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The Jeju people or Jejuans [a] are an indigenous people of the Jeju Island, distinct from ethnic Koreans of the mainland, which is geographically located in the East China Sea. Administratively, they live in Jeju Province , excluding Chuja Islands , an autonomous self-governing province of South Korea .
Koreans, the indigenous ethnic group who mostly populate Korea; Korean-native, an adjective referring to things endemic to Korea (e.g., wildlife of Korea) or associated especially with Korean culture (e.g., Korean folk-art) The indigenous portion of Korean vocabulary, i.e. that which is neither Sino-Korean nor other foreign loanwords
The island lies in the Korea Strait, 82.8 km (51.4 mi) south of the nearest point on the Korean Peninsula. [3] The Jeju people are indigenous to the island, and it has been populated by modern humans since the early Neolithic period. The Jeju language is considered critically endangered by UNESCO.
As of September 2015, according to the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs, the foreign population in South Korea, including migrant workers, increased to 1.8 million, accounting for 3.4% of the total population. [3] In 2022, the percent of foreigners in South Korea has risen to 4.37%, or 2,245,912 people. [2]
In June 2012, South Korea's population reached 50 million [77] and by the end of 2016, South Korea's population has surpassed 51 million people. [78] Since the 2000s, South Korea has been struggling with a low birthrate, leading some researchers to suggest that if current population trends hold, the country's population will shrink to ...
Since the mid-2010s, South Korea has seen a rise in interracial relationships between native Koreans and foreign residents and subsequent births of multiracial children. It is believed that this phenomenon is a result of the popularization of South Korean media abroad (Korean Wave), and its ongoing population crisis. [5] [6]
After the Gojoseon–Yan War and Han conquest of Gojoseon, the Bal people (發) moved east and became absorbed into the Maek tribe. It is believed the Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom in history, was established by the Yemaek. [22] According to Chinese record Shiji, to the east of the Xiongnu people lived the Yemaek and Gojoseon. [23]
Jeju Province (Korean: 제주도; RR: Jeju-do; IPA:), officially Jeju Special Self-Governing Province (Jeju: 제주특벨ᄌᆞ치도; Korean: 제주특별자치도), [3] is the southernmost province of South Korea, consisting of eight inhabited and 55 uninhabited islands, including Marado, Udo, the Chuja Archipelago, and the country's largest island, Jeju Island.