Gochang-gun selected as a foreign worker dormitory construction competition.

A “foreign worker dormitory” will be built in Gochang-gun, Jeollabuk-do to secure stable rural employment.

According to Gochang-gun, it was recently selected for the “village joint-type foreign worker dormitory construction project” hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and secured a total project cost of 1.5 billion won.

The dormitory for foreign workers has been promoted to solve the manpower shortage in rural areas suffering from lack of labor, to improve the poor residential environment of foreign workers in rural areas, and to protect human rights through legalized facilities.

Gochang-gun will build a dormitory in Jangsan-ri, Sangha-myeon, where 50 people can live by next year, with guest rooms, rest rooms, and convenient facilities.

The plan is reported to secure a place for foreign workers to live and to ensure a stable supply of manpower for farms.

Previously, Gochang-gun is engaged in all-out warfare to resolve the labor shortage in rural areas caused by COVID-19.

In the Gochang-gun Office, a team dedicated to managing foreign seasonal workers was established, and business agreements were signed with local governments in Vietnam and Nepal to introduce the foreign seasonal worker program one after another to secure manpower.

In addition, Gochang-gun has formed a rural manpower countermeasure team and is promoting various projects to alleviate the manpower shortage, such as support for the operation of the rural employment manpower center, housing support project for foreign workers, and helping hands in rural areas.

The mayor of Gochang said, “It is expected that it will be of great help in securing manpower in rural areas through various projects such as the construction of dormitories and business agreements for seasonal worker programs. We will focus on promoting projects to secure rural manpower," he said.

Reporter Lee Jieun