Prior to the project on the promotion of exchange for Korean diaspora literature, a study was conducted on the creation and the method of vitalizing Korean diaspora literature in five countries outside of Korea in an effort to establish a specific exchange policy. Five scholars took charge of conducting research on the five regions—the Americas, Canada, China, Japan, and Russia-Central Asia. This report contains information about the formation of Korean diasporas in each of the five regions, their characteristics, current state of affairs in those communities, major writers and their works, and local research. Diaspora, diaspora literature, overseas Korean literature, literary research Kim Uirak (Americas/Yong In University), Song Myung-hee (Canada/Pukyong National University), Li Haiying (China/Ocean University of China), Kim Hwan-ki (Japan/Dongguk University), Kim Phil (Central Asia/Kangnam University)