Diaspora institutions in South Korea: The role of protestant FBOs in supporting Filipino factory migrant workers

• Main Author: Kim, Dae Myeong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2020
• Subjects: Religious institutions > Korea; Protestant churches > Korea; Foreign workers > Philippines; Filipinos > Employment > Foreign countries; Korean diaspora; Religion
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/5933; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=12909&context=etd_masteral
• Institution: De La Salle University

In 2019, the number of Overseas Filipino Workers (hereinafter, “OFWs” or “Filipino workers”) surpassed 2 million. The Republic of Korea (hereinafter, “South Korea” or “Korea”) has generally been welcoming more OFWs than other nations, particularly in 2014 and the trend continued in 2019, when South...