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Multicultural discourses and multicultural spaces have recently attracted increasing attention in Korea. This article analyzes the urban redevelopment projects in WonKokdong in Ansan and Karibongdong in Seoul, the two neighborhoods where Korean Chinese are concentrated. Although multicultural discourses prevailed in these redevelopment processes, Korean Chinese who did bring multicultural characteristics to these urban spaces did not play the leading role. By examining the exclusion and selective incorporation of Korean Chinese into these urban redevelopment projects, this article analyzes how the putative opposition between nationalist and multicultural discourses engendered the exclusion of Korean Chinese from the contemporary multicultural discourses in Korea.