Koreans in Germany
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36,000 (2022) | |
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Korean diaspora |
Koreans in Germany numbered 31,248 individuals as of 2009[update], according to the statistics of
The largest community of Koreans is situated in the
History
South Koreans
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Some students, nurses, and industrial trainees from
There has been a movement among South Korean miners in Germany in 2011 to let the South Korean government officially recognize their patriotic effort.[12]
North Koreans
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There was also a Korean presence in
In the 1980s, relations between North Korea and East Germany improved again, and about 1,500 North Korean students came to East Germany.[16] Even after the German reunification, the Pyongyang government continued to send some students to Germany for technical training; the two countries established formal diplomatic relations in March 2001, and Germans working in North Korea have reported meeting German-speaking engineers and technicians.[17]
Return migration
Some Koreans settled in Germany have begun returning to South Korea after retirement, bringing German spouses with them; this return migration has resulted in the creation of the Namhae German Village in South Gyeongsang Province.[18]
Education
Over 70% of second-generation Korean descendants in Germany hold at least an
Notable people
- Cha Bum-Kun, noted football player in Bundesliga, known as Tscha Bum ("Cha Boom").
- Unsuk Chin, composer.[20]
- Caroline Fischer, pianist.
- Martin Hyun, professional ice hockey player who played in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
- Deutschland sucht den SuperStar.
- Bae Suah, author and translator.
- Krypteria.
- Byung-Chul Han, author, cultural theorist, and professor at the Berlin University of the Arts.
- In-Ah Lee, film director from Hamburg, now based in Los Angeles.
- Mirok Li, novelist who sought exile in Germany.
- Ill-Young Kim, moderator, stand-up comedian and actor.
- Kim Isak, singer and radio personality who was born in Germany but is mainly active in South Korea.
- biathlete and 2010 Winter Olympicsbronze medalist.
- Oh Kil-nam, economist who defected to North Korea with wife Shin Suk-ja and two daughters, then returned to Europe, Germany then Denmark, alone to seek political asylum.[21]
- Song Du-yul, philosophy professor and former prisoner under South Korea's National Security Act.[22]
- Isang Yun, composer and former political prisoner.[11]
- Cha Bum-Kun.
- Teo Yoo, German-born South Korean actor.
References
- ^ "Germany and the Republic of Korea (South Korea): Bilateral relations". auswaertiges-amt.de. April 4, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
- ^ "Korean Buddhist organisations in Germany". World Buddhist Directory. Buddha Dharma Education Association. 2006. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ Cyrus, Norbert (March 2005). "Active Civic Participation of Immigrants in Germany" (PDF). Building Europe with New Citizens? An Inquiry into the Civic Participation of Naturalised Citizens and Foreign Residents in 25 Countries. European Commission. p. 36. Retrieved 9 March 2009.; cites Yoo 1996, listed below
- ^ "재외동포현황/Current Status of Overseas Compatriots". South Korea: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 2009. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ a b c d Choi, Sun-Ju; Lee, You-Jae (January 2006). "Umgekehrte Entwicklungshilfe - Die koreanische Arbeitsmigration in Deutschland (Reverse Development Assistance - Korean labour migration in Germany)" (PDF) (in German). Seoul: Goethe Institute.
- ^ Creutzenberg, Jan (22 May 2007). "Two Stories of Exploitation and Integration: Double lecture on Korean and Vietnamese work migration in Germany". OhmyNews. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
- ^ S2CID 145300975.
- ^ Kang, Tai S. (March 1990). "An ethnography of Koreans in Queens, New York, and elsewhere in the United States" (PDF). Ethnographic Exploratory Research Report #8. Center for Survey Methods Research, Bureau of the Census. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
- The Dong-a Ilbo. Archived from the originalon 10 March 2005. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
- ISBN 978-0393327021.
- ^ a b Gil, Yun-hyeong (30 October 2004). "독일, 당시 국교단절 검토: 67년 윤이상씨등 서울로 납치 '동백림사건' 항의 (Germany considered breaking off relations at the time: Protests over the 1967 "East Berlin incident" kidnapping of Isang Yun and others)". The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
- ^ Wang (왕), Gil-hwan (길환) (14 April 2011). 파독광부들 "국가유공자로 인정해 달라". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- S2CID 154999855.
- ISBN 978-3-8265-5472-8.
- ^ Ryu, Kwon-ha (13 February 2007). "North Korean husband of German woman is alive". JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
- ^ Green, Chris (31 May 2011). "An Anti-Reform Marriage of Convenience". Daily NK. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ Pak, Sung-jo (11 March 2001). "Germany Gets Maximum Concessions from NK". The Chosun Ilbo. Archived from the original on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
- ^ Onishi, Norimitsu (9 August 2005). "In a Corner of South Korea, a Taste of German Living". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
- ^ "Overseas Korean Educational Institutions: Germany". National Institute for International Education Development, Republic of Korea. 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
- JSTOR 1004366. Archived from the originalon 5 April 2005.
- ^ Harden, Blaine (22 February 2010). "A family and a conscience, destroyed by North Korea's cruelty". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
- ISSN 1557-4660. Archived from the originalon 2 June 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
Works cited
- Yoo, Jung-Sook (1996). Koreanische Immigranten in Deutschland: Interessensvertretung und Selbsorganisation. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač. ISBN 978-3-86064-502-4.
Further reading
- Kim, Hae-soon (1997). "Koreans in Germany: the Story of Kwang-Chung Kim". Occasional Papers of the Korean American Historical Society. 3: 33–48. ISSN 1088-1964. Archived from the originalon 10 June 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
- Schwekendiek, Daniel (2012). Korean Migration to the Wealthy West. New York: Nova Publishers. ISBN 978-1614703693.
- Hoffmann, Frank (2015). Berlin Koreans and Pictured Koreans (PDF). Koreans and Central Europeans: Informal Contacts up to 1950, vol. 1, ed. Andreas Schirmer. Vienna: Praesens. ISBN 978-3-7069-0873-3.