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Park’s family registry certificate shows “Incheon” listed in the category indicating clan origin. [PARK YEON-HEE]

'No different from Japan's colonial renaming policy': Calls grow to change law forcing ethnic Korean immigrants to change ancestral clan

Overseas Koreans naturalizing in Korea face mandatory surname changes, creating new family clans. Critics argue this law, which denies ancestral recognition, echoes colonial policies and requires reform for ethnic Koreans.

2025.11.20

Left, BTS member RM, whose real name is Kim Nam-joon, is known as a Gangreung Kim. Jin and V, whose real names are Kim Seok-jin and Kim Tae-hyung, respectively, are Gwangsan Kims. [BIGHIT MUSIC]

[WHY] Are all Kims related?

Jin, V and RM — three out of the seven members of BTS are surnamed Kim. But are all Kims one big family? Or do they have different roots?

2024.3.22

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'No different from Japan's colonial renaming policy': Calls grow to change law forcing ethnic Korean immigrants to change ancestral clan

[WHY] Are all Kims related?

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