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Number of Immigrants in S. Korea Tops 1.3 mln in 2019

Number of Immigrants in S. Korea Tops 1.3 mln in 2019

SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of immigrants, including naturalized citizens, in South Korea topped 1.3 million as of May this year, government data showed Thursday. The number of immigrants, including naturalized citizens, in South Korea has been rising steadily, reaching 1.32 million this year, up 1.7 percent from a year ago, according [...]

Seoul Pushes to Require Naturalized S. Koreans to Serve in Military

Seoul Pushes to Require Naturalized S. Koreans to Serve in Military

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry is considering making it mandatory for naturalized male citizens to serve in the military, as other South Korean men must do, in an effort to cope with a decrease in the number of draftees amid a shrinking population, a senior government official said Wednesday. The state-run [...]

Increase of Marriage Immigrants and Naturalized S. Koreans but Lack of Social Networks

Increase of Marriage Immigrants and Naturalized S. Koreans but Lack of Social Networks

SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The proportion of marriage immigrants and naturalized South Koreans who have lived in South Korea for more than a decade has increased significantly from ten years ago. Although these people have been living in South Korea for a long time, their social networks have been found to be lacking, [...]