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Koreans in the Netherlands | Total population |
| 4,968 (2009)[1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| No data |
| Religion |
| Buddhism[2] |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Korean diaspora |
Koreans in the Netherlands form one of the smaller Korean diaspora groups in Europe. As of 2009, 4,968 people of Korean origin (immigrants from North or South Korea and 2nd-generation Koreans) lived in the Netherlands.[1]
[edit] Demographic characteristics
As of 2009[update], statistics of the Dutch Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek showed:
- 37 North Korean-born and 2,733 South Korean-born persons
- 3 persons of North Korean origin and 409 persons of South Korean origin born locally to two parents outside the Netherlands
- 1,792 persons born locally to one South Korean-born parent and one parent born in the Netherlands
For a total of 4,968 persons, not including ethnic Koreans from other countries. This represented more than three times the 1996 total of 1,492 persons. However, they still formed little more than a minute proportion (0.1%) of the total number of persons with a foreign background.[1]
[edit] Adoptees
About 4,000 of the people of Korean origin in the Netherlands consist of Korean adoptees.[3][4] Dutch interest in adoption of babies from Asia began to pick up in the late 1960s; Dutch writer Jan de Hartog, who himself had earlier adopted two Korean War orphans, was promoting charitable activities for children in Vietnam who had been orphaned due to the Vietnam War bombings of Hanoi and Haiphong in 1966. In 1968, he appeared on the television show hosted by Mies Bouwman with his two adopted Korean daughters; after this broadcast, nearly a thousand people called the studio and expressed interest in adopting Korean babies. Since 1970, Dutch parents adopted 3,993 South Korean babies.[5] The number of adoptions has fallen off; from 1995 to 2006, the total number of adoptions from South Korea was 349, with just two in 2005 and only one in 2006. This made South Korean adoptees about 10.9% of the 3,194 international adoptions and 2.25% of the 15,467 total adoptions during that period.[6]
A small number have relocated to South Korea; however, due to cultural differences and the high expectations placed on their behaviour due to their external appearance of being Korean, they find it difficult to fit in there, and also find themselves the objects of unwanted pity for their status as adoptees.[3][4]
[edit] Notable individuals
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Population by origin and generation, 1 January, The Hague: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, 2009, http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLEN&PA=37325eng&D1=a&D2=0,l&D3=0&D4=0&D5=63,169&D6=0,l&LA=EN&HDR=T,G1&STB=G5,G2,G3,G4&VW=T, retrieved 2009-07-17
- ^ "Korean Buddhist congregations in the Netherlands", World Buddhist Directory (Buddha Dharma Education Association), 2006, http://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/search.php?keyword=korean+&prev_keyword%5B%5D=korean&newsearch=new&search=Begin+Search&country_id=70&province_id=0, retrieved 2009-03-09
- ^ a b Deters, Sigrid (2003-10-29), "Voordelen van de dubbele identiteit", Wereld Expat, http://www.wereldexpat.nl/nl/wonen/cultuurverschillen/Korea_koreaansuiterlijk.htm, retrieved 2009-02-25
- ^ a b Yoo, Sang-ah (2007-10-09), "'Korea zit in mijn bloed': Adoptiekinderen treffen lotgenoten in hun geboorteland", Trouw, http://www.trouw.nl/achtergrond/Dossiers/article1487759.ece/_lsquo_Korea_zit_in_mijn_bloed_rsquo__.html, retrieved 2009-02-25
- ^ van de Wetering, Chris (2000-10-26), "Je blijft een Koreaan", NRC Handelsblad, http://www.nrc.nl/W2/Lab/Profiel/Korea/adoptie.html, retrieved 2009-02-27
- ^ Adopties naar land van herkomst, soort adoptie en geslacth, The Hague: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistie, 2007, http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=37722&D1=a&D2=0,11&D3=a&D4=a&HDR=T,G2&STB=G1,G3&VW=T, retrieved 2009-02-27
- ^ Stoffer, Paul (2007-09-01), "Récardo Bruins Choi niet te kloppen op drogend circuit in tweede kwalificatie", RaceXpress, http://www.racexpress.nl/index.php?nav=Artikel&nid=8274, retrieved 2009-02-27
[edit] Further reading
- Daamen, Bas; Hennart, Jean-Francois; Kim, Dong-Jae; Park, Young-Ryeol (2007), "Sources of and Responses to the Liability of Foreignness: The Case of Korean Companies in the Netherlands", Global Economic Review 36 (1): 17-35, doi:10.1080/12265080701217165
- van Tijn, Eli (1991), Nederlanders in Korea, Koreanen in Nederland, Ph.D. thesis, University of Amsterdam, OCLC 71730828
[edit] External links
2 comments:
Thanks for all the research, I have been too busy to finish getting links. Great job! Will post a link to you tonite.
Good stuff Bert youre really good at researching your topics.Eric
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