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Cabinet Minister Posts Open to Foreigners
Dual Nationality to Be Allowed Selectively
By Kim Tae-jong, Jung Sung-ki
Staff Reporters

From October, foreign nationals will be eligible for cabinet minister posts and can apply for most other civil service posts. In addition they will no longer need to visit the Immigration Office to get permits for changing jobs inside Korea, instead they can inform the office of their job status online.

The National Competitiveness Reinforcement Special Committee said Wednesday that foreign nationals ― currently only able to work for public organization as contract workers ― will be able to apply for permanent positions.

SaKong Il, head of the committee, also said the government will consider allowing dual nationality by revising a related law by the end of this year, a move to contain the flow of quality human resources out of the country.

“We'll push for revising the law on dual nationality by November after collecting public opinion through several debate sessions, on the condition that the plan is viewed positively,” SaKong told reporters.

A Ministry of Justice official said the government is in favor of adopting a dual nationality system on a selective basis _ women, and men who have completed their military service are expected to be those eligible.

The committee said it plans to invite foreign professionals to work as heads of public companies as part of steps to hone national competitiveness. Due to tight monitoring and cumbersome documentation requirements, Korea has underutilized talented foreign professionals for national development, he said.

These professionals will get a visa within a day through online application. KOTRA will establish a so-called HuNet database of qualified foreigners for use by the government and private companies.

The ministry will also offer residential visas to those who make an investment in public businesses ― the minimum amount of investment will be set later.

The government plans to ease regulations and offer various incentives to foreign applicants following a decision made at a meeting of the justice, education and labor ministers at Cheong Wa Dae.

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Question
1. Have you talked with foreigners? How much is your life connected with something international or global?
   Discuss your experience. (e.g. Taking foreign language course with a native teacher)
2. Have you ever seen foreign people working in a professional field in Korea as a member of
   Korean society except education field? How do you think about it?
3. Koreans have quite stubborn and fixed point of view to something foreign.
   Bring out some example you think on the table and how do you think of it?
4. This article suggests that there might have been some discriminations over foreigners in Korea.
   What can we do to help them attain equality as we have?

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