Thailand will be able to send up to 15,000 workers to South Korea to offset labour shortages in the future, Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said on Saturday.
He said he met South Korea's ambassador Moon Seoung-hyun on Friday to discuss labour cooperation, which centred on tackling illegal labour and increasing the quota for Thai workers.
He said Thailand sought an increase in the quota for Thai workers in three groups: general workers under the E-9 visa, skilled labour under the E-7 visa and seasonal agricultural labour under the E-8 visa.