Tag: nationality

nationality

Latest News

Yale mathematician, Iranian physicist gain Korean citizenship under special program

The Justice Ministry approved 16 dual-nationality cases, including a Yale professor and an IBS laser scientist, under rules for people with outstanding achievements.

2026.7.24

Foreign residents participate in a mock voting session ahead of the June 13 local election at a community center in Daegu on March 20 in 2018. [YONHAP]

Foreigners caught in crossfire as bill aims to unmask user nationalities on online platforms

Online anonymity in Korea may become a relic of the past as a bill submitted by the conservative People Power Party (PPP) aims to identify users — not by their names, but by their nationalities and locations worldwide.

2026.1.20

Most popular

Soldiers stand by during a joint drill to respond to a bombing and terror attack at the Government Complex Seoul in central Seoul on Aug. 19. [YONHAP]

Over four years, more than 18,000 Korean men renounced their nationality to avoid military duties

More than 18,000 Korean men subject to mandatory military conscription have given up their nationality from 2021 through August 2025, with the United States emerging as the most common destination for those seeking a new passport.

2025.10.1

Antitrust regulator to set guideline on designating company chief

Korea's antitrust regulator is developing guidelines to determine a company's chief, including foreign nationals, in order to regulate corporate practices and anticompetitive activities.

2023.11.20

Homeland’s turn to answer to Zainichi

If his promise to “expand the playground for 7.5 million overseas Koreans to play together” is not in vain, it is the homeland’s turn to answer.

2023.10.10

Fighting spirit

Descendants of independence fighters against imperial Japan pose holding the Korean national flag with Justice Minister Park Beom-kye, center, at the Justice Ministry in the central government complex in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi, on Thursday...

2021.8.12

Korean citizenship may soon be more attainable for foreign children

The underage children of foreigners with permanent residency in Korea may soon be able to acquire Korean citizenship under a revision to the nationality law proposed by the Ministry of Justice on Monday.

2021.4.26

Law banning multiple citizenship holders from renouncing prior to military service is ruled unconstitutional

A current law banning multiple nationality holders who are 18 years and older from renouncing Korean citizenship unless military service obligations are fulfilled does not conform to the Constitution, the Constitutional Court of Korea said Thursday.

2020.10.8