South Korean Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon, attending a ruling party policy meeting for the first time on Dec. 6, 2023, emphasized the need for an immigration policy to avoid a national demographic crisis. Han argued that the time for debating the implementation of such a policy has passed, warning that without it, the nation faces inevitable demise due to population decline. He highlighted the need to establish a provisional Immigration and Naturalization Service as a key measure for systematic management and control of immigration.

Han also addressed the limitations of solely relying on birth rate policiesto prevent demographic