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Post by fantasticeel on Jun 28, 2003 14:23:43 GMT -5
I'm curious about the scene in the final episode towards the end when Andrea is receiving an award and speaking before the church congregation. I thought it was odd that most of them were non-Korean. Yet Andrea was still speaking to them in Korean, and they were apparently understanding him. So what's the deal? I wasn't under the impression that there is a lot of immigration to Korea. Were they supposed to be refugees from somewhere? Though if that were the case then they probably wouldn't understand Korean. Just wondering if anyone more familiar with Korean society than me has any insights into this.
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Post by Michael on Jun 28, 2003 23:30:38 GMT -5
I'm curious about the scene in the final episode towards the end when Andrea is receiving an award and speaking before the church congregation. I thought it was odd that most of them were non-Korean. Yet Andrea was still speaking to them in Korean, and they were apparently understanding him. So what's the deal? I wasn't under the impression that there is a lot of immigration to Korea. Were they supposed to be refugees from somewhere? Though if that were the case then they probably wouldn't understand Korean. Just wondering if anyone more familiar with Korean society than me has any insights into this. Many from poor Southeast & Central Asian countries have been entering South Korea for about 10 or more years now, and they have started to make up a significant portion of low-wage labor force in Korea. (I've personally met and spoke with some English-speaking Muslim Pakistanis.) From what I've been hearing and reading, most of them stay illegally and work in factories. You can guess what type of treatment they are receiving in light of the fact that Korea has been ethnically homogenous country for millenia. Various people groups, including the government are trying hard to deal with this new issue. Anyway, in many of urban and rural towns with factories, it's quickly becoming a common phenomenon to see such foreign laborers on streets. An average Korean person would call such foreigner, literally, "Foreign laborer." One other type of "permanent" immigration I've seen about are the "Filipino wives" in rural towns. For young men in rural farm towns, there aren't any women available to marry, since young women these days don't want to marry a farm boy. So rural towns have started to bring in Filipino wives for their boys. I've seen the documentary on this about a year ago... |
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Post by fantasticeel on Jun 29, 2003 11:41:15 GMT -5
Very interesting. Thanks for the reply.
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