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| Article 118 (Criteria for Recognizing Populations of Large Cities and Special Sis with Population of at Least 500,000) |
| (1) | To be eligible for a special case treatment pursuant to Article 198 (1) of the Act, a large city with a population of 500,000 or more shall maintain the number of its residents at 500,000 or more, including the following persons, for two consecutive years as of the end of the preceding year: |
| 1. | A person registered as a resident in the area under the jurisdiction of the relevant local government; |
| 2. | A Korean with foreign nationality listed in the relevant local government’s registry of persons with reported place of residence in the Republic of Korea under Article 6 of the Act on the Immigration and Legal Status of Overseas Koreans; |
| 3. | A foreigner who is listed in the relevant local government’s registry of foreigners under Article 34 of the Immigration Act. |
| (2) | Where a large city with a population of at least 500,000 under paragraph (1) fails to reach an average of 500,000 persons for two consecutive years, calculated by aggregating the number of residents falling under any subparagraph of paragraph (1) as of the end of each quarter in the preceding year, such city shall be excluded from the group of large cities with a population of at least 500,000 starting from the following year. |
| (3) | Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall apply |