Korean Job Discussion Forums

[LURKER]

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[optik404]

couldnt you say the same thing about every foreigner working in Korea?

[Yu_Bum_suk]

I think it's logical. Children who were adopted straight from Africa would probably be much more interested in going back to see their country of origin than regular black Americans. If someone offered them a decent wage and free housing to do so for a year, I'm sure many would.

I know of one such adoptee who ended up marrying a Korean, having kids, and settling down here - and he can still hardly speak Korean, lol.

[Kimchi Cha Cha]

I see it as something entirely natural. I'd be surprised if you didn't want at one stage of your life at least visit the place of your (or your parent's) birth and discover a bit more about your roots.

Whether they ever find what they are looking or hoping for is another matter and is no business of anyone else. But, you can't begrudge them for at least going to see for themselves.

[Ukon]

Many kyopos were adopted or second generation...some grew up in homes where Korean is the language used at home. Some kyopos have family here(gasp!)...

Crazy reasons to visit your ancestral home....but you know those crazy Koreans.

[aboxofchocolates]

I kind of want to see scotland and my great great grandparents landed in canada over a hundred years ago. Or great great great, I don't know.

[LURKER]

[agoodmouse]

It's obvious. They're coming to Korea to experience this country.

If you had made a 1:1 comparison between Korean adoptees and African adoptees, then you would be making sense.

However, you compared Korean adoptees and African Americans in general who are not adopted.

What is bothering you about Korean adoptees, having been sent away from Korea because of sustained generational poverty after the war, wanting to visit Korea?

[KoreaninKorea]

I'm adopted but I don't view myself as a Kyopo. Kyopo don't have to be adopted. I think of them as people who grew up with Korean culture. I never did. I came to Korea to experiencing a culture that I never experienced. What's wrong with that?

[Ya-ta Boy]

A number of years ago, a friend from back home e-mailed me to ask me to help an office co-worker of hers to get around in Seoul. The woman was an adoptee who was back for the first time, spoke and read no Korean. She asked me to help her find the orphanage where she'd lived for a time as a small child. She was hoping to find the woman who ran it to thank her.

Adoptees, like everyone, have complex motivations for what they do.

[TripleBz]

Exactly, why even question why they would want to? To each his or her own. Also, im sure there are plenty of adopted kids that aren't visiting their motherland.

[Captain Corea]