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Korean Americans' contribution to the World Food Programme (WFP) is the largest ever made by an ethnic group for a humanitarian cause in the WFP's relief aid history. The US government legalized individual contributions to the WFP and Red Cross in Su mmer '96 if the donation was intended for humanitarian aid to DPRK. About one thousand Korean Americans generously participated then. Korean American community leaders in New York and Los Angeles launched campaigns to challenge Korean Americans to parti cipate. Since then, at least five groups including Korean American Youth Alliance and Korean American Women's Society have run local or national campaigns.
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Korean Americans are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States. Although they share many similar cultural characteristics with other Asian Americans, the Korean Americans are unique in terms of their strong ethnic attachment, extensive participation in Christian churches, heavy involvement in self-employed small businesses, wide geographic dispersion in settlement, and the emergence of the 1.5 generation phenomenon. This book answers the following questions for the student or interested reader: - Who are the Korean people? - Why did they come to the United States? - How did they adapt to their new country? - How are they received by the majority of Americans?
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Regardless of the original and primary factors motivating their immigration across the Pacific, Korean Americans found themselves extending their stay for another year of study or work. They married, began to raise families and as the years passed, it became more difficult to imagine returning. At the same time, obstacles such as language barriers, lack of social contacts and unfamiliarity with the American political process prevented many Korean Americans from becoming more visibly and actively engaged in civic participation. Many immigrants may have hoped to live in quiet obscurity. Life disengaged; the body found itself in the United States while the heart and mind retreated to Korea.
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Korean Americans hold diverse occupations, just as other ethnic groups in the U.S. do. As a generalization, some first generation Korean Americans run small businesses such as restaurants, small retail shops, and dry cleaning businesses. Such businesses often require some capital and long hours. Some Koreans immigrate at the expense of working in a job below their level of education to obtain an education in American schools for their children.
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Several Korean Americans were arrested for making Philopon (Methamphetamine) with kitchen cookers. At one house in Youngdab dong, Seoul, authorities made a raid on a half-basement apartment. Smoke was coming up from new-made white Philopon powder. All the equipment and tools needed to make Philopon were found at the apartment. The ingredients were foreign-made flu medication that may cause hallucination symptoms and diet medication. They were delivered byinternational courier through an Internet website.
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Korean Americans continue to be discriminated against in the job market, often receiving lower pay and having fewer opportunities for promotion than non-Asian co-workers. The view of Korean Americans as "super immigrants" has ... caused discord. Korean American success stories in business and education have led to resentment from outside groups. These stories are often exaggerated. Rumors that the U.S. government gives Korean immigrants money when they arrive are untrue. Only refugees receive aid from the U.S. government, and very few Korean immigrants qualify as refugees.
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