South Korean shipbuilders embrace foreign labor amid shortage

Industry hub of Geoje adjusting to influx of Southeast Asian workers

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A 100-meter-tall portal crane looms over Samsung Heavy Industries' Geoje shipyard. (Photo by Kotaro Hosokawa)

KOTARO HOSOKAWA, Nikkei staff writer

GEOJE ISLAND, South Korea -- The sea change afoot in this shipbuilding hub southwest of Busan can be felt at Asia DC Mart, a supermarket that boasts both a view of a 100-meter-tall portal crane and a growing array of imported goods.

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