Since 2007, the number of labor migrants, including illegals, from Central Asia has risen sharply in Korea. There is an EPS (Employment Permit System) program that supports people coming from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, excluding Kazakhstan, to work as legal workers in Korea, but it has not worked suitably. Illegal workers are not only recognized as a social problem in Korea, but they suffer disadvantages in wages and working hours under illegal employment, and violations of their basic rights due to risks to the working environment and difficult access to health care. This study reveals of the problems of illegal labor migrants from Central Asia in South Korea by analyzing media news, articles on social networks, and interviews with Central Asian migrant workers.  The results of the study suggest that there should be a urgent need for an agreement or institutional measures between the countries concerned to solve these problems.