Canceling naturalization proper for man committing bigamy: court
A marriage migrant will have his Korean citizenship cancelled as he was in a common-law marriage with someone else in his home country, a local court ruled, Tuesday. / YonhapBy Kim Jae-heunA naturalized citizen will have his Korean citizenship cancelled as he was in a common-law marriage with someone else in his home country, a local court ruled, Tuesday.The Seoul Administrative Court ruled against a man who requested the court to annul the justice ministry's revocation of his naturalization here.The man from an Islamic country married a Korean woman in 2004 and the ministry approved his naturalization in 2014.But the man had previously entered into a common-law marriage with another woman from his native country in 2009, and had a daughter. In his country, bigamy is permitted whereas it is illegal in Korea.But his common-law marriage was discovered after he divorced his Korean wife in 2015 and attempted to bring the other woman and their daughter from his homeland to Korea.The ministry launched an investigation into the man and decided to cancel his naturalization after conclud
