#12 John Tae-Shik Ha

Guest: John Tae-shik Ha
Interviewer: Nari
Recording Date: January 23, 2008
Length: 58 minutes

John Tae-shik Ha is a Korean Swedish adoptee who has lived in Korea for the past six years. In this episode, he talks openly about a number of topics ranging from his opinions on Korean society and his alternative approaches to teaching English. John offers a unique perspective as an adoptee who has been actively involved in adoptee community work in the past and is currently working as a consultant for Global Overseas Adoptees’ Link. John also speaks about the joys and challenges that have come with his marriage to a Korean national and in raising their young son in Korea. 

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#11 Interview with Stephanie Boss

Guest: Stephanie Boss
Interviewer: Chris
Recording Date: March 11, 2008
Length: 53 minutes

Stephanie Boss is a 28 year-old half-Korean/half-German from Frankfurt, Germany. Her parents met in Berlin as her mother was working as one of the hundreds of Gastarbeiter (guest worker) nurses who came to Germany during a nursing shortage in the 1970’s. Stephanie grew up in Bad Homburg, a small town outside of Frankfurt, one of few not fully white Germans. In this interview Stephanie discusses the difficulties of learning Korean, dating and socializing in Seoul’s international community, and teaching both German and English at public and private institutions.

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