The Korea Program is part of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.
Migration and Citizenship
Scholarly Publications
Skilled Migrants as Human and Social Capital in Korea
August 2019
South Korea faces a shortage of highly skilled labor, but with a low tolerance for diversity, it lags behind in its global competitiveness to retain mobile skilled talent.
Korea’s Migrants: From Homogeneity to Diversity – An Asian Survey Special Section
August 2019
Korea’s migrants have diversified in recent decades.
International Student Networks as Transnational Social Capital: Illustrations from Japan
April 2019
This paper examines how social isolation in a non-Anglophone context where English is not the main language of instruction for local students but is for international students, has unintended...
News
Student Documentary Celebrates Transnational Brain Linkages
September 2020
‘Brain Bridges,’ a documentary produced by senior Dexter Sterling Simpson, illustrates the positive gains of global talent flows.
Korea’s Migrants: Towards Diversity and Transnationalism
August 2019
South Korea (hereafter Korea) is widely regarded as among the world’s most ethnically and linguistically homogeneous countries.
Gi-Wook Shin Appointed William J. Perry Professor of Contemporary Korea
December 2018
Stanford Korean studies expert Gi-Wook Shin has been named the William J.
Events
Return Migrants as Skilled Labor: The Case of Transnational Korean New Zealander Returnees
February 12, 2018
Transferring knowledge and skills through skilled labor has become a critical topic in contemporary migration studies.
Dealing with North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions – A New Approach Needed?
February 21, 2014
This is a keynote speech open to the public during the Sixth Annual Koret Conference on "Engaging North Korea: Projects, Challenges, and Prospects." The North Korean nuclear threat has now been...
Establishing Identity: Documents, Performance, and Biometric Information in Immigration Proceedings
May 6, 2013
How do we know that a person is what she claims to be? Or how do we make others believe that we are the person that we claim to be?
Multimedia
Can Korea Compete for Global Talent?
April 2016
Video and transcript from the Stanford+Connects event in Seoul, South Korea, on March 15.
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