r period, due largely to the arrival of more foreigners."I am not quite sure what these figures would imply to the aging population problem of Korea but this would probably give us some ideas. Will the continuous inflow of foreigners in Korea be the answer to the problem? I really don't know but we'll see...^^
Wherever you go in Seoul, you could see many foreigners as tourists, residents, students or for whatever purpose. Of course I am not comparing this situation to other countries. South korea was not like this 10 or 5 years ago. With currently more than 1 million foreigners from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds now residing in Korea, I think this is something. 
The article also added that a growing number of 
women from China and Southeast Asian countries have come here over the past decade to marry Korean men and settle down for a better quality of life, constituting a large segment of the non-Korean community.
women from China and Southeast Asian countries have come here over the past decade to marry Korean men and settle down for a better quality of life, constituting a large segment of the non-Korean community.Due to this phenomenon, even if the population shrink was widely expected to begin in 2019, with more foreigners coming into the country, the population decline will likely be delayed by as many as 10 years, the article emphasized.
The statistical office forecast in 2006 that the population would peak at 49.34 million in 2018 before decreasing.But the figure now could exceed 50 million in mid-2020 on the back of a larger influx of foreigners, pushing back the year when the population will start shrinking by as much as 10 years.
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Korea Faces Massive Inflow of Foreigners
by Lee Hyo-sik
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