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'Koreans in Hong Kong' were the 12th-largest ethnic minority in Hong Kong as of the 2001 census, forming 1.5% of the minority population, or roughly 5,200 individuals.^[1] They are much wealthier than the average Hong Kong resident; in January 2006, Hana Bank launched a private banking service aimed specifically at Koreans in Hong Kong.^[2]
The earliest reports of Koreans in Hong Kong were noted during the Japanese occupation; after the Japanese surrender, US Army records show that the British government repatriated to Korea 287 Koreans serving with the Imperial Japanese Army.^[3] Today, virtually all Koreans in Hong Kong are South Korean; however, a few North Korean businesses and diplomats are known to operate in the territory as well.^[4] In addition, a minority of North Korean refugees attempt to sneak across the border into the territory to obtain political asylum and transport to South Korea; it is reported that the Hong Kong Police was instructed to keep no record of their arrest or registration.^[5]
Koreans in Hong Kong are served by one school, the Korean International School in Sai Wan Ho,^[6] as well as a weekly newspaper, the Wednesday Journal.

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1. CSD 2001: 6
2. M2 Presswire 2006
3. CMH 1950: Ch. 6 note 39
4. FEER 2003-02-13
5. USCR 1998: 3
6. KIS 2006: [1]

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★ Reports of General MacArthur: MacArthur in Japan: The Occupation: Military Phase, Volume I Supplement, , , , US Army Center of Military History, , . Chapter 6 endnotes in Google cache here

★ Hana Banks decide to launch new private banking services aimed at Koreans in Hong Kong

★ Pyongyang's Banking Beachhead in Europe

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★ Korean International School of Hong Kong

★ Wednesday Journal