Koreans in Los Angeles
From YoKim
This is a study of koreans in koreatown (and more broadly Los Angeles)
The task was very vague, so I came down to these questions which I believe cut across the heart of the matter.
- who are they?
- where are they, and how many of them are there?
- what do they do? where do they go?
- what moves them?
- how can you move them?
While the work is in progress (as of October 2005), I am bookmarking relevant links at http://del.icio.us/yonghokim/ktownres
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[edit] who are they?
[edit] where are they?
- current distribution worldwide
- inside the united states, disparity between korean embassy and us census
- los angeles county
There are 1,076,872 koreans* (0.4%) in the US in 2000, having grown by 35% since 1990. Out of these, 345,882 (33% of all koreans) live in CA. As we "zoom in" to Koreatown, from the US to CA and the five area county area to Los Angeles County, proportion of koreans in relation to the general pop increases from 0.4% to 2%, and becoming 20% in Koreatown.
* Single race koreans (mixed race is classified separately under US census)
File:Population change us race ethnicity 1990-2000.png
[edit] Student population
Los Angeles Unified School District provides breakdown by race for the general student population (N=736K) and by language spoken for those enrolled in its English Learning (EL) program, which comprises 43% of total population (N=315K) From the EL pool, koreans comprise 1.2% (3,663 students) of total.
From the general student population, Asians are significant in Districts 1, 3 and 4
| D | pop | key cities | Asian | Latino | Black | White | Korean | Spanish | Other language |
| 1 | 119k | 10.4% | 57.9% | 6.6% | 23.4% | 1.5% | 87% | Pilipino 2.2, Farsi 1.5, Armenian 1.5 | |
| 2 | 106k | 4% | 80% | 3.6% | 12% | 93% | 4% Armenian | ||
| 3 | 93k | 8% | 48% | 30% | 13% | 6% | 88% | ||
| 4 | 95k | 10% | 79% | 4.2% | 6.9% | 2% | 80% | Pilipino 2% | |
| 5 | 96k | 2.5% | 93.3% | 3.1% | 98% | cantonese 1.5% | |||
| 8 | 83k | 7.5% | 60% | 24% | 6.7% | 95% | 2.5 Pilipino |
[edit] Church
- There are 1,200 korean churches in CA (constituting 37% of korean churches in the US, highest share followed by NY, IL, VA GA). Number of CA churches grew by 5% in 2004 (U.S. korean churches grew 3%). National denominational breakdown for korean churches: presbyterian 42%, baptist 13%, anglican 11%, pentecostal 9%, 성결교 (purity church?) 7%, others 1% non-denominational 4%, no response 11% (Christian Today, Korean Churches in America [미주한인교회 통계] January 6, 2005
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The sixteen largest korean churches in Los Angeles are reported by the Korean Times to have over 31,000 members and about $52M overall budget in January 2001 (from Lightning the Community Conference: Survey Results [Study on organizational capacity of churches], KCCD, November 2001.
[edit] ktown and surroundings
full data in separate excel sheet
| members | attend | s | fou | korean name | english name | ZIP | website | Affil |
| 7,000 | 800-1,300 | 4 | 동양선교교회 | Oriental Mission Church | 90004 | ocm.org | WEMA | |
| 500 | 500 | 1975 | 미주평안교회 | Mijoo Peace Church | 90004 | mijoopeace.. | none | |
| 3,250 | 1993 | 열린문교회 | LA Open Door Presby Church | 90010 | laopendoor.org | KAPC | ||
| 2,000 | 1,600 | 1957 | 한인침례교회 | Berendo St Baptist Church | 90006 | SBC | ||
| 나성영락교회 | Young-Nak Presby Church | 90031 | youngnak.com | KPCA | ||||
| 나성한인교회 | LA Christian Presby Church | 90032 | CRC | |||||
| 1971 | 나성한인감리교회 | LA Korean Methodist Church | 90029 3 | lakmc.org | KMC | |||
| 벧엘장로교회 | Bethel Presbyterian Church | 90036 | ||||||
| 세계아가페선교 | World Agape Mission Church | 90006 | agapemc.com | IPE |
[edit] where do they go?
- immigration patterns
- organizations
- work
- schools
- korean asssociations
- churches
[edit] what moves them?
- brief history, premodern and modern
- movement history
- ideologies
- anti-communism
- regionalism
- development
- nationalism
[edit] Brief History of Korea
[edit] Premodern =
- 고조선 Go-cho-sun (2333 BC? - 108 BC)
Popular legend tells of the founding of Chosun, by 단군 왕검 Dangun Wanggom, a son of God in 2333 BC in southern Manchuria Korean historiography refers to this kingdom and two other Chosuns (Gija and Wiman) as the beginnings of the 한민족 Han people under organized rule, one Gochosun period (Gochosun as in old chosun)
- 사한군 Sa-han-gun, four Han outposts (108 BC – 313 AD)
The last of the Gochosuns fell out of wars with the Han dynasty in China. Han established four 군s, or commanderies, in the northern portion of the peninsula in 108 BC.
- 삼국시대 Three Kingdoms (37 BC – 668 AD)
Three regional powers absorbed neighboring forces and destroyed the 한군, which became 고구려 Goguryeo in Manchuria and the northern half of the peninsula, 신라 Silla, in what's 경상도 Kyung-sang today, and 백제 Baekje in what's 전라도 Jun-ra today. The central areas were fought and dominated by each kingdom in their apogee. Goguryeo was a nomadic and military stronghold and defended itself against the 수 Tsu dynasty and 당 Tang dynasty of China. Baekje established trade networks across the China sea.
- 통일 신라와 발해 United Silla and Bal-hae (668 AD – 935 AD)
Silla entered into an alliance with the Tang dynasty and conquered Baekje and then Goguryeo in 668 AD. In (year) Goguryeo royal refugees founded Balhae in the eastern corner of former Goguryeo, expanding to cover the current russian southeastern territory leading up to Vladivostok.
- 후삼국시대 Later three Kingdoms (- 935 AD)
- 고려 Go-rio (918-1392)
- 조선 Cho-sun (1392-1897)
[edit] Modern
- 조선 후기와 실학 Later Chosun and the rise of Practical Studies
- 대한 제국 Han Empire (1897-1910)
- 일제 강점 Japanese Imperial Occupation (1910-1945)
- 미/소 군정 (1945-1950)
- 1공화국 (1950-
- 2 공화국
- 3 공화국
- 4 공화국
- 5 공화국
- 6 공화국 (1987-)
[edit] how can you move them?
[edit] Appendix
[edit] References
- US Census (through the Los Angeles Almanac)
- Los Angeles Unified Schoool District, School Information Branch
- 2005 R30 Language Census Report 2004-2005 - Planning, Assessment and Research Publication no. 258
- Cho, Seehwa
- 2003 Why Not Docile?: Labor Activism of South Korean Women Workers, 1970-1987. Unpublished paper.
- 외교통상부 산하 재외동포재단 Brothers Residing Abroad Foundation under the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- 강근환 Kang, Keun-Whan
- 2001? 한국교회 신학의 흐름과 전망 Theological Trends and Prospects in Korean Churches
- Kim, Daniel
- 2001 Summary Notes on Korean BRU Organizing
- 2003 Korean Organizing Update, Projections, Proposal
- 박영석 Park, Young-Suk
- 중국 동북지역 - 만주의 항일민족독립운동 Anti-Japanese National Independence Movement in the Chinese Northeast-Manchuria Area (via 독립기념관 소장 논문)
- 홍선표 Hong, Sun-Pyo
- 이승만의 통일운동: 1930년 하와이 동지미포대표회를 전후로 Lee Seung-man's Unification Work: Around the Hawaii Korean Association of 1930 (via 독립 기념관 소장 논문)
- Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates 남가주 노동 상담소
- 2005 Koreatown on the Edge: Immigrant Dreams and Realities in One of Los Angeles' Poorest Communities. (with Edward J. Park)
- 김진호 Kim, Jin-Ho
- 2005 한국 개신교의 미국주의, 그 식민지적 무의식에 대하여, 역사비평. On the Colonial Subconscious of Americocentrism in the Korean Protestant Church. History Review, 80.
- 정운현
- 2004 실록 '군인 박정희' 친일과 좌익의 기록, 오마이뉴스 August 4 - August 21. True Records "Park Jung-Hee Soldier", Records of Pro-Japanese and Left-Wing Acts, OhmyNews
- Wikipedia
- 2005
- 한국역사연구회현대사연구반 Korean History Committee, Contemporary History Research Team
- 1991 한국현대사, 풀빛. Korean Contemporary History, Pool-bit
[edit] Resources
- Korean American Coalition-Census Information Center in partnership with the Center for Korean American and Korean Studies, California State University, Los Angeles
- Korean Churches for Community Development (KCCD)
- 민족 학교 (Korean Resource Center)
- has a ~200 book library
