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Statuses of stay number 29, and the groups that hold them number 6.
Journalism
The status code is D5, and it covers Long-term reporting staff at the Korean bureau of a foreign news organization.
People registered under the Journalism (D5) status number 128, which is less than 0.1% of all registered foreigners. Compared with 90 in 2015, 10 years earlier, that is an increase of about 42.2%. The largest nationalities are Japan at 30.5%, United States at 21.9%, and China at 16.4%. They are found in 18 districts, and the largest counts are Mapo-gu with 33, Yongsan-gu with 28, and Jongno-gu with 18.
Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook on Immigration and Foreign Policy 2025 (registered foreigners by status of stay, registered foreigners by status of stay and district)
Note: the status families are exactly as the yearbook groups them. The overseas Korean status (F-4) does not appear on this page. Its holders file a place-of-residence report rather than a foreign-resident registration, so they are outside the registered foreigner statistics; they are not absent from the country. On the staying basis they were the largest single status in 2025, at 556,288.
| Indicators | Journalism | All registered foreigners | Relative to total |
|---|---|---|---|
| People | 128 | 1,604,920 | under 0.1% of the total |
| Nationalities counted | 20 | 192 | 10.4% of the total |
| Districts of residence | 18 | 250 | 7.2% of the total |
Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by status of stay, registered foreigners by status of stay and district).
Journalism ranks #9 by size within the D group.
| Family | Persons | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| F family, residence, family, and overseas Koreans | 589,527 | 36.7 | |
| E family, employment | 493,577 | 30.8 | |
| D family, study, training and investment | 341,450 | 21.3 | |
| H group, Visiting Employment and Working Holiday | 84,971 | 5.3 | |
| G group, other | 61,380 | 3.8 | |
| Outside the families, other statuses | 34,015 | 2.1 |
Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by status of stay).
The 6 groups sum to 1,604,920, the same as all registered foreigners.
Note: a family is the sum of the statuses inside it, so adding a family together with its individual statuses counts the same people twice.
The jade bar is the D group, the group Journalism falls under.
Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook, each year.
Putting the status and the group on one axis shows the share Journalism takes within the D group.
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| Year | Journalism | all of the D group | Share of family |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 75 | 113,288 | 0.1 |
| 2007 | 83 | 96,970 | 0.1 |
| 2008 | 81 | 104,091 | 0.1 |
| 2009 | 84 | 107,492 | 0.1 |
| 2010 | 88 | 125,674 | 0.1 |
| 2011 | 90 | 123,072 | 0.1 |
| 2012 | 91 | 105,912 | 0.1 |
| 2013 | 86 | 106,745 | 0.1 |
| 2014 | 88 | 111,537 | 0.1 |
| 2015 | 90 | 120,257 | 0.1 |
| 2016 | 88 | 135,996 | 0.1 |
| 2017 | 84 | 151,887 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 94 | 176,863 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 89 | 194,874 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 105 | 168,845 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 124 | 178,836 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 139 | 217,267 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 143 | 250,374 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 143 | 291,006 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 128 | 341,450 | 0.0 |
| Rank | Nationality | Persons | Within Journalism | Within nationality | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 39 | 30.5 | 0.1 | |
| 2 | United States | 28 | 21.9 | 0.1 | |
| 3 | China | 21 | 16.4 | 0.0 | |
| 4 | France | 11 | 8.6 | 0.2 | |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 4 | 3.1 | 0.1 | |
| 6 | Australia | 4 | 3.1 | 0.2 | |
| 7 | India | 3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | |
| 8 | Germany | 2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | |
| 9 | Russia | 2 | 1.6 | 0.0 | |
| 10 | Vietnam | 2 | 1.6 | 0.0 | |
| 11 | Other countries (10) | 12 | 9.4 | - |
Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by status of stay and nationality).
The within-nationality column is the share of that country's registered foreigners who hold Journalism.
| Rank | District | Journalism | Share of local foreigners | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seoul Mapo-gu | 33 | 0.3 | |
| 2 | Seoul Yongsan-gu | 28 | 0.2 | |
| 3 | Seoul Jongno-gu | 18 | 0.2 | |
| 4 | Seoul Jung-gu | 17 | 0.2 | |
| 5 | Seoul Seodaemun-gu | 15 | 0.1 | |
| 6 | Seoul Seongbuk-gu | 3 | 0.0 | |
| 7 | Gyeonggi-do Namyangju-si | 2 | 0.0 | |
| 8 | Seoul Eunpyeong-gu | 2 | 0.0 | |
| 9 | Gyeonggi-do Goyang-si Deogyang-gu | 1 | 0.0 | |
| 10 | Gyeonggi-do Gwangmyeong-si | 1 | 0.0 |
Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by status of stay and district).
Note: In the district file, Journalism totals 128, the same as the nationwide count.
| Status | Persons | Within group | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student(D2) | 219,127 | 64.2 | |
| General Trainee(D4) | 85,238 | 25.0 | |
| Job Seeker(D10) | 21,933 | 6.4 | |
| Corporate Investment(D8) | 8,518 | 2.5 | |
| Trade Management(D9) | 2,650 | 0.8 | |
| Religious Worker(D6) | 1,778 | 0.5 | |
| Intra-company Transferee(D7) | 1,089 | 0.3 | |
| Industrial Trainee(D3) | 931 | 0.3 | |
| Journalism(D5) | 128 | 0.0 | |
| Culture & Arts(D1) | 58 | 0.0 |
Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook on Immigration and Foreign Policy (registered foreigners by status of stay).
Note: the teal bar is the status you selected. Selecting a status outside a family shows that status alone.
Count range
Note: The boundaries are shapes simplified for display and are drawn as pen lines. The fill values are the provincial totals from the yearbook and do not depend on the shapes.
Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by district and status of stay), summed to the province level.
Note: The map shades the 17 provinces, and the same values are also held for the 250 districts.
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| Province | Journalism | Share of national |
|---|---|---|
| Seoul | 121 | 94.5 |
| Gyeonggi-do | 5 | 3.9 |
| Busan | 1 | 0.8 |
| Chungcheongbuk-do | 1 | 0.8 |