(1) Any of the following persons shall be a national of the Republic of Korea at birth:
1. A person whose father or mother is a national of the Republic of Korea at the time of the person’s birth;
2. A person whose father was a national of the Republic of Korea at the time of the father’s death, if the person’s father died before the person’s birth;
3. A person who was born in the Republic of Korea, if both of the person’s parents are unknown or have no nationality.
(2) An abandoned child found in the Republic of Korea shall be deemed born in the Republic of Korea.[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 14, 2008]