Ms Lee has challenged the Koreans to think about who really is Korean. She is a Korean citizen. Her children are half Korean racially, Koreans in citizenship. With more and more non-Korean brides marrying into the country, what makes a Korean? Even K Pop stars are not necessarily Korean. Two of the members of the latest female K Pop group are Singaporean teens. They had to undergo the rigourous training to make the cut. They may fit the "look", but they're not Korean.
Does speaking Korean make you "Korean"? Probably not. But, you'll be more acceptable to the Koreans if you do. It's true in any culture. Silence rules when you have to speak in another language. When you can speak something of the foreign language, it gets noisy. People get friendly. Everyone wants to chat with you and tell you their life story. I love it!
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