Koreans Immigration
Koreans have been immigrating in and out of the country mainly because of economic and political reasons. Koreans have been migrating into United States and this has been influenced by the military relations, political and the economic ties between United States and Korea specifically South Koreans. This comes after the travels from Asia into United States were allowed in the 1965 after being restricted from ever immigrating. In the recent years, there have been more than 1 million Koreans who have immigrated to United States and this represents at least 3 percent of the total close to 43 millions in the United States (Park et al., 1765). After the government allowed Koreans to immigrate into the United States, the number rose from 38 000 in the late 70s to above 200 000 in the 80s. In the year 2010, there are more than 1 million immigrants in the United States. Historically, the Korea immigrants were very unskilled but after the ban was lifted skilled Koreans moved into United States. The high socioeconomic positions of the Koreans increase the likelihood of the United States accepting their immigration.
Currently, the number of Korean immigrants has stagnated especially in United States. This has been attributed by the fact that the economic and the political conditions in the south part of Korea has been improving over the period. The number of students has also reduced drastically from about 63 000 in the year 2015 to about 60 000 in the year 2016 (Spring, 87). Historically, the United States and South Korea had signed a treaty after the end of the World War II where both countries had to join hands and ensure that they assisted each other in many areas. There has been tension in South Korea over the issue to do with North Korea threatening to attack and drop nuclear bombs into South Korea or the United States. This issue has created a lot of heated debate in the current times since this is a risky war which will only end up hurting the minors and not the leaders of the countries. Immigration from Korea to United States in the late 90s was very high with many Koreans feeling safe and free in United States (Park et al., 1765).
Korea has been facing challenges such as the lack of stability economically and politically. When a country is threatened to be attacked, many investors and other potential foreign investors will be forced to look elsewhere and invest there instead of risking an economy that might fall due to war. The United States politically is faced with the issue of going against the treaty it signed with South Korea after numerous threats have been made by North Korea. This might be one of the issue forcing Koreans out of the United States. In the case United States surrenders to not protecting South Korea, then the Koreans will be forced to migrate back home fearing for their lives (Kim, 67). Currently, china has been the highest contributor to the economy of South Korea and this means that the Koreans who might have immigrated to the United States due to economic reasons, they might consider going to china more than they prefer to immigrate into United States. The economic conditions in the northern part of Asia have been growing and this can force the immigrants to join their home countries in growing the economy.
Works cited
Kim, Illsoo. New urban immigrants: the Korean community in New York. Princeton University Press, 2014.
Park, Namkee, et al. "Factors influencing smartphone use and dependency in South Korea." Computers in Human Behavior 29.4 (2013): 1763-1770.
Spring, Joel. Deculturalization and the struggle for equality: A brief history of the education of dominated cultures in the United States. Routledge, 2016.
