Mayor Ose-hyeon of Asan City: "Support needed for ethnic Koreans to settle in the local community"

Published Aug 18, 2025

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[Agricultural, Fisheries, and Livestock Newspaper=Reporter Nara Park] Mayor Se-hyun Oh addressed the weekly executive meeting held at the city hall situation room on the 18th, urging support for the settlement of foreign residents, including ethnic Koreans, in the local community, as well as responding to national issues, disaster recovery, and resolving on-site complaints. Mayor Oh emphasized, "Out of the 400,000 people in Asan City, 45,000 are foreigners," and "In particular, ethnic Koreans are classified as foreigners in administrative statistics, but in reality, they live as citizens with even the right to vote in local elections." He continued, "National-level administration is limited to entry, exit, and stay management, leaving the actual support for community adaptation in a blind spot," and "Family centers and cultural

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At the weekly executive meeting held in the city hall's situation room on the 18th, Mayor Oh Se-hyun of Asan City urged support for the settlement of foreign residents, including ethnic Koreans, as well as responses to national issues, disaster recovery, and on-site response to public complaints. Mayor Oh Se-hyun said, "Out of Asan City's population of 400,000, there are 45,000 foreign residents," emphasizing that "ethnic Koreans are classified as foreigners in administrative statistics, but in reality, they live as citizens with even the right to vote in local elections." He continued, "National-level administration is limited to immigration and residency management, leaving the support for local community adaptation in a blind spot," and instructed, "Accurately assess the current situation, primarily through the Family Center and the Cultural Welfare Department, and devise measures for supporting life settlement." Mentioning that 123 national issues for the next five years under ...

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