Foreign Population Reaches All Time High

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The number of foreigners living in Korea has gone over 1.7 million which is a 10.6% increase from the same time period in 2013.

61.8% of foreigners are registered aliens who will be staying for 90 days or more. 22.2% were here on short term visas. Korean Americans accounted for 16% of the population.

The majority of the foreign population (866,000) are Chinese with 579,000 of those being ethnic Koreans. US citizens make up the 2nd highest group with 137,000 living in the country.

The number of illegals went up 3.5% to 189,000.