Foreign nationals can also become a representative of an association of residents if he or she has fulfilled necessary qualification, the Ministry of Government Legislation said Friday.
The ministry said that a foreign national, whose identity was withheld, requested for the ministry’s interpretation of relevant laws after facing opposition from a rival in their competition for a representative seat of a residents’ association.
The ministry said that in order to run for the post, one has to have lived in the relevant residential complex for six months and over. If the person has fulfilled the requirement, and has completed due foreign residential registrations in accordance with the immigration laws, anyone regardless of nationality can apply for the position, it said.
The ministry added that South Korea’s Constitution aims to treat people of different nationalities equally with Korean nationals on all aspects, except for political rights.
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
