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  • South Korea’s multiculturalism

    South Korea’s multiculturalism Al Jazeera The Stream 2013-05-21 How is the nation dealing with its growing diversity? A multi-cultural, multi-ethnic society is an emerging reality that is leading to a lot of racial and social discord in South Korea. Faced with an aging population and an influx of migrant wives, many are clinging to their…

  • Even The Rivers: A film about educating South Korea’s multiethnic generation.

    Even The Rivers: A film about educating South Korea’s multiethnic generation. April 2013 Cindy Lou Howe, Director Matt Kelley, Producer Uikwon Lee, Researcher “In 10 years, even the rivers and mountains change.” —Korean proverb South Korea has seemingly always known dramatic change. Created after Japanese colonization and a devastating civil war, the nation became one…

  • Stepping toward multiculturalism

    Stepping toward multiculturalism The Korea Herald 2013-04-03 Cho Chung-un Experts call for a long-term vision of Korea as a multiethnic society, social agreement on overall immigration policy Globalization, demographic change and economic growth have led Korea to embrace cultural diversity and tolerance toward others. But biases and discrimination against foreigners remain and Koreans’ pride for…

  • Ten Thousand Sorrows

    Ten Thousand Sorrows Bantam Books 2000 240 pages Paperback ISBN-10: 0553812645; ISBN-13: 978-0553812640 Elizabeth Kim ‘I don’t know how old I was when I watched my mother’s murder, nor do I know how old I am today.’ The illegitimate daughter of a peasant and an American GI, Elizabeth Kim spent her early years as a…

  • Demographic Shifts Redefine What It Means to Be Korean

    Demographic Shifts Redefine What It Means to Be Korean The New York Times 2012-11-29 Choe Sang-Hun SEOUL, South Korea — Jasmine Lee realizes just how Korean she’s become when she breaks out in the language, forgetting that her Filipino mother on the other end of the phone can’t understand her. But she is reminded of…

  • Being Amerasian in South Korea: Purebloodness, Multiculturalism, and Living Alongside the U.S. Military Empire

    Being Amerasian in South Korea: Purebloodness, Multiculturalism, and Living Alongside the U.S. Military Empire The Ohio State University June 2012 96 pages Yuri W. Doolan Honors Research Thesis Presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation with Honors Research Distinction in History in the undergraduate colleges of The Ohio State University This thesis focuses…

  • Army to appoint first mixed-race officers

    Army to appoint first mixed-race officers Korea Herald 2012-06-11 Yonhap News The South Korean Army said Monday that two of its cadets with multicultural backgrounds are soon to become non-commissioned officers, the first such cases since the Army’s foundation. Cadet officers Bae Jun-hyeong, 22, and Han Ki-yeop, 21, will undergo a 12-week training course next…

  • Multicultural children’s baseball team founded

    Multicultural children’s baseball team founded The Korea Times 2012-04-20 Kim Bo-eun Former baseball player Heo Koo-youn, 61, will found a baseball team for children of interracial families in Korea, Monday. The team will be called Heo Koo-youn Rainbow Little. The initiation ceremony will be held at the National Baseball Center in Goyang, north of Seoul.…

  • Multi-ethnic Koreans find help with assimilation through MACK Foundation

    Multi-ethnic Koreans find help with assimilation through MACK Foundation The Korea Times 2012-04-25 A “typical Korean” probably wouldn’t call Yang Chan-wook a typical Korean, but he wants to be seen that way. The 37-year-old is a multi-ethnic Korean, part Korean from his mother’s side and part African-American from his father’s side. And he’s working towards…

  • [Daniel Fiedler] Segregating children is wrong

    [Daniel Fiedler] Segregating children is wrong The Korea Herald 2012-03-13 Daniel Fiedler, Professor of Law Wonkwang University This year under the guidance of the Seoul Office of Education a new elementary school and a new high school were opened in the Seoul area. While generally the opening of new schools would not be cause for…