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The number of cross-border marriages in South Korea has been on the rise since 1990. This debate challenged the dominant identity rhetoric that was previously based on the homogeneity of the “Korean nation”, suggesting an opening to “multiculturalism” in the Korean family institution. Facing this new social situation, the South Korean government successively implemented an immigration policy in 2006 and 2008. This chapter examines how an immigration policy in South Korean society has developed involving various social actors, and highlights the emergence of a new national political issue through a discourse analysis of the social actors and political actions taken by the South Korean government.
This chapter is a revised and expanded version of a paper entitled “Femmes immigrées par mariage: un nouvel enjeu politique de la société sud-coréenne” published in Monde chinois, 2013/2 (n°34), p. 54–59. Copyright Editions ESKA Paris France.
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Kim, K. (2018). Female Immigration by Cross-Border Marriage: A New Political Issue in South Korean Society. In: Kim, Y. (eds) Korea’s Quest for Economic Democratization. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57066-2_10
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