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:
Growing anti-China sentiment is leading some to call for taking away the right of foreign permanent residents to vote here.
Korea Times
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.
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.
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…
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.
Ask your Tochak Waegoo party members who brought it up, my little honorary Waegoo friend.
Korean Man, I’m touched that you consider me as your friend.
Wait. Touching? Are you two not socially distancing?
“Not that there’s anything wrong with that.”