern of distribution of foreigners has been very simple and limited because foreigners usually lived together in a specific area, and their workplace often tended to be their residence. However they currently live dispersed more Widely, and their job and housing increasingly tend to be mismatched. This study divided areas inhabited by foreigners into general one characterized by job-housing match and exceptional one characterized by job-housing mismatch, and then examined the features of foreigner commuting. General commute type showed a high rate of intra area commute and foreign workers' universal features. Inflow commute type showing high E/R ratio. In these areas, outflow commuters had a short journey to work while inflow commuters had relatively a long journey to work, and professionals accounted for a high proportion of employees. Outflow commute type showing low E/R ratio. In these areas, outflow commuters had a long journey to work while inflow commuters had a relatively short journey to work. The composition ratio of three commute types was different according to nationality and visa type.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.514-523
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• 2019

Purpose: This study was designed to provide necessary institutional improvements for job security for foreign workers in the domestic construction sector. Method: I analyzed the National Statistical Office and related reports to investigate the status of foreign workers. Based on this, the government came up with measures to improve the system. Results: Based on the current comparative advantage index (RCA) analysis, the technology standard of foreign workers compared to Korean workers was evaluated, and the results were analyzed in order of moldwork, rebar, concrete work, stone work, and waterproof work. Conclusion: A foreign worker's work system was introduced to solve the problem of local Lunar New Year's Day field manpower. To ensure stable implementation of the system, there is a need to improve the operation of the employment permit system at construction sites and limit the size of the construction industry that introduces the employment permit system.