Guest: Sarah Jun
Interviewer: Chris
Recording Date: January 30, 2009
Length: 57 minutes
Sarah Jun is a 26 year-old Korean American who spent her formative years between Fiji, Hawaii and California. She moved to Korea four years ago with the intention of working at a hagwon for one year, but ended up finding work in broadcasting, and ever since has continuously extended her stay. One peculiarity of Sarah’s story is her experience with her Korean boyfriend, whom she met before he had performed his mandatory military service. In this interview listen to Sarah discuss her experiences working as an English teacher and then in the English-language broadcasting field, maintaining her relationship with a man for whom she waited for two years, and constantly contemplating the merits of staying.
Tags: broadcasting, indecision, korea, korean, korean american, korean mandatory military service, working in korea
March 14, 2009 at 4:50 pm |
Gidday mate! frm Fiji ay? Always dream to be pure 100% Korean not half Korean/White.
April 18, 2009 at 4:20 pm |
Glad to see you started this up again…