Adoption News from Korea

Tough to love: trials of a volunteer
Thirty-nine-year-old Ron Fowler, an English teacher from the United States, has spent the last eight years in Korea focused on helping orphans. His critics, however, say he is also focused on himself, with one accusing him of being narcissistic and even delusional.
Fowler first came to Korea in 1985 [...]

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Asian Holiday

No, i’m not referring to the upcoming Lunar New Year, but a whole bunch of days called “Operation Rice Bowl.”
That’s right. We have an entire 24 days devoted to our race. I’m not exactly sure what this is, but I think we get free rice for 24 days while feasting on mandu and [...]

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Child returned

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Chinese couple who lost custody of their baby daughter after putting her in what they said was temporary foster care with an American family won their heartbreaking, seven-year legal battle Tuesday to get her back.
In a unanimous decision, the Tennessee Supreme Court said a Memphis judge wrongly took away the Chinese [...]

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So Far From the Truth

The book, by Yoko Kawashima Watkins, explores the fleeing Japanese from Korea during wartime. A couple of historical innaccuracies are about the “legitimate” occupation of Korea by Japan, the bombing by American forces of Japanese trains, and the daytime rapes of Japanese women. Besides the article on Chosunilbo, the Korea Times also published [...]

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Inked

I have a tattoo. I’m proud of the tattoo and am glad I waited so long to get the right one. It took many years to actually find a meaningful design, and it wasn’t until last summer in Korea where I found the proper piece of art for my body.
So I love the [...]

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Geisha Girls Gone Grrrrl Power

My lovely Didi sent me this article from Salon. You have to read the interesting interview.

Geisha grrrls
The author of a new book about gender in Japan sets aside Western stereotypes and talks about how ordinary women are fueling a feminist revolution that’s transforming the country.
By Corrie Pikul
Jan. 17, 2007 | The [...]

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Me Real Bad Korean

Why the hell am I not notified of these things?
Don’t they know who I am? I’m calling the Congress to complain that this wasn’t advertised. Instead, I have to put up with early Valentine Day crap and Easter bunnies on store shelves.
Korean American Day Celebrated in US

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Not Lucy Liu

My Life: Asian Americans Focus of PBS Film
Actress Di Quon says she’s spent much of her acting career playing the same role that many Asian American actors get stuck with. The “friend” of the main character. Case in point: Her first big break in 2002 was as Lily Kim, a seamstress and friend of Jennifer [...]

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Saint Fujita

Saints’ Fujita the sum of multi-cultural influences
Cal grad was adopted by a Japanese-American father and white mother

When Scott Fujita, propelled by the electricity coursing through the Superdome in late September, chased down Michael Vick and knocked the ball loose and out of bounds, he picked himself up and, turning toward his bench, covered his right [...]

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Lucy Liu All American Girl

As in many of Liu’s screen work, her Asian ethnicity often is of secondary consideration as she has been able to play women whose cultural backgrounds are irrelevant, such as in the “Charlie’s Angels” films. Liu remains surprised that in a Hollywood still often not so colour blind, this Asian-American actress has risen to the [...]

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