Koreans in the United Kingdom

Koreans in the United Kingdom

] [citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/other_news/newsid_2065000/2065795.stm|last=Geoghegan|first=Tim|date=25 June 2002|title=Life and Seoul in Surrey|periodical=BBC News|accessdate=2008-09-10]

Other areas with a Korean presence include Golders Green, where Korean and Japanese immigrants have been visibly replacing the older, diminishing Jewish community. [citation|last=Russ|first=Willey|chapter=Golders Green|title=Chambers London Gazetteer|page=194, 340-343|publisher=Chambers Harrap|day=16|month=October|year=2006|isbn=978-0550102591]

Business

Korean business owners' unfamiliarity with commercial practises in the U.K., along with language barriers, have sometimes led them into conflict with governmental regulators; the Health and Safety Executive noted that Korean barbecue restaurants are especially problematic in this regard, as they often imported small, uncertified table-top gas cookers directly from South Korea for self-installation, rather than hiring a registered gas engineer to install and inspect them, and took no corrective action when issued with warnings. The language barrier is compounded by the lack of translators; one Korean translator estimated that she had only four or five competitors in the entire country. 21% of all Korean-owned businesses in the U.K. are located in the New Malden area. [citation|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/jun/25/worldcupfootball2002.sarahhall|last=Hall|first=Sarah|date=25 June 2002|title=With heart and soul in the Seoul of Surrey|periodical=The Guardian|accessdate=2008-09-10] The first Korean restaurant in New Malden was established in 1991. Other Korean businesses in the area include hairdressers, stationery shops, travel agents, and Korean-language child care services; there used to be a bookstore selling imported Korean novels, but it closed down. Two rival Korean-language newspapers are also published there.citation|url=http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/ejrot/cmsconference/2007/proceedings/managementandphilology/moore.pdf|last=Moore|first=Fiona|last2=Lowe|first2=Sid|last3=Hwang|first3=Ki-Soon|date=11 July 2007|chapter=The Translator as Gatekeeper in the Korean Business Community in London|title=Critical Management Studies Conference|publisher=University of Manchester|accessdate=2008-09-10] Korean grocers do good business, as Korean food products, unlike those from India or Japan, tend to be unavailable from mainstream retailers such as Tesco. [citation|url=http://www.chosun.com/uklife/news/200603/200603290667.html|title=영국 뉴몰든 한인 유통의 최강자 '코리아 푸드를 가다' (Strongman of Korean logistics in New Malden: "Go for Korean food")|periodical=The Chosun Ilbo|date=29 March 2006|accessdate=2008-09-10]

Religion

As among Korean Americans, Protestant churches have played an important social and cultural role in the Korean immigrant community in the U.K.; they hold religious functions solely in Korean, a practise which contrasts sharply with that in Korean American churches, which often conduct youth group services and activities in English language; this has aided in preventing the attrition of Korean language abilities among locally-born Korean youth. Denominations with Korean-language services in New Malden include the Church of England and the Methodist Church.

ee also

*Koreatown, UK
*British Oriental

References

Further reading

*citation|url=http://www.hani.co.kr/section-007100005/2004/06/007100005200406102320153.html|title=충격에 휩싸인 영국 한인사회 (U.K. Korean community shaken by shooting)|periodical=The Hankyoreh|date=10 June 2004|accessdate=2008-09-10

External links

* [http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Ideas/Album/KoreanFestival.htm Korean Festival] , the largest Korean cultural festival in Europe
* [http://www.londonkoreanlinks.net/blog/food/ Korean Food in London]
* [http://comminfo.kingston.gov.uk/ClubDisplay.aspx?OrgID=1366 Anglo-Korean Cultural Institute]


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