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10,526 new cases reported as South Korea's daily infections hit record high
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Over the past two days in March, a total of more than ten thousand five hundred twenty-six people have been newly infected with COVID-19 across Seoul and surrounding areas including Goyang-si (Gyeonggi-do), Dongdaemun-gu (Seoul) and Seongnam-si. This surge has pushed the daily infection count to over one million, marking a new record high for South Korea's pandemic response efforts so far this year as of March 23rd morning reports from multiple news outlets including News.sbs.co.kr and Yna.co.kr which confirmed these figures based on official government data released by health authorities.
Key Points
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1The Korean government announced a new policy to increase the number of foreign workers by at least two million.
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2This initiative aims specifically for migrant laborers in agriculture and fisheries sectors, with an initial target expansion from current levels (approx. one hundred thousand) towards double that figure within three years.
Developments
[Mar 23]
Government announces policy to increase foreign workers by at least two million, focusing on agriculture and fisheries sectors with a target of doubling current numbers in the next few months (News.sbs.co.kr).
[Mar 24] - [Future Projection]
The policy targets an increase from approximately one hundred thousand to two million foreign workers over three years, with immediate implementation expected for agricultural and fisheries industries.