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| Germans in Korea |
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Total population not known
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| German, Korean |
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| Christianity, others? |
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| Germans |
Germans in Korea have a long history, though they have never formed a very large population. A small number of Germans lived in Korea prior to the 1905 Eulsa Treaty, which deprived Korea of the right to conduct its own foreign relations; however, after its signing, German diplomats in Korea were required to leave the country. Many more private individuals had departed by the time of the 1910 Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty.[2] However, when Hermann Lautensach visited Korea in 1933, there were still a handful living there, including an entire monastery of Benedictine monks near Wonsan, Kangwon.[3] Some Koreans settled in Germany during the 1960s and 1970s have begun returning to South Korea after retirement, bringing German spouses with them; this return migration has resulted in the creation of a "German Village" of roughly 75 households in South Gyeongsang's Namhae County.[4] However, on the whole, the German population in South Korea is shrinking, with a decline of roughly 25% between 1999 and 2005.[1]
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