https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20211004000082
According to the Korea Muslim Federation, it is estimated that there are 35,000 Korean Muslims and about 100,000 foreign Muslims. ... Well, still, we don't find a valid reason behind this

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/world/asia/south-korea-diversity-muslims.html
The number of foreign residents in South Korea grew to 1.7 million, or 3.3 percent of the total population, in 2020, from 1.4 million in 2017. The government has predicted that the number will

https://www.mei.edu/publications/rise-korean-islam-migration-and-dawa
In 2001, there were only 34,000 Muslims living in Korea; today there are more than 150,000. Furthermore, there are over 45,000 ethnic Korean Muslims. In contrast to Europe, where over a thousand years of political, cultural, and religious interactions have shaped social attitudes toward Islam, Korea's Muslim population remains relatively unnoticed, comprising only 0.3 percent of the total

https://matadornetwork.com/bnt/growing-muslim-community-seoul/
Today, the majority of Muslims in Korea are students, teachers, and migrant workers, and only a fraction of Korea's 135,000 Muslims are native to Korea, roughly 30,000-35,000 people — a figure that hasn't risen drastically in the last 30 years. ... "I had no exposure to Islam until a few years ago, but it created a curiosity in me

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Korea
t. e. Islam ( Korean : 이슬람교) is a minor religion in South Korea and North Korea. The Muslim community is centered in Seoul and Busan and there are a few mosques around the country. According to the Korea Muslim Federation, there are about 200,000 Muslims living in South Korea, and about 70 to 80 percent are foreigners. [1]

https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/south-korea/
The U.S. government estimates the total population at 51.7 million (midyear 2021). According to a 2015 census conducted by the Korea Statistical Information Service, of the 44 percent of the population espousing a religion, 45 percent are Protestant, 35 percent Buddhist, 18 percent Roman Catholic, and 2 percent "other" (including Won Buddhism, Confucianism, Jeongsando, Cheondogyo

https://accesson.kr/kj/assets/pdf/8296/journal-52-2-160.pdf
According to the 2006 statistics of the Korean Ministry of Jus-tice, the estimated number of legal and illegal foreign Muslims in Korea is 114,790, which comprises about ten percent of the total for-eign residents in Korea (Cho 2008, 32). A considerable portion, esti-mated at over 30 percent, of Muslim immigrants in Korea is illegal.

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/24/1176132837/south-korea-mosque-muslim-students-tensions
Here some members of the community pray at the Dar ul Emaan Kyungpook Islamic Center, in Daegu, South Korea. Anthony Kuhn/NPR. DAEGU, South Korea — On the right side of a narrow alleyway, a new

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_South_Korea
South Korea has an area of 38,023 square miles (98,480 km 2) and a population of 52 million people in 2022. According to the 2015 national census, 56.1% of people have no religious beliefs, 19.7% of the population is Protestant, 15.5% follow Korean Buddhism and 7.9% follow Catholicism.

https://www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-npr/2023-05-24/muslims-in-south-korea-want-to-build-a-mosque-neighbors-protest-and-send-pig-heads
The tensions are a test of the nation's tolerance of increasing diversity, when South Korea is looking to immigration to bolster its aging and shrinking workforce. Muslims in South Korea want to

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_South_Korea
Religion in South Korea is diverse. Most South Koreans have no religion. Christianity (Protestantism and Catholicism) and Buddhism are the dominant confessions among those who affiliate with a formal religion.. According to a 2023 Korea Research's regular survey 'Public Opinion in Public Opinion', 51% identify with no religion, 18% with Protestantism, 17% with Buddhism, 11% with Catholicism,2%

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26594685?read-now=1
Gi Yeon Koo. Abstract. This study is a socio-cultural analysis of Islamophobia in South Korea as well as an exami-nation of the representations of Islam by Korean online media. By tracing the development of Islamophobia in Korea, I will attempt to examine how discussions of Islam have both evolved and are currently taking place in Korea.

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2017/11/15/the-muslims-of-south-korea/
15 Nov 2017. Seoul, South Korea - This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan, which was a turning point in the history of Islam in Korea. Today, South

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/16/1176506770/mosque-project-tests-south-koreas-tolerance-for-increasing-diversity
A clash between Muslim students trying to build a mosque and residents who oppose it in South Korea's fourth largest city tests the nation's tolerance of increasing diversity.

https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KOREA-REP-2018-INTERNATIONAL-RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM-REPORT.pdf
Section I. Religious Demography. The U.S. government estimates the total population at 51.4 million (July 2018 estimate). According to the 2016 census conducted by the Korea Statistical Information Service, of the 44 percent of the population espousing a religion, 45 percent are Protestant, 35 percent Buddhist, 18 percent Roman Catholic, and 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zTgPCWrPsI
There will be more more1. food2. Alcohol culture3. Prayer4. Friday5. Arabic6. Too exotic visual7. Thoughts on Islam

https://www.mei.edu/publications/korea-and-middle-east-religious-encounters
Islamic Expansion in Korea. The influx of migrant workers and students with Islamic backgrounds is slowly changing the religious composition of the Korean population. According to Jung-Gook Ahn's estimates, there were 137,000 Muslims living in Korea in 2011. Of these, [1] 45,000 were permanent residents, including 35,000 ethnic Koreans. [2]

https://www.mei.edu/publications/1500-years-contact-between-korea-and-middle-east
The examples of cross-cultural contact described in this essay reveal a number of interesting aspects of Korea's 1,500-year relationship with the Middle East. Contrary to the commonly-held belief that Islam was introduced to Korea during the Korean War, Islamic cultural influence in the peninsula has a much longer history.

https://www.koreaboo.com/news/daegu-village-witnessing-conflict-local-residents-muslim-students-construction-mosque/
The village of Daehyeong-dong is currently at the center of one of the most intense cultural conflicts in South Korea. The Muslim immigrant community of the area is trying to build a mosque in the neighborhood, which has prompted severe backlash from residents for over a year now. ... Most stated the noise and the congestion as their primary

https://www.statista.com/statistics/953653/south-korea-perceived-and-actual-share-of-muslim-population/
On average, the respondents thought that around seven out of every 100 people in South Korea were Muslims, when the actual share of Muslim population was less than one percent in South Korea. Read

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/2/7/south-korea-loves-pork-and-booze-it-wants-to-be-the-next-halal-powerhouse
Halal is not easily associated with traditionally homogenous South Korea, where the Muslim community is estimated to number fewer than 200,000 people, or less than 0.4 percent of the population.

https://medium.com/@inihaca/i-see-the-beauty-of-islam-in-south-korea-d69e63b67516
Oct 3, 2023. Solidarity, Identity, and Peace will summarize my unexpected spiritual journey in South Korea. Back in March 2023 when I was having a spring exchange program in South Korea. The first

https://hype.my/2020/202655/daud-kim-not-many-muslims-korea/
2. The people in the country are too competitive. He reasons that most Koreans are always trying to outdo each other when it comes to having "a good car, a stable job, a comfortable house". That is apparently how they measure success in life. 3. There are not many mosques in Korea. According to Daud, despite the interest among locals and

https://www.unhcr.org/us/about-unhcr/who-we-are/figures-glance
13 June 2024 Source: UNHCR Global Trends 2023. 75% hosted in low- and middle-income countries. Low- and middle-income countries hosted 75 per cent of the world's refugees and other people in need of international protection. White. 13 June 2024 *Excludes Palestine refugees under UNRWA's mandate.