#2 Interview with Corina

Guest: Corina
Interviewer: Chris
Recording Date: November 14, 2007
Length: 56 minutes

Corina is a Korean adoptee from a small village of about 500 in southern Germany. Corina moved to Korea with the intention of staying for a few years, but that sojourn slowly became a 10-year stay. In this interview she shares with us some of her experiences growing up in what is technically categorized as a “village” in Germany — where she was the only non-ethnic German — the culture shock of moving to Korea with no knowledge of Korean and only limited English, as well as her experiences living and working in Korea as a German with an “Asian face.” Above is a still shot from a short video of Corina dancing at her token salsa club in Hongdae, where she also teaches dancing lessons (click to watch video).

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#1 Interview with Robyn Shultz

Guest: Robyn Shultz
Interviewer: Chris
Recording Date: October 31, 2007
Length: 44 minutes

Robyn Shultz is a 25 year-old Korean American adoptee from St. Louis Park, Minnesota. She was adopted at three months old and did not return to Korea until the age of 24 to spend a year teaching English. In this interview we discuss her experiences living and working in Korea, including her experience meeting her biological mother and half-brother. Above, she is pictured with her biological mother at a hoi (raw fish) restaurant in Busan, conquering her life-long aversion to all things seafood.

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Also, for more adventures from Robyn, a.k.a. Park Joo-Young’s, life, check out her photoblog, “Globe Trotters.” It chronicles her travels from Morocco (just before coming to Korea), to her time and travels here.

Bear in mind: this is the first episode, we’re still experimenting … and figuring out how to work all the software. :)