[KS] Korea & ethnic purity

[abbie.miyabi Yamamoto]

Dear Professor Josephs,

Korea's law regarding dual citizenship has recently changed. Now under
limited circumstances, dual (or multiple) citizenship is allowed. Japan
officially still does not recognize dual citizenship for adults over 22 or
those past two years of obtaining foreign nationality although the law is
not strictly enforced.

Yours,
Miyabi Yamamoto

2011/10/2 Hilary K Josephs <hkjoseph at law.syr.edu>

>   Dear colleagues:
>
> Based on previous discussion of the presence of "foreigners" (including
> ethnic Chinese) in Korea, would it be safe to infer that Koreans are just as
> ethnocentric as the Japanese? May one also infer that most of the ethnic
> Korean population in Japan came to the country involuntarily? By
> involuntarily I mean forcible removal, not in search of better economic
> opportunities. As I recall, Korea, like Japan, is a country which does not
> recognize dual nationality for its citizens, in other words, if you obtain
> nationality elsewhere, your Korean nationality is automatically revoked.
>
> Best regards,Hilary K. Josephs
>
>
>
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