Terms used in this Act are defined as follows:
1. “foreign professional” means a foreign national who may engage in professional work in the State.
2. “foreign specialist professional” means a foreign professional who possesses specific expertise needed by the State in science & technology, the economy, education, culture & the arts, sports, finance, law, architectural design, national defense, and other fields, as announced by the central competent authorities, or who has been recognized by the Competent Authority in consultation with the central competent authorities as possessing specific expertise.
3. “foreign senior professional” means a senior professional needed by the State as prescribed in the Immigration Act.
4. “professional work” means the following work:
(1) Work as specified in subparagraphs 1 to 3, 5 and 6, paragraph 1 ofArticle 46 ofthe Employment Service Act.
(2) Work as specified in subparagraphs 1and 3, paragraph 1 ofArticle 48 ofthe Employment Service Act.
(3) Full-time foreign language teachers in short-term tutorial schools registered in accordance with the Supplementary Education Act (hereinafter referred to as “short-term tutorial schools”), or possessing specialized knowledge or skills, and designated as short-term tutorial schools teachers by the central competent authorities in consultation with the Ministry of Education.
(4) Teachers of a subject other than a foreign language in a special class established by the Ministry of Education for enrolling the children of foreign professionals, foreign specialist professionals, and foreign senior professionals.
(5) Work in teaching academic subject or foreign language courses, teachertraining, curriculum development, and activity promotion, as specified in the Enforcement Act for School-based Experimental Education, the Act Governing the Commissioning of the Operation of Public Schools at Senior High School Level or Below to the Private Sector for Experimental Education, and the Enforcement Act for Non-school-based Experimental Education at Senior High School Level or Below.