CINA

본문

Yonhap published today following strange piece:

Obama's win inspires hope for.. immigrants in S. Korea

Barack Obama's election as the first black U.S. president brought new hope for change an ocean away in South Korea on Wednesday, inspiring migrant workers.. looking to make greater inroads into this largely homogeneous society.

"African-Americans were once slaves and were called 'talking beasts' in the U.S. Now one of them has become the U.S. president," said Pastor Park Cheon-eung, the Korean head of the Ansan Migrant Workers Center in southern Seoul.

"In Korea, those who come from Southeast Asia are looked down upon because they come from poorer countries and they are dark-skinned. I trust this historic event will make a difference. Koreans will change, and migrant workers will have a higher self-esteem."
Skin color deeply affects the way the one million migrant workers residing in Korea are treated. Those from China, Vietnam, the Philippines and some African countries generally hold low-paying, labor-intensive jobs in and around industrial complexes and are looked down upon, while white North Americans are usually welcomed as English teachers and business consultants.

"As a minority in Korea, I welcome Obama, a minority in the U.S.," said Maung Zaw, 39, a Myanmarese democracy activist who recently received refugee status in Korea...

Sorry, but I can't see complete no connection between the new elected US president and the issue of migrant workers in S. Korea!!
  Well, if I would follow the N. Korean propaganda, that S.K. is only a colony of the USA... But as far as I know, that's not the reality, not really..^^