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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 5:23 am Post subject: 35,000 Go to Emigration Fair; Going Abroad to Have Baby |
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Throngs of people came to a Seoul fair providing emigration information, reflecting a growing trend that an increasing number of Koreans are willing to desert the country for better lives.
"I decided to move to the U.S. because of tough competition in schools to enter prestigious universities," said Chung Hae-youn, 36, who has two sons attending elementary schools. "Whether my sons get into good universities determines the rest of their lives here. I was born and brought up here, but I don't want to raise my children in this dreary place."
Kim Min-ki, 43, said he wants to move to Canada to find better sources for investment because of the struggling local economy. "I came out here to get information on how to invest in Canada and the United States," Kim said. "It is difficult to find where to invest my money. I can�t find any signs of a better economic outlook here," Kim said.
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200309/kt2003090717442310230.htm
Giving-Birth-Abroad Craze Getting Noticed
The number of pregnant women going abroad to bear their babies in English-speaking countries for citizenship advantages has been quietly rising across all social strata. The figure is up from 3,000 in 2001 to a projected 7,000 for this year.
According to a company that organizes such trips, it used to be mostly the wives of doctors and lawyers who went abroad to have their babies; but now the practice is widespread, attracting even the wives of ordinary salarymen and owners of small shops. The company says more and more pregnant women are calling for appointments.
Couples prefer Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States because these countries automatically grant citizenship to babies born on their territories.
Travel agents here sell basic packages to go abroad for 50 days and have a baby - they cost W1.5-3.5 million won for America and W1.5-2.5 million for Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200309/200309050023.html
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Real Reality
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:06 pm Post subject: Re: 35,000 Go to Emigration Fair; Going Abroad to Have Baby |
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| Real Reality wrote: |
| Couples prefer Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States because these countries automatically grant citizenship to babies born on their territories. |
As far as I know, the USA has made it significantly hard, almost impossible to employ this time-honored technique of giving birth to your kids in the US to grant them citizenship. Generally, if you are pregnant woman, its almost impossible these days. It worked quite well throughout most of the 70s, 80s and possibly most of the 90s though.
Also, as far as people wanting to emigrate to an English-speaking country, this has been going on for a few centuries now, its not that surprising that Asians if given the opportunity, would want to do it as well. Particularly when you see so many already in English-speaking countries.
If there was some country out there that was different and unique, and I wasn't already from it, I'd defintely have the inclination and desire to get there as well.
Also, you make this look like its unique only to Koreans. Actually there are something like 2-3 million Koreans already in the USA, and they pale significantly in numbers compared to most other immigrant groups. I think every US embassy and most likely any English-speaking origin embassy, has a waiting list about 10 years long with just about every possible person you can imagine from that country desiring to be there. Fortunately Korea has quite a bit going for it already, that it has nowhere near the 'desire' that half of the rest of the world seems to have from the significantly less-off countries. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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Uh, Real, why don't YOU get real and do something else instead of piling up negative articles on Korea? It seems that is all you do, in addition to highlighting or blowing up certain sentences.
Yeah, we hear loud and clear that you hate Korea. Stop it already. |
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