{"id":2857,"date":"2020-10-09T15:20:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T09:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=2857"},"modified":"2020-10-09T15:20:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T09:35:02","slug":"1-5-million-migrant-workers-in-south-korea-deprived-salary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=2857","title":{"rendered":"1.5 million migrant workers in South Korea deprived salary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seoul: More than 1.5 million migrant workers in South Korea have been deprived of their salary that was mentioned in a contract with their employer beforehand, according to data from the Ministry of Labour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are approximately 50,000 Nepali migrant workers in the country. The amounts to be paid to the migrant workers from various countries in the world in salary has reached 7.17 trillion South Korean Won between the years\u00a0 2016 and 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Likewise, the amount to be paid to the workers hit 890 billion SKW in eight months. Most of the workers deprived of salaries are engaged in production companies. The main reason for the workers being deprived of their salaries is the global COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legal experts have suggested that the government of the respective countries should provide financial assistance to companies facing economic crisis due to the pandemic. 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