Impact of Korean Chinese Immigration to the Republic of Korea under the Overseas Koreans Act

David Mundy 원광대학교 한중관계연구원 2023 韓中關係硏究 Vol.9 No.3

Fifteen years ago, the Korean government finally began giving Overseas Korean, F-4 visas to Korean Chinese (Jaejungdongpo, 재중동포). Originally, the Korean legislature limited the scope of the Overseas Koreans Act to ethnic Koreans from richer and more compatible liberal democracies such as Canada and the United States. Nevertheless, the Constitutional Court issued a decision forcing the government to include ethnic Koreans from poorer communist and former totalitarian states. Since 2008, the number of Korean Chinese has skyrocketed, causing tension regarding, among other things, their lack of assimilation, their impact on the domestic labor market, and their perceived criminality. As this paper demonstrates, the arguments raised in opposition to the Constitutional Courts decision have been proven correct as (1) Korean Chinese have captured the construction industry; (2) live in various Korea Chinatowns; and (3) commit murder at twice the rate as native Koreans. This paper evaluates the public policy impact of the Constitutional Court’s attack on the Overseas Koreans Act, the subsequent legislative reforms seeking to curtail that decision, and the consequent effects of that decision on Korean society.

대규모 난민 상황에 대한 한국의 국제적 의무

David Lee Mundy 경북대학교 법학연구원 2021 법학논고 Vol.- No.75

People on the move involved in mass migration events have rights on the international plane that must be recognized particularly by state signatories to the various conventions that govern migration. Yet providing for these obligations, and the duration of such obligations, constitute a challenge for a state that is conscientious both toward those already within its borders and toward migrants fleeing danger. This paper surveys the landscape of the international obligations undertaken by the Republic of Korea as to people on the move, particularly as it relates to individuals involved in mass migration events. The paper also touches upon exceptions to obligations when faced with unusual circumstances such as a pandemic situation. 대규모로 이주하는 난민들은 이주와 관련된 다양한 협약의 서명국이 국제적 차원에서 반드시 인정해야하는 권리를 가지며 서명국들은 이러한 권리를 지켜줄 의무가 있다. 그러나 이러한 의무는 위험을 피하여 온 이민자와 국민들을 고려하는 양심적인 서명국들에게 어려움을 주고 있다. 따라서 이주, 특히 대규모 이주는 단순히 국제적 의무의 이행으로 해결되는 문제가 아니다. 여러 국익과 국제적 의무를 고려하며 다양한 방안들을 고려해야한다. 이 글은 이주와 관련하여 한국이 이행하고 있는 국제적 의무를 조사하며 특히 대규모로 한국에 이주하는 상황들을 살펴본다. 구체적으로 2018년도에 예멘 난민 이주를 통해 한국의 대규모 이주에 대한 준비성을 살펴본다. 또한 이 글은 세계적인 유행병과 같은 이런 특수한 상황에 직면했을 때 서명국들의 의무에 대한 예외에 대해서도 다룬다.

Acquisition of U.S. Citizenship by Children Adopted under the Civil Act in the Republic of Korea

David Lee Mundy 한국법제연구원 2020 KLRI journal of law and legislation Vol.10 No.2

The Republic of Korea, as a former Confucian society once known as the Hermit Kingdom, continues to adjust in the face of emerging social justice concerns. At the intersection of multiculturalism and social justice stands the issue of adoption, especially adoptions by multicultural families residing in Korea. This paper clarifies a unique aspect of Korean adoption law whereby non-Korean citizens who reside inside of Korea may, in limited cases, adopt under the domestic, civil law and not under the Special Adoption Act. We also describe an aspect of Private International Law whereby international adoptions in Korea are governed by the law of the adoptive parent’s home country. We also explain the process by which a child, adopted through the private adoption process, may obtain U.S. Citizenship even without moving permanently to the United States, thus shedding light on an obscure area of immigration law, but one of particular interest to adoptive expats who may never intend to return to or reside in the United States.

Making Change in School Mathematics: Lessons About the Interactions Among Research, Policy, and Practice from the PROM/SE Project

( Joan Ferrini Mundy ) 한국수학교육학회 2006 수학교육 프로시딩 Vol.36 No.-

Structural Preparedness for Mass Migration to the Republic of Korea: Five Years After the Yemeni Refugee Crisis

David Lee Mundy 한국법제연구원 2023 KLRI journal of law and legislation Vol.13 No.2

Five years ago, more than 1,000 refugees from the war in Yemen arrived in Jeju island. The mass movement of Yemenis to Jeju in 2018 revealed a lack of structural preparedness. This paper chronicles the past five years including measures undertaken to address a lack of critical infrastructure and examines whether those measures have been successful. In short, despite a marked reduction in refugee applications awaiting processing and appeal, and this due to reduced travel during the Covid crisis, yet the Republic of Korea seems ill-prepared to accommodate another such mass movement of persons or to fulfill its refugee treaty obligations.

변호사시험은 필요 없다, 로스쿨 졸업으로 충분하다

데이비드리먼디 ( David Lee Mundy ) 건국대학교 법학연구소 2009 一鑑法學 Vol.15 No.-

한국은 더 많은 변호사를 필요로 한다. 제출된 『변호사시험법안』에서는 로스쿨제도와 관련하여 총입학정원제도의 상위에 적격한 자격이 있는 유능한 신참변호사의 진입에 추가적이고 불필요한 장애를 일으키는 변호사시험을 두라고 여전히 강하게 권하고 있다. 변호사시험이 변호사업무시장의 진입장벽으로서 변호사 숫자를 줄이는 데 기여하게 될것이라는 점이 문제가 된다. 변호사 업무수행에 필요한 자질을 검증하는 장치로 변호사시험이 필요한 것은 분명하지만 3년에 걸친 로스쿨 수학과성공적인 졸업으로 변호사업무 수행에 필요한 자질을 검증할 수도 있다. 변호사시험은 역량미달, 즉 변호사업무에 부적격한 사람을 솎아내려는 것이다. 변호사시험에서 확인하려는 역량은 변호사업무에 필요한 최소한의 기본적인 역량이다. 오히려 미국의 법률 구조에서는 일반적인 면허특권제도를 한국이 채택해야 하는 것을 추천한다. 한국이 미국모델과 유사한 법학전문대학원제도를 채택했다는 것이 미국의 변호사시험 이나 인가방식의 현재의 모습 그대로를 도매로 받아들여야 한다는 것을 의미하지 않는다. 한국은 총입학정원제도를 통하여 이미 법학전문대학원의 입학정원을 통제하였다. 따라서 3년간의 로스쿨 수학과 졸업이 변호사시험보다 초년 변호사의 기본적인 업무역량을 평가하는 데 더욱 우월할 수도 있다. 한국의 로스쿨 은 고도로 표준화된 교과과정을 가지고 있으므로 3년간의 로스쿨 수학과 졸업이 신참변호사로서의 기본적인 능력과 기술을 배양하지 못한다면 변호사시험이 이것을 대신해 줄 수도 없다. 변호사시험과 국제적으로 선례가 없는 총입학정원제도는 새로운 변호사들이 시장에 참여하는 과정에 이중의 병목을 설정하는 것이다. 본 논문에서는 변호사시험이 중요하다면 총입학정원제도는 재고되어야 함을 주장한다. 여하튼 총입학정원제도나 변호사시험 둘 중에 하나는 포기하는 것이 옳다.

CARMA LARGE AREA STAR FORMATION SURVEY: DENSE GAS IN THE YOUNG L1451 REGION OF PERSEUS

Storm, Shaye,Mundy, Lee G.,Lee, Katherine I.,Ferná,ndez-Ló,pez, Manuel,Looney, Leslie W.,Teuben, Peter,Arce, Hé,ctor G.,Rosolowsky, Erik W.,Meisner, Aaron M.,Isella, Andrea,Kauffmann American Astronomical Society 2016 The Astrophysical journal Vol.830 No.2

<P>We present a 3 mm spectral line and continuum survey of L1451 in the Perseus Molecular Cloud. These observations are from the CARMA Large Area Star Formation Survey (CLASSy), which also imaged Barnard. 1, NGC 1333, Serpens Main, and Serpens South. L1451 is the survey region with the lowest level of star formation activity-it contains no confirmed protostars. HCO+, HCN, and N2H+ (J = 1 -> 0). are all detected throughout the region, with HCO+ being the most spatially widespread, and molecular emission seen toward 90% of the area above N(H-2) column densities of 1.9 x 10(21) cm(-2). HCO+ has the broadest velocity dispersion, near 0.3 km s(-1) on average, compared with similar to 0.15 km s(-1) for the other molecules, thus representing a range of subsonic to supersonic gas motions. Our non-binary dendrogram analysis reveals that the dense gas traced by each molecule has a similar hierarchical structure, and that gas surrounding the candidate first hydrostatic core (FHSC), L1451-mm, and other previously detected single-dish continuum clumps has similar hierarchical structure; this suggests that different subregions of L1451 are fragmenting on the pathway to forming young stars. We determined that the three-dimensional morphology of the largest detectable dense-gas structures was relatively ellipsoidal compared with other CLASSy regions, which appeared more flattened at the largest scales. A virial analysis shows that the most centrally condensed dust structures are likely unstable against collapse. Additionally, we identify a new spherical, centrally condensed N2H+ feature that could be a new FHSC candidate. The overall results suggest that L1451 is a young region starting to form its generation of stars within turbulent, hierarchical structures.</P>

A Simple Approach to the Valerane Skeleton

Jun, Jong-Gab,Mundy, Bradford P. Korean Chemical Society 1987 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.8 No.6

Synthesis of an Intermaediate for Hirsutene

Jun, Jong-Gab,Mundy, Bradford P. Korean Chemical Society 1988 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.9 No.4

2,7,7-Trimethyl-1,5-dicarboethoxybicyclo[3.3.0]oct an-2-ol(5) is synthesized as a synthetic intermediate for hirsutene by use of dianion methodology.

A Formal Synthesis of Sirenin

Jun, Jong-Gab,Mundy, Bradford P. Korean Chemical Society 1988 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.9 No.3

Cleavage of exo-7-substituted-6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octanes with acetyl iodide in the predominance of the trans alkene product. This bicyclic ketal fragmentation methodology is utilized to a formal synthesis of sirenin.