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The historically used term gyopo (교포/僑胞, also spelled kyopo, meaning "nationals") has come to have negative connotations as referring to people who, as a result of living as sojourners outside the "home country", have lost touch with their Korean roots.

What's a "gyopo" anyways? Simply put, gyopo is someone of Korean descent that originates outside of Korea. This LA Times article, written almost exactly a year ago, describes a writer's view of what being a gyopo in Korea is like. Personally, I found the article very different from my own experiences. Here is what I found.

2022年7月31日 · Gyopo means Korean who left the country and would come back. They are Koreans keeping Korean nationality. However, people who have changed the nationality or are born outside of the country without Korean nationality (Korean gov enforces the nationality if one of parents is Korean nowadays but that is a separate story) but only with Korean ...

2010年2月14日 · In South Korea, returnees such as Babe are known as gyopo. The term connotes “our Koreans who happen to be living overseas in another country,” said David Kang, a second-generation Korean...

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A Korean lexicon (also spelled, gyopo) used to define a native Korean who permanently resides in another country or land other than one of the two Koreas. However, if a gyopo returns to Korea, this one will lose his/her gyopo “status.” There are several variations to the lexicon gyopo.

it’s not a bad word per se, but can have negative connotations according to its context. that’s because some koreans hate them as they view those gyopos (esp. who’re living in korea) as kinda freeloaders who aren’t doing their duty, esp. military service.

2007年4月18日 · The terms gyopo or dongpo in Korean refers to persons of Korean ethnic descent who have lived the majority of their lives outside Korea. It can also mean simply any Korean who lives outside Korea.[1]

A gyopo by definition is a Korean born in Korea who lives or lived abroad (outside of Korea). So, a 1st Generation Korean Immigrant to the USA is a Gyopo but a 2nd Generation Korean-American is not a gyopo.