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the University of Auckland's AKS Strategic Research Hub programme in Korean Studies invites you to an academic seminar presented by the K-Diaspora Colloquia Series, titled "Between Foreigners and Compatriots: Social Integration of Ethnic Koreans in Korea,” featuring Prof. In-Jin Yoon from Korea University.

Event Details

·       Date & Time: Friday, 10 May 2024

·       Time: 3 - 4 pm NZST

·       Location: CLL Seminar Room (207-519), University of Auckland, City Campus

·       Online Participation: Available via Zoom with pre-registration required.

This insightful session is part of the University of Auckland's AKS Strategic Research Hub programme in Korean Studies, supported generously by the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS).

About the Talk

The purpose of this study is to examine the social integration status of overseas Koreans (ethnic Koreans) residing in Korea and identify factors that affect their social integration. The data used in the study were collected from Statistics Korea's Survey of Immigrant Status and Employment in 2021 and the Ministry of Justice's Survey of Migrant Integration in 2022. The comparison groups for ethnic Koreans were low-skilled migrant workers, professional migrant workers, and marriage migrants. Migrant integration is conceptually divided into systemic, relational, psychological, and cultural integration. Research results show that ethnic Koreans are more incompletely integrated than other migrant groups in terms of economy, institutions, housing, education, health, social welfare, and sense of belonging. The fact that they share the same ethnicity as Koreans does not greatly help their social integration. Rather, due to concerns that ethnic Koreans are disrupting the domestic labour market, the Korean government restricts their employment fields and does not grant them stable residency status, which is acting as a negative factor that hinders their social integration.

 

About the Speaker

In-Jin Yoon is a professor of Sociology at Korea University and the director of the Korea University Library. He received his PhD. in Sociology from the University of Chicago and taught at the Asian American Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research interests include social psychology, international migration, immigration policy, and overseas Koreans and the Korean diaspora.