Korean Americans - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_AmericansOne of the first Korean Americans was Seo Jae-pil, or Philip Jaisohn, who came to America shortly after participating in an abortive coup with other progressives to institute political reform in 1884. He became a citizen in 1890 and earned a medical degree in 1892 from what is now George Washington University. Throughout his life, he strove to educate Koreans in the ideals of freedom and
Korean Americans - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Korean_AmericansKorean Americans (Korean: 한국계 미국인; Hanja: 韓國系美國人; RR: Hangug-gye Migug-in) are Americans of Korean ancestry. In 2015, the Korean American community constitutes about 0.56% of the United States population, or about 1.82 million people, and is the fifth-largest Asian American subgroup, after the Chinese American, Filipino American, Indian American, and Vietnamese American ...
History of Korean Immigration to America, from 1903 to ...
sites.bu.edu › koreandiaspora › issuesThe First Wave of Korean Immigrants: 1903-1949. The immigration of Koreans can be largely divided into three periods: the first wave from 1903 to 1949, the second wave from 1950 to 1964, and the contemporary period. Although a few students and politicians came to the United States around 1884 after the diplomatic relations between the United States and Korea were established, they were a small minority—Yu Kil Chun (1856-1914), the first Korean student in the United States, was one of the ...