Recently the world has changed, rapidly and fundamentally, under the globalization processes and intemationalization, into more globalized world with vigorous human resources exchanges. Thus, lots of foreigners including tourists, legal or iliegal wor...
Recently the world has changed, rapidly and fundamentally, under the globalization processes and intemationalization, into more globalized world with vigorous human resources exchanges. Thus, lots of foreigners including tourists, legal or iliegal workers, business men, and others have come to Korea for the purpose of doing economic, political, and diplomatic activities. The foreigners staying over 90 days with VISA are classified as foreign residents in Korea. The number of foreign residents have increased in the 1990s due to the globalized growth of Korean economy to the outside world. Nationally, most foreign residents show the highly concentration pattern in the Capital region of Seoul and Gyonggi Province. The foreign residents are differentiated in their residences according to nationality, occupation, and educational levels. The residential segregation and congregation by nationalities are observed in Seoul, with the strong implication of the formation of international sector in the city. The nationalities are one of dominant factors to differentiate residential segregation with dominant spatial patterns of locations.