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Foreign Resident Population in South Korea Reaches Four-Year High at Approximately 2.51 Million

Foreign Resident Population in South Korea Reaches Four-Year High at Approximately 2.51 Million

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has recorded its highest number of foreign residents since 2019, with approximately 2.51 million foreigners now living in the country. This update was revealed by the Ministry of Justice’s Immigration and Foreign Policy Bureau on January 16.  As of the end of December last year, the total number of [...]

No. of Foreign Residents in S. Korea More than Doubles in Decade

No. of Foreign Residents in S. Korea More than Doubles in Decade

SEOUL, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign residents in South Korea has more than doubled over the past decade, with Vietnamese nationals accounting for the largest portion after China as of last year, government data showed Wednesday. The number of non-Korean citizens totaled 2.05 million as of end-December 2016, up from 910,000 [...]