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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]
Number of foreign residents in South Korea. The second-biggest group of foreigners in South Korea are migrant workers from Southeast Asia [13] and increasingly from Central Asia (notably Uzbekistan, mostly ethnic Koreans from there, and Mongolians), and in the main cities, particularly Seoul, there is a small but growing number of
The United Nations declared Korea an official receiving country in 2007, and the number of foreigners in Korea grew from 390,000 in 1997 to 1,000,000 in 2007. Among these, temporary laborers were 630,000 and foreigners who married Korean nationals were 100,000. The number of illegal immigrants were 230,000.
The second-biggest group of foreigners in South Korea are migrant workers from Southeast Asia [7] and increasingly from Central Asia (notably Uzbekistan, mostly ethnic Koreans from there, and Mongolians), and in the main cities, particularly Seoul, there is a small but growing number of foreigners related to business and education.
Top foreign officials, including Russian President Vladimir Putin in June, have been visiting the country. But North Korea has not been fully open to international tourists since 2020.
In South Korea, a variety of different Asian people had migrated to the Korean Peninsula in past centuries, however few have remained permanently. South Korea is a highly homogenous nation, but has in recent decades become home to a number of foreign residents (4.37%), whereas North Korea has not experienced this trend.
The South Korean capital on Friday withdrew its mandate that all foreign workers in the city be tested for the coronavirus — an order that had caused huge lines at testing centers and prompted ...
The department of the National Institute For International Education under the Ministry of Education supports foreigners who came to study in South Korea. [5]The Korean government scholarship program is named Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) and includes seven programs, including a full scholarship program and a study tour program: