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Writers Transcend Diaspora | LIST

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Article
http://list.or.kr/node/862
Journal
list_Books from Korea
Issued Date
September 01, 2014
Page
-
Language
English(English)
Country
SOUTH KOREA
City
Seoul
Book
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Writer
Kim Yong Ik , Kim Eunguk , Cha Theresa Hak Kyung , Lee Chang-rae , Susan Choi , Cathy Song , Nora Okja Keller

About the Author

  • Kim Yong Ik
  • Birth : 1920 ~ 1994
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Yong Ik
  • Family Name : Kim
  • Korean Name : 김용익
  • ISNI : 0000000028516456
  • Works : 2
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  • English(English)

Writers Transcend Diaspora By Kim Jonghoi on Oct 30 2014 18:46:59 Vol.25 Autumn 2014While there is no shortage of expressions that reflect this new era of globalization, the world as one global village, one word has become imperative when discussing the current state of the Korean people. Diaspora, a term derived from the Greek meaning “scattering” or “dispersion,” is most notably used in reference to the Jews who were forced to live outside their homeland for most of Jewish history, while retaining their ethnic identity and religious practices.The nature and scope of the diaspora, however, is similar to what has happened to the Korean people since the late 19th century, many of whom left their homeland to survive the turbulent history of modern Korea: the forced occupation of the Korean peninsula by Imperial Japan and the subsequent Korean War that divided the nation into the South and the North. The Korean diaspora includes the ethnic Koreans who moved to China and the Soviet Union in search of a better life; to Japan, drafted into the military but unable to return; and later as exported labor to the United States.

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