South Korea is planning to bring in lower-paid foreign housekeepers to help ease the domestic and childcare workloads of women — and, Seoul hopes, encourage them to have more children.
In the coming weeks, about 100 Filipina workers will arrive in Seoul, where they will receive language and culture training before being assigned work as housekeepers in September. If the pilot project succeeds, a further 1,200 workers could arrive by the middle of next year.
The government’s hope is that more help at home will encourage South Korean women to have children — and raise one of the world’s lowest fertility rates.
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