Gyeongnam Nepalese Community
Population
-The number of residents: 40,230(as of Nov. 30th 2019)
-The number of residents in Gyeongnam: 3,696
-Type of migration: Non-expert worker, marriage
History of the community
| 2005 | establishment(current president:Kim Seora) |
| 2010~2020 | participated in the MAMF |
| 2011.4 | organized the Sports day event to celebrate Nepalese New Year |
| 2012 | organized the Migrants’ Volleyball Competition |
| 2014 | led a fundraiser to help Napales earthquake victims |
| 2016 | co-organized the Southwest Asian Cricket Competition |
| 2017 | organized an official meeting with the Nepalese minister of Labour and the minister of Culture |
| 2017 | held a press conference regarding the Industrial Trainee system(ITS) |
| 2019.8 | participated in the boycott movement against Japan |
| 2021.2 | released a joint statement against the military government of Myanmar |
| 2021.5 | released a joint statement for residential right for foreign workers (on Labor Day) |
| 2021.8 | released a joint statement to urge Covid relief fund for all |
| 2021 | coordinated with the embassy of Nepal in Korea for MAMF2021 |
| 2021.9 | organized a promotion group of migrants for MAMF2021 |
Key Activities
| -Human rights movement | joint-statement on the International Labour Day |
| -Self-governing Activities | New Year’s celebration, dashain festival, workplace safety trainings, driving course for foreign-born residents, summer camp and day tour, fundraisers for democracy movement of Myanmar, Gyeongnam Migrants Center, fact-finding research about migrant workers |
Key Figures
| -Minu | The late Minod Moktan, better known as Minu was a Nepali human rights activist and singer. In 2003, he founded the rock band Stop Crackdown, which became a cultural symbol of migrant workers' struggles within the broader social movements of South Korea. |
| -Subedi Yagya Raj | a pastor, human rights activist, president of migrants association of Gyeongnam and the multicultural family association based in Gyeongnam |
