The 1937 deportation devastated Koryo-saram, but their history in Central Asia is also one of survival and renewal https://ow.ly/IJge50YXHG5 #KoryoSaram #History #Remembrance #SurvivalStories #AsianDiaspora #DeportationHistory #KoreanDiaspora

How Koreans Were Deported to C...
How Koreans Were Deported to Central Asia: Myths and Reality - The Times Of Central Asia

The 1937 deportation from the Soviet Far East was the greatest tragedy in the history of Soviet Koreans, Koryo-saram, the self-designation of ethnic Koreans

The Times Of Central Asia
The 1937 deportation devastated Koryo-saram, but their history in Central Asia is also one of survival and renewal https://timesca.com/how-koreans-were-deported-to-central-asia-myths-and-reality/ #KoryoSaram #History #Remembrance #SurvivalStories #AsianDiaspora #DeportationHistory #KoreanDiaspora

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....the ethnic Korean population of Kazakhstan, the Koryo Saram.

https://youtube.com/shorts/zQl5gBdInEY?si=GH49wPTu9_hkFg3d

I've only become aware of this community's existence recently.

Although I did know about the existence of both the Russians and the Kazakhs in today's Kazakhstan, it's clear I still have a lot to learn about the geography and history of this four times larger than Texas country.

#Kazakhstan #KoryoSaram #EthnicKoreans #Koreans

The Koryo Saram people of Kazakhstan

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Koreans in Uzbekistan: K-pop and a brewing cultural clash

The ‘Korean Wave’ has breathed new life into Korean communities first exiled to central Asia by Stalin – but at a cost.

Al Jazeera