{
  "id": 16569901,
  "title": "1 in 10 residents of Korea in their 20s, 30s have migrant backgrounds: data",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/1-in-10-residents-of-korea-in-their-20s-30s-have-migrant-backgrounds",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T07:22:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20261026/1-in-10-residents-of-korea-in-their-20s-30s-have-migrant-backgrounds-data"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nearly one in ten young adults aged 20 and 30 in South Korea hail from migrant backgrounds, according to data released by the government last year. The total population of residents with migrant backgrounds increased by nearly 100,000, despite a decline in Korean nationals without such backgrounds, leading to a slight rise in the nation's overall population. Residents with migrant backgrounds constituted 10 percent of those in their 20s and 9.5 percent of those in their 30s, based on the Ministry of Data and Statistics' 2025 population statistics. Migrant-background residents are defined as either migrants themselves or individuals with at least one parent who is a migrant. This group includes foreign nationals, Korean citizens, naturalized citizens, second-generation immigrants, North Korean defectors and their children. The figures were derived from 27 types of administrative data from 13 agencies, including resident registration, foreign national registration and nationality acquisition records.",
  "summary": "Nearly one in 10 residents of Korea in their 20s and 30s comes from a migrant background as of last year, government figures showed Monday. The overall population with migrant backgrounds grew by nearly 100,000, offsetting a decline in Korean nationals without such backgrounds and driving a modest increase in the country’s total population. People with migrant backgrounds accounted for 10 percent…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}