two million South Koreans residing overseas. North America was home to over 1.2 million. South Koreans also were residents of Australia (100,000), Central and South America (45,000), the Middle East (12,000), Western Europe (40,000), New Zealand (30,000), other Asian countries (27,000), and Africa (25,000). A limited number of South Korean government-sponsored migrants settled in Chile, Argentina, and other Latin American countries. Because of South Korea's rapid economic expansion, an increasing number of its citizens reside abroad on a temporary basis as business executives, technical personnel, foreign students, and construction workers. A large number of formerly expatriate South Koreans have returned to South Korea primarily because of the country's much improved economic conditions and the difficulties they experienced in adjusting to living abroad. See also Demographics of North Korea Koreans South Korea Chinese people in Korea Vietnamese people in South Korea Filipinos in South Korea Notes References Works cited External links Korean Statistical Information System South Korea: Balancing Labor Demand with Strict Controls, Park Young-bum, Migration Information Source, December 2004. HelpAge International HelpAge Korea (in Korean) Society of South Korea pt:Coreia do Sul#Demografia