Addressing South Korea's Talent Exodus: Prioritizing Domestic Talent Environment Improvement
it is crucial to attract overseas talent, but this requires first improving the domestic research and work environment South Korea faces an increasing reliance on foreign labor due to low birth rates and an aging population, yet struggles to attract high-skilled professionals. To maintain national competitiveness, it is crucial to attract overseas talent, but this requires first improving the domestic research and work environment. This article explores South Korea's talent exodus issue and potential solutions. South Korea is evolving into a multicultural nation as the proportion of immigrants and long-term foreign residents surpasses 5%. However, the country's declining birth rate and rapid population decrease exacerbate the talent exodus problem, particularly in advanced industries such as semiconductors and IT. As of 2023, there are approximately 46,000 foreign professionals employed in South Korea, making up only 4.98% of all foreign workers. This figure has remained below ...