Jeonbuk’s population strategy goes global

Instead of waiting for demographic trends to dictate its future, Jeonbuk State, better known as North Jeolla Province, is taking the initiative. By building a system where foreign students become workers and long-term residents through policies the province now has control of, Gov. Kim Kwan-young said Jeonbuk has reached a turning point. “Jeonbuk cannot rely on old population models anymore,” Kim said in an interview with The Korea Herald. “We need talent — people who study here, work here, rais

By The Korea Herald