High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! There has been a recognisable community of Chinese people in Korea since the 1880s. Most early migrants came from Shandong province on the east coast of China; many of them and their descendants have emigrated. However, the reform and opening up of the People`s Republic of China (PRC) and the normalisation of People`s Republic of China – South Korea relations has resulted in a new wave of Chinese migration to South Korea. More than half of the South Korea`s 1.1 million foreign residents are PRC citizens; 71% of those are Joseonjok, PRC citizens of Korean ethnicity. There is also a small community of PRC citizens in North Korea.