Koreans in North America.

According to the statistics of the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 1999, there are more than 2168,000 Koreans in North America, most of them live in the United States, and a few live in Canada, Mexico and other places. This year marks the anniversary of Korean immigration to the United States 10 1. In the United States, 1000 people are Korean.

At present, Koreans in the United States are roughly divided into five categories. 1.1903-1905 workers and their descendants who went to the United States with Korean imperial passports. 1905- 1945. Overseas students, teachers, laborers and their descendants who went to the United States from China and Shanghai with China passports or from Japan with Japanese passports. Iii. 1945- 1952, employees, overseas students and their descendants of US troops stationed in South Korea. 4. 1952- 1965 According to the annual 100 immigration quota provided by the United States, immigrants who go to the United States through transnational marriage and their descendants. V. Immigrants and their descendants who went to the United States on the grounds of family reunion and employment after 1965.

Most Americans and Koreans live in new york, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston and other big cities. There are more than 650 thousand people in Los Angeles alone, most of whom live in the Olympic Avenue area, and gradually formed a Korean town similar to Chinatown. Here, Korean food such as Korean shops, kimchi and cold noodles can be seen everywhere, and Koreans will not feel any inconvenience even if they don't understand a word of English.