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FSC issues guidebooks for Filipinos, Cambodians

By 윤정현

Published : July 19, 2016 - 15:38

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[THE INVESTOR] The Financial Supervisory Service has issued special guidebooks on daily financial services for Filipino and Cambodian residents here, the watchdog said on July 19.

The guidebooks are expected to help foreign workers and spouses suffering language barriers and cultural differences.

There were around 1.74 million foreigners living in South Korea as of last year, 54.7 percent of whom were from China, 11.5 percent Vietnam, 4.2 percent the United States, 4.1 percent the Philippines, 2.7 percent Cambodia and 2.3 percent Indonesia, according to the FSC.

The handbooks are available in the Filipino and Cambodian languages, along with Korean, offering information on financial services, including remittance and insurance for foreigners.

They will be distributed to banks, and training and support centers for foreign workers and multicultural households, as well as available to view and download on the FSS’s website (edu.fss.or.kr).

The FSS issued similar handbooks in Chinese and Vietnamese last year.

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