South Korea labor ministry puts brakes on plan for foreign bus drivers

Yoon administration has pledged to make foreign nationals a bigger part of workforce

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Passengers wait for a local bus in Seoul on Dec. 2. (Ahn Seong-bok)

STEVEN BOROWIEC, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- South Korea's employment ministry is not considering a proposal from the Seoul city government to allow foreign nationals to work as drivers of short-haul buses, in a case that highlights the challenges of expanding foreign labor in a country with strict laws and customs surrounding immigration.

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