Ethnic Koreans from China Highly Sought After to Work In Duty Free Stores

If you go to a Duty Free shop in Seoul the chances are the employee is an ethnic Korean from China:

After graduating from college five years ago, Lee Ju-yeon came to Korea from China to live with her mother, a waitress, and father, a manual laborer.

They are Chinese citizens, but ethnically Korean, part of what is known in China as the Chaoxian ethnic minority.

They struggled here as minorities, and Lee’s parents never had the chance to earn college diplomas. She knew she wanted to do better, and capitalized on her higher education and bilingual ability.

“One day, my friend working at a duty-free shop sent me a job notice over the phone and suggested I apply to work as a salesperson,” said Lee, who requested that her real name not be used. “I applied for five positions at duty-free stores, and all of them asked for interviews.”

Her job put Lee among countless Korean-Chinese workers who, once concentrated in the labor and food service sectors, have emerged in multitudes in the retail sector.

Many work in small stores – most commonly duty-free shops – where Chinese-speaking employees are in high demand due to their ability to cater to the needs the throngs of Chinese tourists, known as Youke in Korea which means a “tourist” in Chinese.

“In our duty free stores in downtown Seoul, 70 percent of the customers are Chinese,” said a representative for Lotte Duty Free.  [Joong Ang Ilbo]

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Tom
Tom
9 years ago

Our country is now flooded with Ch*nks, taking over everything. Can’t go a block without hearing “ching chow”. No wonder the PRC instituted the one child policy. If they didn’t do that, things would have been far far worse – a horrifying thought. YTN news says Chinese tourists not happy with visiting Korea because:

1) 42% said they had problems with language and communication
2) 17% said they didn’t like the food
3) 14% expensive goods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M888IFzPs20#t=102

Honestly, if that’s their biggest complaints, why don’t they learn Korean or stay home in China?

MTB Rider
MTB Rider
9 years ago

“Our country is now flooded with Ch*nks?” When did Canada get a huge influx of ethnic Koreans from China?
😕

What happened to the Tom who kissed China’s @$$? Was that one returned to China for “Reeductation Through Labor?”
I’m not the only one seeing a complete change in writing style, am I?

Tom
Tom
9 years ago

Korea’s shopping districts now all covered in Chinese tourist shoppers, outnumbering Korean shoppers.

http://media.daum.net/society/others/newsview?newsid=20150217212725878

The report says, they can’t tell if this is really South Korea, with so many Chinese shoppers. They say it feels like Beijing. The report says many shops including big chain stores now offer discounts only to Chinese shoppers and they price discriminate against Korean shoppers who are discriminated in their own country by their own people.

Korea has sold out to China. F*cking disgraceful.

Leon LaPorte
9 years ago

I see the Chinese handler stopped making the scheduled drops.

Kangaji
Kangaji
4 years ago

#nkdefectorjobs

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