Nonexistent romance, financial strain and language barriers are key factors that make life difficult for immigrants who are married to Koreans and also reside in rural South Korea.  The long-term strength of these families is becoming increasingly important as they populate more of South Korea.

According to the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, nearly 50 percent of the population below age 19 in South Korea’s rural regions will soon become biracial due to the quickly growing number of interracial marriages in the farming and fishing community.

A report released Thursday said that the ratio of multiracial children stood at 1.3 to 2.5 percent in 2005, but the figure is expected to rise to the 24.5 to 49 percent range by 2020.

With most rural-born Koreans wanting to move to metropolitan cities for better education and white-collar jobs, the country’s farms are now becoming fast populated by offspring of mothers from Vietnam, China, the Philippines and Mongolia.  Read more>

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