The English word “alien” will no longer be on identification cards issued to foreign residents in South Korea. The Ministry of Justice announced Monday a revision to the Immigration Act aimed at ...

Since 1966, the word "alien" has been used to designate registered foreign residents of Korea on their ID cards. This month, however, the Ministry of Justice announced plans to use a more neutral term ...

The government will drop the term “alien” from the identification cards for foreign residents and replace it with a more neutral term. The Ministry of Justice said Monday that it will change the name ...