There has been growing interest in the mobility–immobility continuum across migration, affect, and digital media studies, yet its intersections with ageing remain underexplored. Employing a mobility-immobility perspective, this paper examines how affect shapes the everyday lives of 18 older Korean-Australians in Victoria, Australia. Drawing on in-depth interviews and participant-guided social-media scroll-back activities, we underscore how pride produces both affective mobilities and immobilities. We propose the concept of ‘ambivalent (im)mobility’ to encapsulate the contradictory ways mobility and immobility can be experienced and negotiated across the life course. The findings reveal that during younger years, pride motivates migration or staying put to support and propel their children's educational and eventually professional successes. In later life, however, unmet expectations of reciprocity generate discomfort, while the desire to preserve the family's image of success encourages silence, secrecy, and social withdrawal. To cope with emotional burdens and isolation, participants access and consume homeland-based YouTube content, which provides cultural continuity, emotional comfort, and a sense of social presence during periods of reduced offline participation. In sum, the study highlights how mobility and immobility are relationally interconnected and shaped by affect, moral expectations, and digital practices in the later lives of older migrants.
