Migrant Workers and Immigration in South Korea


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Jul 18 2023 52 mins   23
On episode 108 Seoul National University master's student An HaKyeng's joins hosts Andre Goulet in Montreal and Gennie Pimentel in Toronto for a conversation unpacking her research on the immigration experience for new arrivals, the challenges migrant workers face in South Korea, ethnonationalism, fertility rates, government policy and more.

Works cited in this episode:
  • Immigration in Japan and Social Mobility: Policies and Implications - HaKyeng An, Henry Cho, Wakana Moriguchi
  • Social capital and assimilation of migrant workers and foreign wives in South Korea: The case of Wongok community -
    Jun Hee-jung Ha Seong-kyu
  • Creating hierarchies of noncitizens: race, gender,
    and visa categories in South Korea - Erin Aeran Chung
  • The citizenship of foreign workers in South Korea - Seol Dong-hoon
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