SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) — The number of foreign residents in South Korea rose nearly 10 percent in 2023, statistical office data showed Monday.
The number of foreign nationals aged 15 or older, who had resided here for at least 91 days, came in at 1.43 million in 2023, up 9.9 percent from a year earlier, according to Statistics Korea.
It marked the highest since relevant data began to be compiled in 2017