Of the illegal aliens, the number of those who arrived in South Korea with a visa waiver came to 169,000, the largest proportion at 40 %, followed by those with a short-term stay visa at 87,000, or 20.5 %.
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Of the illegal aliens, the number of those who arrived in South Korea with a visa waiver came to 169,000, the largest proportion at 40 %, followed by those with a short-term stay visa at 87,000, or 20.5 %.
Such foreigners are believed to be illegally staying in South Korea to engage in economic activities without proper employment visas.
By nationality, the number of Thais who illegally stayed in South Korea reached 145,000, the largest share of 76.3 %, followed by Chinese with 15,000 and people from Kazakhstan with 11,000, the data showed.