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Korea bars 112 Thais suspected as illegal job seekers

Visitors walk past a billboard promoting Jeju Air during the Thai International Travel Fair in August 2017. (Photo: Bangkok Post file photo)

South Korean immigration authorities have denied entry to Jeju island for 112 Thais on suspicion that they are trying to work illegally in the country, a Thai Foreign Ministry official said on Friday.

The Thai embassy in Seoul had contacted the immigration office in Jeju province after reports of Thais being barred, said Natapanu Nopakun, deputy spokesman for the ministry.

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