(2) Changes in the Number of New Arrivals and Foreign Residents of the Principal Nationalities/Regions by Status of Residence

Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Total	2,248,645	1,451,174	2,303,161	1,505,228	1,901,888
Diplomat	1,388	1,191	1,218	1,262	1,146
Official	4,499	3,578	3,675	2,788	2,475
Professor	172	219	170	159	176
Artist	8	2	-	3	7
Religious Activities	126	133	113	105	95
Journalist	17	10	14	12	5
Investor/Business Manager	216	228	210	188	179
Legal/Accounting Services	-	1	-	-	-
Medical Services	-	-	-	1	6
Researcher	46	37	36	44	21
Instructor	15	15	19	14	12
Engineer	1,292	439	302	361	403
Specialist in Humanities/International Services	771	570	552	590	603
Intra-company Transferee	649	592	505	511	491
Entertainer	1,329	1,173	1,450	3,179	6,528
Skilled Labor	132	157	90	87	109
Technical Intern Training 1-(a)	13	34	73
Technical Intern Training 1-(b)	-	-	-
Technical Intern Training 2-(a)	-	-
Technical Intern Training 2-(b)	-	-
Cultural Activities	388	466	332	261	240
Temporary Visitor	2,218,602	1,424,195	2,275,293	1,481,868	1,876,140
College Student	5,516	5,487	7,271	6,749	5,855
Pre-college Student	6,171	4,516	2,774
Trainee	219	89	163	105	120
Dependent	2,618	2,376	2,257	1,956	1,546
Designated Activities	3,366	4,592	5,961	4,263	5,103
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	873	852	565	501	422
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	81	96	54	61	53
Long-Term Resident	151	160	124	126	80
1-2 Changes in the number of foreign residents of Korean nationals by status of residence (People)
Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Total	589,239	578,495	565,989	545,401	530,046
Professor	1,006	1,025	1,009	956	943
Artist	36	43	46	45	42
Religious Activities	1,049	1,049	1,011	977	945
Journalist	68	64	54	51	48
Investor/Business Manager	2,249	2,492	2,723	2,872	2,941
Legal/Accounting Services	4	6	6	6	6
Medical Services	18	21	23	22	39
Researcher	258	258	232	232	196
Instructor	86	94	90	97	93
Engineer	8,647	8,015	7,050	5,828	5,367
Specialist in Humanities/International Services	8,118	8,962	9,233	9,166	9,755
Intra-company/Transferee	2,265	2,242	2,079	1,873	1,750
Entertainer	398	363	374	313	305
Skilled Labor	1,587	1,592	1,510	1,421	1,394
Technical Intern Training 1-(a)	5	22	66
Technical Intern Training 1-(b)	-	-	-
Technical Intern Training 2-(a)	-	-	-
Technical Intern Training 2-(b)	-	-	-
Cultural Activities	398	364	335	295	250
Temporary Visitor	5,007	4,184	3,386	2,307
College Student	19,441	19,807	27,066	21,678	18,643
Pre-college Student	10,286	7,804
Trainee	147	94	82	49	27
Dependent	18,484	18,533	18,026	16,750	15,117
Designated Activities	3,389	4,711	5,820	4,444	5,027
Permanent Resident	53,106	56,171	58,082	60,262	62,522
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	21,990	21,052	19,761	18,780	17,017
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	2,699	2,643	2,574	2,523	2,429
Long-Term Resident	8,722	8,622	8,374	8,288	7,774
Special Permanent Resident	416,309	405,571	395,234	385,232	377,350
Without Acquiring Status of Residence	1,597	1,425	1,074	417
Temporary Refuge	-	-	-	-
Others	1,875	1,288	730	495

$ ^{*1} $ These numbers are based on the statistics as at the end of December each year (Hereinafter the same applies to the tables relating to the number of foreign residents.).

$ ^{*2} $ The numbers until 2011 represent the number of alien registrations, and the number for 2012 represent the number of mid to long-term residents and special permanent residents. (Hereinafter the same applies to the tables relating to the number of foreign residents.)