Fear Quote by Lee Isaac Chung

I was a mama's girl. So when I had to go to Korea without mom, I felt that I had to take care of…

— Lisa

My parents fled from North Korea during the Korean War because they despised the North Korean Communist regime. They fled to seek freedom and…

— Moon Jae-in

We grew up in rural Arkansas without any Koreans close by, and when I go to Korea feel out of place.

— Lee Isaac Chung

I lived in Korea when I was young, so it was great to be back, close to my family.

— Jennie

Koreans stuck to their traditional way of life without knowing what was going on outside the country. We were like frogs in a well.

— Park Chung-hee

Before I came to Korea, my family worried about me because I came here when I was very young.

— Momo Hirai

My family immigrated when I was 3, and our predecessors inhabited the Korean Peninsula for as long as can be recalled.

— Chang-Rae Lee

My family immigrated from Korea when I was four years old, and when I started school, I didn't speak English. I remember that other…

— Jane Park

Korea taught me nothing, for no one spoke of it when I was growing up, except as something about how wonderful the girls in…

— Gloria Emerson

My parents did not want us to lose our culture and our language. And that was a good thing.

— Jose Feliciano

“You never really said anything about what you Koreans believe in" she said. "Staying out of trouble," I said.”

— Chang-rae Lee

“There was a sentence, buried somewhere in the paperwork, that stated, “Once you have settled in North Korea, you will not be allowed to…

— Masaji Ishikawa