[KS] Re: Koreans in Japan

[Yuh Ji-Yeon]

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koreans in japan often say that 60 percent or more of marriages among 
koreans in japan involve an ethnic korean marrying a japanese. but i 
haven't seen any firm statistics yet.

ji-yeon yuh

At 11:18 ¿ÀÀü 00-09-03 -0400, you wrote:
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>The subject of intermarriage between Koreans and Japanese is an 
>interesting one.  A few years
>ago I read an article in a Japanese magazine (Bungei Shunju? 
>--unfortunately I didn't save the
>reference) on the lives of Koreans in Japan.  Among other interesting 
>claims, the article
>described intermarriage with Japanese as anything but rare; instead, it 
>was said to be the
>rule.  The statistical number given was surprisingly high--I seem to 
>recall that it was over
>50% of recorded marriages.  That number sounds exaggerated, and it may 
>well have been (or my
>memory of the article may be flawed).  Does anyone have the facts?
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>Robert Ramsey
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