Abstract
The chapter examines marriage migration policies in South Korea through the conceptual lens of social reproduction. Marriage migration is one of the defining features of the Korean migration regime. Marriage migrants have rapidly increased since the late 1990s, and the marriage migration flow into Korea has been highly feminized. The Korean government has been actively intervening in the process of admission, adjustment and settlement of marriage migrants. Marriage migrants are regarded as ‘desirable migrants’ in Korea since they perform indispensable reproductive roles as wives, mothers and daughters-in-law. In return, they are granted enhanced rights of residency, citizenship and social protection. The Korean experience of (female) marriage migration can contribute to expanding knowledge on migrants’ reproductive roles in households as unpaid care workers.
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