Petition Aimed at Removing Voting Rights Primarily for Chinese Permanent Residents in South Korea

Here is an interesting issue that I doubt the Moon administration would do anything to change:

Foreign residents participate in mock early voting at Seoul Station, in this file photo taken on May 31, 2018, ahead of the June 13 local elections in that year. Korea Times photo by Shin Sang-soon

Growing anti-China sentiment is leading some to call for taking away the right of foreign permanent residents to vote here. 

The move is intended to target Chinese residents, as they make up the majority of eligible immigrant voters in Korea. Recent disputes have pitted the people of the two countries against each other over various cultural issues, including recent claims coming from China that some elements of Korean culture, including kimchi, hanbok and samgyetang, originated there.

Korea Times

You can read more at the link, but the article says there are 121,806 foreign residents in Korea and 80% of them are Chinese.

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2ID Doc
2ID Doc
3 years ago

One call from emperor xi and commie moon pie will introduce a new law calling for prison next to President Park for anyone trying to take away foreigner’s voting rights…

TOK
TOK
3 years ago

Chinese residents in Korea are either the Chosunjok, who are ethnic Koreans from China and have PRC citizenship or Hwagyos, who are the descendants of Chinese merchants who settled in Korea during the 19th century. In the case of the Hwagyos. they are mostly anti-communist and thus have opted for Taiwanese citizenship.

I wonder who they want to bar from voting since the two groups above do not fit the bill of the Han Chinese from the PRC.

Korean Man
Korean Man
3 years ago

Ask your Tochak Waegoo party members who brought it up, my little honorary Waegoo friend.

TOK
TOK
3 years ago

Korean Man, I’m touched that you consider me as your friend.

setnaffa
3 years ago

Wait. Touching? Are you two not socially distancing?

“Not that there’s anything wrong with that.”

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