KoreanAmericanStory.org compiled the data from the Decennial US Census to determine the number of Korean-American population from 1910 – 2010, broken down by State.
It is a fascinating overview of the history of Korean-American immigration, but to better understand the political and historical reasons behind these immigration patterns.
Click on the image to see a larger PDF file of the Korean American population spread sheet.
I have been inspired, once more, to re-learn my native tongue.
Never in a million years did Marja Vongerichten think she would become the unofficial ambassador of Korean food to the United States. Her story is well known at this point. Born to a Korean mother and an African-American serviceman father, at the age of three she was adopted by an African-American couple, Colonel James Allen and Margo McKay.
In this video piece, Kimberly So Jin Kim of KoreanAmericanStory.org provides a glimpse of the Corona Senior Center, a service that is run by the Korean Community Services of New York (KCSNY.org) to meet the staff members, volunteers and the elderly Korean-Americans who utilize their services.
With this 1996 debut novel, Chang-rae Lee entered the pantheon of literary best-sellers. Part mystery, part spy story, part immigrant experience, the story examines the character and identity of Henry Park.
A memorable collection of essays, letters and narratives by citizens who lived through the Japanese occupation of Korea.
An anthology of 12 post-1945 Korean fiction, in translation, includes brief biographies of each author.
Lillias Horton was a doctor who went to Korea in 1888 as a Christian humanitarian missionary, whereupon she married one of the first Presbyterian missionaries to land in Korea, Horace Underwood. They traveled throughout Korea for fifteen years,and were connected to the Korean court.
This fictionalized story tells the sorrowful story of a simple orphan girl, in postwar Korea (mid-late 1950s) who works in a gourd shop.
A Korean war vet returns after 21 years to search for the houseboy, a onetime street urchin, he had during the war.