(1) Industrial establishments referred to in the subparagraphs of Article 24-2 shall recruit aliens as technical trainees according to the following classification: <Amended on Nov. 1, 2011; Oct. 15, 2012>
1. An industrial establishment referred to in subparagraph 1 of Article 24-2: Employees who work as production workers for a joint venture corporation or local corporation of the industrial establishment;
2. An industrial establishment referred to in subparagraph 2 of Article 24-2: Employees who work as production workers for a foreign company, from which the amount of contract for technology introduction, or with which technical tie-up is at least USD 100,000;
3. An industrial establishment referred to in subparagraph 3 of Article 24-2: Employees who work as production workers for a foreign company which imports the relevant industrial plants.
(2) Deleted. <Jun. 1, 2007>
(3) No head of an industrial establishment under paragraph (1) shall recruit any of the following aliens as technical trainees: <Amended on Nov. 1, 2011; Oct. 15, 2012>
1. A person who has been sentenced to imprisonment without labor or heavier punishment in the Republic of Korea, or has been sentenced to a corresponding punishment in a foreign country;
2. A person who has left the Republic of Korea after receiving a departure order or deportation order;
3. A person who has ever stayed illegally in the Republic of Korea for at least six months;
4. A person deemed likely to enter the Republic of Korea for an illegal employment;
5. A person who falls under any subparagraph of Article 11 (1) of the Act.
(4) Where requested by the Head of an Immigration Office, the head of the competent regional employment and labor office, the head of an office or the head of a branch office may provide him or her with the departure and entry records of technical trainees. <Amended on Nov. 1, 2011; Oct. 15, 2012; May 8, 2018>
(5) Deleted. <Apr. 18, 2002>
(6) Deleted. <Jun. 1, 2007>
(7) Except as provided in paragraphs (1), (3) and (4), matters necessary for the recruitment and management of technical trainees shall be separately determined by the Minister of Justice. <Amended on Nov. 1, 2011; Oct. 15, 2012>[This Article Added on Apr. 1, 1998][Title Amended on Nov. 1, 2011; Oct. 15, 2012]