The Tech Talent Pipeline: South Korea's Desperate Bid for Global Skilled Workers South Korea's struggle to find 100,000 skilled tech workers is a symptom of its own failure to cultivate homegrown talent in key industries like artificial intelligence and semiconductors.
Instead of addressing the root causes of this shortage, Seoul has opted for a Band Aid solution: recruiting foreign students and professionals to fill the gap.
Over 11,500 South east Asian students were enrolled in engineering programs in South Korea last year, with Vietnamese students making up nearly three quarters of that total.