Lock the doors and windows and hide the women and children—Korea’s barbarian population was estimated at 536,627 (31.7 percent of whom are ethnic Koreans from China) in April, totaling a whopping 1.1 percent of the population.
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I don’t think they’re counting the illegal population - which are the majority of the foreign population.
As well, 39,500 foreigners hold Korean citizenship.
I see that Korea is as bad as the other Asian nations in that citizenship doesn’t erase the fact that one is foreign.
The writer in this story call them “migrant workers”, we call them “illegals aliens” here in the U.S., or the left-wing nuts call them “undocumented workers” in hopes that they will vote for their party, without U.S. citizenship apparently.
The hot topic recently in the States involves Francine Busby, a left-wing Californian democrat representative saying “the rule of law doesn’t matter in the U.S., we want your vote!”
What the liberals don’t understand that most Mexicans are right-wing, being that they are deeply religious, and believe in family values. African-Americans are really upset that they will no longer be the majority minority race in the U.S. Personally, I’d like to see more Mexicans and Chinese emigrate to the U.S., they are hard-working and decent people, with fantastic family and educational values.
I wonder how long it’ll be before there are race riots in the U.S. again, like it was back in the 1960s. Since this national debate on “illegal workers” began in the U.S. a few months ago, the tension between the hispanic and black gangs has significantly increased. I wonder how this foreigner-issue will play out in a very closed-society like South Korea in the coming years.
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I wanted to comment on the 39,525 Korean Citizenship Holders, but newshound beat me to it. Indeed, it not only reflects badly on Korea’s love for naturalized people, but also on the dichotomy between race and naturalization – Robert Kim anyone?
[i]African-Americans are really upset that they will no longer be the majority minority race in the U.S. Personally, I’d like to see more Mexicans and Chinese emigrate to the U.S., they are hard-working and decent people, with fantastic family and educational values.[/i]
You mean compared to those lazy Negros? That’s what it sounds like you’re saying.
*hmm*
tries again…
Yah! Now how do I quote?
You have to use this:
Okay, let’s try again…
use (blockquote) instead of (i) or (b)
Duh. They should have called them “foreign-born citizens” or “foreign-born Koreans.”
Naturalized Koreans? ’cause once you’ve got the passport, ya ain’t foreign.
At least to me.
ahhh, YOU know what they mean…
And actually, they’re just being accurate, it’s not a
mistaken usage at all. No matter how long a non-Korean stays here in Korea, no matter if you take the citizenship or not, you can never and will never be considered to be a Korean. No matter how much some might want to be. The several white friends I have who have taken Korean citizenship can tell you all about it. That’s just how it *is* here, ain’t gonna change anytime soon.
I was told that before I even arrived, in fact; witnessed the truth of it in my first few years and made my appropriate adjustments. Not that I ever wanted to “be a Korean” anyway… Content and secure enough with what I actually am, even a bit proud of it. All of us who decide to spend our adult lives here have to deal with this issue one way or the other; there’s a wide variety of good ways, partly based on whether you marry a Korean or not….
Collectively, we could write an entire book on this subject — and i’ll bet it would be pretty good.
Does anyone know if there are more specific breakdowns of nationality and job available online?