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The high unemployment rate, political insecurity, and military dictatorship caused massive numbers of Koreans to immigrate to the United States in the 1960s through the early 1980s. Their children, largely known as the “second generation,” ( gyopo in Korean) compose the present-day Korean-American community.
- Korean Immigration to Hawaii
- Korean Immigration, 1905-1945
- Korean Immigration, 1945-1965
- Immigration After 1965
- Korean Business Ventures in The United States
During the late nineteenth century, famine and poverty had driven many rural Koreans to urban centers, where they were exposed to Christianity and Western cultural influences. During that period, Korea was feeling the pressure of Chinese and Japanese efforts to dominate its government, and many Koreans were becoming more sympathetic to the idea of ...
That first wave of Korean immigration came to an abrupt end in 1905, when the Korean government received reports of mistreatment of Korean laborers in Mexico and stopped permitting its people to go to either Mexico or the United States. Japan’s government also pressured the Korean government to close its emigration bureau because it was concerned w...
After World War II ended in 1945, the Japanese were ousted from Korea, which was effectively partitioned between the Soviet Union and the United States. The United States occupied the southern part of the Korean Peninsula until 1948, when the Republic of Korea was established under president Syngman Rhee. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union helped set up a...
The U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (also known as the Hart-Cellar Act) eliminated national origins quotas and gave priority to immigrants with skills. In addition, the law allowed the spouses, unmarried minor children, and parents of U.S. citizens to enter as nonquota immigrants. With the passage of the 1965 law, the third and largest...
During the 1960’s, South Korea rose from the ravages of the war and gained economic strength and stability, aided by U.S. economic support and export-oriented economic policies. The living standards of South Koreans improved, and higher education expanded rapidly. During the early 1960’s, only about 6 percent of Korean Americans were classified as ...
- North and South Korea
- Korean
- 1880’s
- California and New York State
While Koreans migrated to the American-occupied islands of Hawai’i in the early 20th century as sugar plantation laborers, Japanese imperial rule (1910–1945) and racially exclusive immigration policy curtailed Korean migration to the United States until the end of World War II.
This chapter overviews historical scholarship on pre-1965 Korean immigra-tion to the United States, which has given greater attention to such topics as racialization, gender dynamics, colonial, and transnational connections over time.
Dr. Sunoo tells of the history of Korean immigration to the United States, of all the early immigrants struggles and hardships and efforts and successes in paving the way for the Korean immigrant community in America today.
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 abolished the quota system that had restricted the numbers of Asians allowed to enter the United States. Over 560,000 Koreans have immigrated to the US from 1970 to 1990.
Koreans entered the United States as permanent residents between 1965 and 1990. As a result of the massive Korean immigration after 1965, the Korean population in the United States increased dramatically from 69,150 in 1970, to 357,393 in 1980, and 798,849 in 1990 (Barringer et al. 1993, p. 39).
