21% of Foreigners Claim They Were Discriminated Against in South Korea
I don’t find this survey very helpful when the term discrimination is not defined. I have not been picked up by taxi cabs before, is that discrimination?:
One of out of every five foreigners in South Korea suffer discrimination, due mainly to their nationalities, government data showed Wednesday.
Yonhap
The data compiled by Statistics Korea showed that 21.2 percent of 1.3 million foreigners said they were discriminated by South Koreans.
Among them, 60.9 percent said they were discriminated on the basis their nationality, while 25.7 percent said they faced discrimination on the grounds of their lack of Korean language proficiency.
The data showed 6.6 percent cited appearance and 2.6. percent pointed to occupation as the reasons behind discrimination.
The statistics agency did not provide details on the nationalities of foreigners who they said were discriminated against.
More fake stats. All waygooks are discriminated against. Just like every other country.
A co-worker and good friend who was born in Korea but later raised/schooled in the US says he is treated noticeably better when he and I go out. The treatment I get (which is extended to him) is much better than when he goes out alone, with his wife, or other Koreans. He subtly points this out every time we go out because he is a little amazed at how well he gets treated when he’s with me. He says that most places think that he’s my driver.
So just from that admittedly limited observation, one could say Koreans treat Miguks better than Koreans; thus, reverse discrimination. So it must be the other foreigners complaining.