At that time, he held North Korean nationality.
South Korean nationality can be acquired in a number of ways:
However, in practice, a formal evaluation needs to take place which requires documentary proof of North Korean nationality.
An exception to this is draft-age males, who must complete or be exempted from military service before being allowed to forfeit Korean nationality.
Those who choose Korean nationality have until 2016 to reacquire their foreign nationality.
They work in Japan, while all members are of Korean nationality.
At that time Kim still held North Korean nationality.
He switched to South Korean nationality in August 2005.
It includes any and every person who was "Korean" who holds to the ideas of Korean nationality.
Between 1980 and 2004, a total of 696 people originally holding South Korean nationality became Spanish citizens.