“Kosian” Baby Boom in South Korea
“Kosians”, a compound of Korean and Asian, referring to the bi-racial minority that is quickly growing! Check out these quotes i pulled from the article and if you have a second, definitely check out the full article!
It is a similar story across South Korea, where hundreds of thousands of foreign women have been immigrating in recent years, often in marriages arranged by brokers. They have been making up for a shortage of eligible Korean women, particularly in underdeveloped rural areas like this one in the nation’s southwest. (WELL MAYBE IF YOU DIDN’T SEND ALL OF THEM HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD?!)
The surge in births of mixed children is the product of the similarly explosive growth here in marriages to foreigners, as a surplus of bachelors and the movement of eligible women to big cities like Seoul have increasingly driven Korean men in rural areas to seek brides in poorer parts of Asia. In addition, a preference for male babies has helped skew the population so there are fewer native-born women to marry.
