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Sikhism is a minority religion in South Korea. Sikhs have been in South Korea for 50 years. Early Sikh pioneers came to the country as traders and businessmen. The first South Korean gurdwara was established in 2001. [1] There are about 550 Sikhs in South Korea, now recently the Sikhs in South were allowed to acquire South Korean citizenship. [2]
Should get a mention on this page under Other religions. Doremon764 ( talk) 04:48, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
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I note that @ TruthInMesopotamia made a large number of major edits including removal of much of the 2015 census data on the grounds that it had been heavily criticized (with almost all the major edits being marked as minor, if they had not been marked as minor I might have manually restored rather than a fullscale rollback). I note the US State Department uses the 2015 data in its reports https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/south-korea/ I also note that the 2015 census data on non-religious seems to follow from the 2005 census data while the data put in the table seemed completely out of kilter. There may well be useful changes in what I rolled back which should be put back. Erp ( talk) 13:02, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
Hey its that more better describe more about no religion in korea? Based on my experience no religion in Korea is not atheist. No religion in korean still practical korean folk religion culture (Korean Buddhism, Confucuanism, and Shamanism). Cahyand ( talk) 12:58, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
I have marked this change in accordance with its significance. I note that @Æo has provided sources that suggest that the 2020 religious data is incorrect, and I have kept the data removed from the article- I also note that they implied that I was somehow colluding with Evangelical organisations to lie about the significance of religious populations on Wikipedia pages (“Notice that there has been a recent wave of pushing ARDA data throughout Wikipedia by various relatively new accounts.”), which is simply incorrect. I however am leaning towards your opinion that the 2020 religious data isn’t very accurate (mostly because you’ve presented it as a projection). Going back to the original point though- the 2015 religious data has gone slightly misunderstood. The 2015 “census” wasn’t really a census at all. The random sharp decline recorded in Buddhism & Catholicism is, according to South Korean Christians, because of the change in methodology. The 2005 census was a real proper census such as those in the west. It was an analysis of the entire population ("whole survey") through traditional data sheets compiled by every family. Everyone was counted, it was comprehensive and very accurate. The 2015 “census”, was not only largely conducted through the internet, which clearly explains the rise in irreligiosity and the apparent decline of religious belief, but limited to a sample of about 20% of the South Korean population. So the 2015 data was not only limited to only a fifth of the population, but the way that sample was chosen specifically and disproportionately affected the results. It was not a census, it was a sample survey at best, passed off as a survey to the country and international community (which is probably why the US government website simply used the census, there would be no reason for them to do any extraordinary research when the word census is used). So with both the 2015 “census” and the 2020 Pew data being clearly discredited- I have kept the 2020 data removed, put the information about 2015 census controversy under its own paragraph along with it’s important context, and created a piechart with the last reputable census data we have form 2005, as Æo said: “…census data are the most reliable ones in any case, and they should never be replaced until the next census data are released.” Considering the 2015 data was clearly not a census, which again is a survey of the entirety of a population not a sample, the last reputable data we have is from 2005. Seeing as the 2015 “census” was almost seven years ago now, let’s hope that there is another one soon and we can update the data. Until then, the 2005 piechart is the best we have. TruthInMesopotamia ( talk) 07:22, 19 October 2022 (UTC)