‘Koreans not ready for multiculturalism’

Interesting story on increased diversity within South Korea, particularly through the offspring from mixed unions, and how that comes across in a country with a strong cultural and historical identity:

South Korea is quickly turning into a multicultural society with a growing number of biracial children, but the majority of Koreans are “not ready” for ethnic diversity, according to scholars and experts.

The number of biracial babies in the country increased dramatically, making up 4.7 percent of all newborns in 2012. In 2008, they accounted for 2.9 percent, and 4.3 percent in 2010. A total of 97,701 biracial children were born from 2008 to 2012, according to Statistics Korea.

However, Koreans tend to have racial and ethnic prejudice against immigrants based on their countries of origin, according to research by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies.

Canada’s figure for mixed unions nationally is 4.6 percent, no data that I have seen about the percentage of mixed union offspring.

‘Koreans not ready for multiculturalism’.