Voices of Foreign Brides: The Roots and Development of Multiculturalism in Korea

by Choong Soon Kim

Since the early 1990s, there has been a critical shortage of marriageable women in farming and fishing villages in Korea. This shortage, which has become a major social problem, resulted from a mass exodus of Korean women to cities and industrial zones. Korea's efforts to give rural bachelors a chance to marry have succeeded in providing 120,146 brides from 123 countries. However, the Korean government has proven to be ill-prepared to deal with the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759120358
• ISBN13: 9780759120358
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"