Bill seeks to raise Korea immigration chief to vice ministerial rank

“A bill has been introduced at the National Assembly to elevate the head of the Justice Ministry’s Korea Immigration Service to vice ministerial rank, in a move aimed at strengthening Korea’s immigration policy apparatus amid a growing foreign resident population, legal circles said Saturday. The bill, submitted by Democratic Party of Korea Rep. Chae Hyeon-il, seeks to amend the Government Organization Act to create a vice ministerial-level post overseeing immigration and foreign resident affairs

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