#10 Interview with Daniel Eysseric

Guest: Daniel Eysseric
Interviewer: Nari
Recording Date: January 16, 2008
Length: 59 minutes

During this episode, Daniel Eysseric, a 34-year-old Korean French adoptee, speaks openly about his opinions on Korean society and the place of Korean adoptees. From his rare position of working in a Korean company, he shares his thoughts on how Korea could positively utilize adoptees more effectively for the purpose of boosting their economic endeavors. Daniel also speaks candidly about his relationship with his Korean step-son, his Korean in-laws, and his ultimate decision to end contact with his birth family after their initial reunion.

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#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. :)