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Lee vows stronger support and voting access for overseas Koreans worldwide

President Lee Jae Myung pledged expanded services, education support and voting reforms for 7 million Koreans living abroad to build an "irreplaceable Republic of Korea."

2026.9.28

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Inaugural World Korean Week to bring thousands of overseas Koreans to Incheon

The five-day event is expected to draw around 2,000 overseas Koreans for a Korean leaders convention, the World Korean Business Convention and other programs.

2026.9.26

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Commissioner of the Overseas Koreans Agency Lee Sang-deok and people of Korean ethnicity from 20 countries pose for a commemorative photograph during “2025 Future Leaders’ Conference″ that kicked off at Songdo Convensia in Incheon on May 27. [OVERSEAS KOREAN AGENCY]

Overseas Koreans Agency convenes leadership conference on empowering diaspora

The state-run Overseas Koreans Agency convened a conference in Incheon this week to empower the Korean diaspora to build a global network and remind them of their ties to Korea.

2025.5.29

Overseas Koreans Agency (OKA) Commissioner Lee Sang-deok speaks during a press conference at the OKA headquarters in Songdo, Incheon on Feb. 11, 2025. [OVERSEAS KOREANS AGENCY]

Overseas Koreans Agency aims to bolster position of diaspora this year

The Overseas Koreans Agency (OKA) highlighted its ambition to strengthen the capabilities of the Korean diaspora by promoting various programs encompassing overseas Koreans at home and abroad as it announced its 2025 policy vision Tuesday.

2025.2.11

Lee Key-cheol, commissioner of the Overseas Koreans Agency, far left, speaks during a 'Dialogue with Overseas Koreans' event at the agency's headquarters in Songdo, Incehon, on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

OKA aims to make Korea a 'global pivotal state' with overseas Koreans' help

The agency held its "Dialogue with Overseas Koreans" event on Wednesday at its headquarters in Songdo, Incheon, to celebrate its first anniversary.

2024.6.5

President Yoon Suk Yeol, center right, and first lady Kim Keon Hee greet leaders of overseas Korean communities at a ceremony celebrating the 17th World Korean Day at Lotte Hotel World in Jamsil, southern Seoul, Thursday. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

Yoon pays tribute to Korean diaspora, pledges to expand global 'playing field'

President Yoon Suk Yeol recalled 120 years of Korean emigration overseas, contributing to the country's economic growth, in his address at a ceremony celebrating the 17th World Korean Day at Lotte Hotel World in Jamsil, southern Seoul.

2023.10.5

President Yoon Suk Yeol, center left, presents Lee Key-cheol, center right, the inaugural head of the new Overseas Koreans Agency, with a signboard during the opening ceremony launching the new agency in Songdo, Incheon, Monday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Yoon pledges more support for overseas Koreans at launch of new agency

President Yoon Suk Yeol pledged to better protect and serve the needs of some 7.5 million Koreans living outside the country in a ceremony to launch the new Overseas Koreans Agency in Songdo, Incheon, on Monday.

2023.6.5

From left: Park Min-shik, Yoon Jong-jin, Lee Key-cheol

Yoon taps heads of Veterans Ministry, new overseas Koreans agency

President Yoon Suk Yeol named the heads of the upgraded Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs and new agency in charge of overseas Koreans on Friday.

2023.6.2