Showing posts with label discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label discrimination. Show all posts

Friday, April 13, 2012

Korean Unwed Mothers Families' Association

Wow, KUMFA; what a noteworthy organization.

I'd known of the social stigma faced by unwed Korean mothers before, but never any actual numbers. This group advocates for the rights of unwed pregnant women, mothers and their children in Korea.

There's also the Korean Unwed Mothers' Support Network, which also works with unwed Korean moms. They, as well as KUMFA, welcome volunteers.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Move Over, Korean Blood Myth

Gasp... choke... could Korea be on the move to a multicultural society? May it start having to redefine its notion of Korean culture, the Korean one-blood myth, its nationalism? There is an interesting demographic shift on the way: one in ten South Korean men and women get married to a foreigner, most of whom are made up of brides from China and Vietnam. My question: when will the "waygooks" who have made Korea their home, indeed who have "mixed-race" children, no longer be known as foreigners, nor be treated in an inferior way to Aryan "pure-blood" Koreans?