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Interracial outmarriage to foreigners in South Korea follows patterns that are distinctly gendered. Most Korean women in an interracial marriage have chosen to marry Western men, while Korean men mostly choose to marry women from other Asian countries, particularly Southeast Asia. [24]
Korea's newest policies regarding foreign marriage includes stipulations that a visa will only be issued if the income of a sponsor meets the income requirement by the Minister of Justice. In addition, the foreigner is required to have a Korean language capability to properly communicate with their Korean spouse.
Naturalization through marriage, which was once granted automatically to foreign wives of South Korean men, was given stricter criteria. Through an additional amendment to the Nationality Law in 1997, applicants for naturalization on the basis of marriage to a South Korean citizen would first need to establish residency for two years. [1]
South Korea has low immigration due to restrictive immigration policies resulting from strong opposition to immigrants from the general Korean public. [1] However, in recent years with the loosening of the law, influx of immigrants into South Korea has been on the rise, with foreign residents accounting for 4.9% of the total population in 2019. [2]
The Korean Legal Aid Center for Family Relations established a special report and counselling facility for couples subject to Article 809. Article 809 has been much criticised by family lawyers and the Korean Law Association on the ground that it infringes on the freedom of choice in marriage, and that it reinforces traditional paternalism. [11]
The first category, international marriage families, refers to a family consisting of a married Korean citizen and a foreign spouse. The second category, the families of foreign workers, includes those that foreign workers bring with them to Korea or new families formed by foreign workers in Korea. Most of those families include children.
A 2017 Gallup Korea poll found that 58% of South Koreans opposed legalising same-sex marriage, while 34% supported and 8% were undecided. [50] Another survey in December 2017 conducted by Gallup for MBC and the Speaker of the National Assembly reported that 41% of South Koreans thought same-sex marriage should be allowed, while 53% were against.
Marriages between Korean men and foreign women grew due to urbanization of Korea. In 2017, the ratio of Korean Men and Foreign Women to Korean Women to Foreign Men marriages were 14.9 to 6 (Korean Office of Statistics, 2018). [5] Men in rural cities were deemed undesirable for marriage by Korean women and would then have to seek out a foreign wife.