Migrating Korean Chinese and changes of national identities

• Project/Area Number: 26370925
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Human geography
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: KIM Doo-Chul 岡山大学, 環境生命科学研究科, 教授 (10281974)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 中国朝鮮族 / 国際人口移動 / 多文化 / 民族 / 農村社会 / 国際情報交換

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A majority of Korean Chinese identify themselves as "Korean" nation with "Chinese" citizenship. These multi identities varies according to the relation with others. International labor migration of Korean Chinese to South Korea have experienced more than a couple of decades. At present, social segregation of Korean Chinese communities has been observed in South Korea.
Due to international labor migration of Korean Chinese since 1990s, most of Korean Chinese' villages in rural areas have experienced severe depopulation. As a result, Han Chinese have replaced the agricultural labors of Korean Chinese in those villages and they have converted paddy fields to dry fields.