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[Expired]Research on the outlook for key sectors of population change and response strategies [Expired]Exploring the public education system and its functions in population decline era [Expired]Policy advisory service for enhancing the future competitiveness of nuclear energy [Expired]Establishment of KEPCO's medium-to-long-term response strategy [Expired]Future agricultural and rural development strategies & response tasks for the Korea rural community [Expired]Rewriting Democracy [Expired]In the Era of Technological Competition, Korea's Future Prospects [Expired]Developing a nationally-unified response system to address frauds involving multiple victims [Expired]Changes in international politics and the rise of the global south [Expired]Research on identifying policy agendas and research issues for the national AI strategy

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Title IFS Issue Brief 2024 Dec. Vol. 12 Hit 444
Publication 2024-12-03

Institute for Future Strategy Issue Brief, December 2024, Vol. 12
“Attracting and Settling International Professionals to Enhance National Competitiveness”

This issue brief presents in-depth expertise and insights on addressing demographic change and strengthening national competitiveness through the attraction of international professionals. With declining birth rates and an aging population causing a continuous decrease in the working-age population, the need to secure international professionals has become increasingly urgent for maintaining national competitiveness.

In response, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Justice have each announced new immigration and residency policies aimed at expanding the inflow of skilled international professionals. Nevertheless, international professionals in Korea still account for less than 5% of total international workers, a strikingly low figure compared to major countries such as China, Taiwan, and Japan, which have actively implemented international professional recruitment policies since the early 2000s.

Accordingly, this issue brief proposes comprehensive and concrete measures to link the inflow, settlement, growth, and contribution of international professionals. These include reforms to the visa system and the establishment of an information-service infrastructure to better support their integration.

Keywords
International professionals, demographic change, low birth rate, aging population, visa system reform, strengthening national competitiveness

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