"Permit System"

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27 January 2026

Youth candidates under the Employment Permit System (EPS) stage a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 27, 2026, demanding faster deployment to South Korea after passing language and skill tests. The protesters, who pass the language exams for the agriculture and fisheries sectors but remain on the roster for over a year without being sent, gather at Maitighar, Kathmandu. They demand that the validity of the roster be extended by two years, as names of qualified candidates are removed if they are not selected by employers within the current two-year period.

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#13245505

27 January 2026

Youth candidates under the Employment Permit System (EPS) stage a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 27, 2026, demanding faster deployment to South Korea after passing language and skill tests. The protesters, who pass the language exams for the agriculture and fisheries sectors but remain on the roster for over a year without being sent, gather at Maitighar, Kathmandu. They demand that the validity of the roster be extended by two years, as names of qualified candidates are removed if they are not selected by employers within the current two-year period.

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#13245507

27 January 2026

Youth candidates under the Employment Permit System (EPS) stage a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 27, 2026, demanding faster deployment to South Korea after passing language and skill tests. The protesters, who pass the language exams for the agriculture and fisheries sectors but remain on the roster for over a year without being sent, gather at Maitighar, Kathmandu. They demand that the validity of the roster be extended by two years, as names of qualified candidates are removed if they are not selected by employers within the current two-year period.

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#13245509

27 January 2026

Youth candidates under the Employment Permit System (EPS) stage a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 27, 2026, demanding faster deployment to South Korea after passing language and skill tests. The protesters, who pass the language exams for the agriculture and fisheries sectors but remain on the roster for over a year without being sent, gather at Maitighar, Kathmandu. They demand that the validity of the roster be extended by two years, as names of qualified candidates are removed if they are not selected by employers within the current two-year period.

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#13245512

27 January 2026

Youth candidates under the Employment Permit System (EPS) stage a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 27, 2026, demanding faster deployment to South Korea after passing language and skill tests. The protesters, who pass the language exams for the agriculture and fisheries sectors but remain on the roster for over a year without being sent, gather at Maitighar, Kathmandu. They demand that the validity of the roster be extended by two years, as names of qualified candidates are removed if they are not selected by employers within the current two-year period.

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#13245513

27 January 2026

Youth candidates under the Employment Permit System (EPS) stage a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 27, 2026, demanding faster deployment to South Korea after passing language and skill tests. The protesters, who pass the language exams for the agriculture and fisheries sectors but remain on the roster for over a year without being sent, gather at Maitighar, Kathmandu. They demand that the validity of the roster be extended by two years, as names of qualified candidates are removed if they are not selected by employers within the current two-year period.

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#13245514

27 January 2026

Youth candidates under the Employment Permit System (EPS) stage a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 27, 2026, demanding faster deployment to South Korea after passing language and skill tests. The protesters, who pass the language exams for the agriculture and fisheries sectors but remain on the roster for over a year without being sent, gather at Maitighar, Kathmandu. They demand that the validity of the roster be extended by two years, as names of qualified candidates are removed if they are not selected by employers within the current two-year period.

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#13107992

18 December 2025

A protester holds a placard reading ''Abolish Forced Labor! Free Job Change!'' during a labor rights rally organized by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) in Seoul, South Korea, on December 18, 2025. Activists call for the elimination of restrictive labor practices and the guarantee of workers' rights to change workplaces freely, particularly focusing on foreign migrant workers under the Employment Permit System.

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#12903688

24 October 2025

A woman wearing a headscarf stands alone on the platform of Odeonsplatz metro station in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on October 24, 2025. The scene shows the curved architecture of the station with illuminated panels and an advertising display.

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#12831777

5 October 2025

A woman sits on a stone bench and uses her smartphone in a park in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Upper Palatinate, Germany, on October 4, 2025. Smartphones are widely used across all age groups for communication, information, and social media.

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#12798299

26 September 2025

A young man holds hands with a small child while walking near a fountain in Verviers, Belgium, on September 6, 2025.

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#12784558

22 September 2025

Two women wearing black headscarves stand in front of an entrance sign marked ''Eingang'' (Entrance) with an arrow symbol by Lake Starnberg in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany, on September 21, 2025.

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#12762736

16 September 2025

A woman wearing a brown headscarf and a man in a black sports jacket with white stripes sit together on a wooden bench by the waterfront in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on September 9, 2025.

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#12762399

16 September 2025

A man sits alone on a wooden seat in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on September 7, 2025.

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#12758394

15 September 2025

Pedestrians cross at marked zebra crossings near a construction site in Liege, Belgium, on September 6, 2025. In the foreground, three women, including one wearing a purple headscarf, one in a white headscarf, and one in a white T-shirt, walk together towards the crossing. On the opposite side, a group consisting of two women, one in a patterned dress and another in a yellow dress, a man in a dark shirt, and a man in a burgundy shirt accompanied by a woman in a light yellow outfit, also make their way across the street.

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#12677326

26 August 2025

A woman sits alone in a park in Augsburg, Bavaria, Swabia, Germany, on August 23, 2025.

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