The hiring rate for international students who graduated from South Korean universities rose over 50 percent last year, according to government data, despite a slight fall in overall graduate hiring.
About 1 in 3 job-seeking foreign graduates found work in Korea, data released by the Ministry of Education Monday showed, up from 21.7 percent the year before.
Officials cautioned that the increase partly reflects changes in survey methodology, including the use of resident registration numbers starting in 2024. The revision followed a legal overhaul of the employment-tracking system and provides the first statistically reliable snapshot of foreign graduate employment, they said.
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