Korea launched, Monday, a new agency tasked with overseeing affairs related to 7.5 million Koreans living abroad. President Yoon Suk Yeol said he hopes the Overseas Koreans Agency will strengthen networks between Koreans here and abroad to promote mutual growth and prosperity.
A new state-run agency for overseas Koreans, which will be launched next month, will be headquartered in the western port city of Incheon, the government announced, Monday. Seoul, which was the rival city for the location of the agency, will instead be home to an auxiliary center to provide better access to people in the capital seeking the agency s administrative services.
With only one month left ahead of the launch of a new government agency for overseas Koreans, all eyes are on where the organization will be established. While various local municipalities have expressed hopes to host the new state-run agency in their region, the race is now narrowed down to the final two candidates - Seoul and Incheon.
The government announced a government organizational restructuring plan, including abolishing the current Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and upgrading the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs to a department. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety officially announced the government reorganization plan at the government complex in Seoul at 2 pm today.
Embracing Shared Interests, Mis-remembering History: South Korean Diaspora Outreach
Acknowledgement of the social and cultural ties between the ethnic Korean diasporas in Mexico and Eurasia and South Korea dovetailed with extent economic and political interests.
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July 10, 2021
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in April 2019 at the culmination scene of the honorary concert “Uzbekistan is our common home.”
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South Korea’s outreach to ethnic Korean diasporas has spanned the globe, from Mexico to Eurasia. The recognition in the former Soviet states of Central Asia of their ethnic Korean minorities – the Koryo Saram, the descendants of Koreans deported on Stalin’s orders from the Soviet Far East beginning in 1937 – mirrors the successful recognition of the Korean diaspora community in Mexico. In both cases, acknowledgement of the social and cultural ties between the di