A Record Number of Foreigners Are Now Residents of South Korea
If it seems like there are a lot of foreigners living in South Korea now a days it is because there are compared to the recent past:
The number of foreign residents in Korea reached a record high last year, accounting for more than 5 percent of the country’s total population, justice ministry data showed Monday.
According to the Korea Immigration Service, a justice ministry agency, the number of foreigners living in Korea stood at 2.65 million, making up 5.17 percent of the total population. This marks an increase of 126,127 from the previous high in 2019 and surpasses the 4.89 percent level recorded in 2023.
Over the past decade, Korea has seen a steady rise in foreign residents, from 1.9 million in 2015 to 2.52 million in 2019. Although the numbers declined due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they rebounded in 2022 and have continued to rise since.
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In honor of waygooks everywhere, may I recommend “Roland og Magnuskongen fra Rolandskvadet arr by Linn Andrea Fuglseth” sung in Japan?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgRrAdQ4s1c
As is too common, the clickbait headlines do not give the information necessary to generate an informed opinion.
Chinese outnumber all other foreigners, making up 3x the number of the #2 group, Vietnamese.
The Chinese are 5x Thailand and United States, 10x Uzbekistan, and much more for everyone else.
Why does this interesting statistic matter?
Because the Chinese embark on an intentional influence campaign everywhere they go.
And Korea, Koreans, and those who read the news thinking the are learning somrthing must be aware of that.
CH, I think you understood the message I thought I had so cleverly concealed.
Roland was famous for dying trying to hold back cultural enrichers in 778. Europe still has the same problem. Japan is looking to prevent it with robots that actually work. Korea thinks they can negotiate a deal.