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South Korea opens doors to foreign caregivers

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South Korea will hire foreign workers as domestic helpers for the first time, under a controversial pilot programme. A hundred Filipinos are in Seoul, preparing to start work on Sep 3. But the scheme - which aims to support working parents and boost falling birth rates - has come under intense scrutiny. CNA's senior Korea correspondent Lim Yun Suk has more.

South Korea will hire foreign workers as domestic helpers for the first time, under a controversial pilot programme. A hundred Filipinos are in Seoul, preparing to start work on Sep 3. But the scheme - which aims to support working parents and boost falling birth rates - has come under intense scrutiny. CNA's senior Korea correspondent Lim Yun Suk has more.

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