Tag: Korea Times

  • Thus the Halfie Project tells the stories of people with mixed Korean heritage, but it is not just for them. It is for me, and you. And your neighbor. And the woman downstairs who does not talk to you much.

  • Photographer chronicles biracial Koreans living as strangers in homeland

  • ‘I’m proud of my African heritage’ The Korea Times 2014-12-14 Kim Se-jeong Top award winner Park Ji-han says taekwondo changed him When Park Ji-han was in his first year at elementary school, his classmates called him “African shala shala” because of his background and because he spoke Arabic. Now, a decade later, the handsome youth’s…

  • Skin color remains big barrier The Korea Times 2014-01-27 Park Si-soo Min Kyung-joon (alias) is a “good boy” in many aspects. The freshman at a middle school in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, has been acknowledged by his teachers for his outstanding academic achievement and affable personality. Min is also very actively engaged in sports, which explains…

  • ‘Koreans are not racist’ The Korea Times 2013-08-02 Jonathan Breen Koreans can be close-minded to issues of race and culture, but they know it and they want to learn, says the head of a foundation that helps multiethnic children here. Yang Chan-wook, chairman of the Movement for the Advancement of the Cultural Diversity of Koreans…

  • Winners of 1st Korea Multicultural Youth Awards The Korea Times 2012-12-12 Jun Ji-hye Habitus, a student volunteer group at Yongmoon High School in Seoul, has worked for vulnerable members of society such as the disabled, senior citizens and multiracial children. Among their good works, running the study room for elementary school students from multiracial families…

  • 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 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…