86-493: Palisades Park may refer to: Palisades Park, New Jersey , a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey Palisades Amusement Park , a defunct amusement park in Bergen County, New Jersey "Palisades Park" (Freddy Cannon song) , 1962 recording inspired by the park "Palisades Park" (Counting Crows song) , 2014 recording inspired by the park Palisades Park (Santa Monica) ,
172-516: A student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1. Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ) are Charles R. Smith Early Childhood Center with 242 students in grades PreK-K, Lindbergh Elementary School with 769 students in grades 1-6 and Palisades Park High School with 745 students in grades 7-12. Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend
258-624: A "Korean food walk of fame", with diverse offerings. Palisades Park now incorporates the highest concentration of Korean restaurants within a one-mile radius in the United States, and Broad Avenue has evolved into a Korean dessert destination as well. Korean Chinese cuisine is now also available in Koreatown, as is misugaru . Bulgogi and galbi are staples on Broad Avenue in the Palisades Park. Korean cafés have become
344-445: A dominant nexus of Korean American culture, has been referred to as a "Korean food walk of fame", with diverse offerings, incorporating the highest concentration of Korean restaurants within a one-mile radius in the United States and Broad Avenue has evolved into a Korean dessert destination as well; and its Senior Citizens Center in Palisades Park provides a popular gathering place where even Korean grandmothers were noted to follow
430-443: A female householder with no husband present and 27.6% were non-families. Of all households, 19.8% were made up of individuals and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.20. 16.5% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 37.9% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
516-854: A historic event, the US$ 6 ;million Korean Community Center opened in Tenafly, New Jersey in January 2015, aimed at integrating Bergen County's Korean community into the mainstream. With the development of the South Korean economy, the focus of emigration from Korea began to shift from developed nations towards developing nations, prior to repatriation back to Korea. With the 1992 normalisation of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea, many citizens of South Korea started to settle instead in China, attracted by business opportunities generated by
602-456: A household in the borough was $ 48,015, and the median income for a family was $ 54,503. Males had a median income of $ 37,204 versus $ 31,997 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $ 22,607. About 8.5% of families and 9.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 9.9% of those under age 18 and 12.1% of those age 65 or over. Palisades Park is governed under the borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which
688-473: A judge deciding to give the vacant seat to Suk Min. During the 2018 primary election for mayor, former mayor James Rotundo's mother Lorraine Rotundo went on a "racist tirade" on Facebook two days after the primary election. The race was extremely close with Christopher Chung winning by a narrow margin. Lorraine Rotundo made the post in response to the massive number of Koreans at the voting booths. She stated that Palisades Park should "go to hell," and said that
774-457: A major cultural element within Palisades Park, not only for the coffee, bingsu (shaved ice), and pastries , but also as communal gathering places. Korean and English are both spoken prevalently in Palisades Park. Korean is spoken at home by more than half of the residents of Palisades Park and nearby Englewood Cliffs, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released in 2017. Retail signs using Hangul are ubiquitous. In 1996, an ordinance
860-471: A number of official and unofficial appellations used by the authorities of the two Korean states as well as a number of Korean institutions for Korean nationals, expatriates and descendants living abroad. Thus, there is no single name for the Korean diaspora. The historically used term gyopo (교포/僑胞, also spelled kyopo , meaning "nationals") has come to have negative connotations as referring to people who, as
946-763: A park along the Pacific coastline in Santa Monica, California See also [ edit ] Palisades Interstate Park Commission , joint New York and New Jersey commission to oversee parks along the Palisades on the west bank of the Hudson River Palisades Interstate Parkway , highway running north from the George Washington Bridge in Bergen County, New Jersey to Rockland County and Orange County in
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#17327647622221032-445: A result of living as sojourners outside the "home country", have lost touch with their Korean roots. As a result, others prefer to use the term dongpo (동포/同胞, meaning "brethren" or "people of the same ancestry"). Dongpo has a more transnational implication, emphasising links among various overseas Korean groups, while gyopo has more of a purely national connotation referring to the Korean state. Another recently popularized term
1118-454: A separate family registry , a separation which continued even if an individual Korean migrated to Manchuria or Japan; thus North and South Korea had a clear legal definition of who was a repatriating Korean, and did not have to create any special legal categories of national membership for them, the way Germany had done for post-World War II German expellees . There has also been a return migration of Korean Brazilians back to Korea, spurred by
1204-453: A small monument from a public park, a brass plaque on a block of stone, dedicated in 2010 to the memory of comfort women , tens of thousands of women and girls, many Korean, who were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War II . Days later, a South Korean delegation endorsed the borough's decision. The first Japanese delegation cited apologies offered by their country's government for its involvement as justifying
1290-1270: A staggered basis, with either two or three seats coming up for election each November; a Chairman and Vice Chairman are selected from among its seven members at a reorganization meeting held every January. As of 2024 , the county executive is James J. Tedesco III ( D , Paramus ), whose four-year term of office ends December 31, 2026. Bergen County's Commissioners are: Thomas J. Sullivan Jr. (D, Montvale , 2025), Chair Germaine M. Ortiz (D, Emerson , 2025), Joan Voss (D, Fort Lee , 2026), Vice Chair Mary J. Amoroso (D, Mahwah , 2025), Rafael Marte (D, Bergenfield , 2026), Steven A. Tanelli (D, North Arlington , 2024) and Tracy Silna Zur (D, Franklin Lakes , 2024). Bergen County's constitutional officials are: Clerk John S. Hogan (D, Northvale , 2026), Sheriff Anthony Cureton (D, Englewood , 2024) and Surrogate Michael R. Dressler (D, Cresskill , 2026). As of March 2011, there were 6,410 registered voters, of which 1,839 (28.7% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats , 1,128 (17.6% vs. 21.1%) were registered as Republicans and 3,443 (53.7% vs. 47.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated . There were no voters registered to other parties. Among
1376-411: A staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle. The borough form of government used by Palisades Park is a " weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of
1462-461: Is gyomin (교민/僑民, meaning "immigrants"), although it is usually reserved for Korean-born citizens that have moved abroad in search of work, and as such is rarely used as a term to refer to the entire diaspora. In North Korea, Korean nationals living outside Korea are called haeoe gungmin ( 해외국민 ), whereas South Korea uses the term jaeoe gungmin ( 재외국민 ) to refer to entire Korean diaspora. Both terms translate to "overseas national(s)". Prior to
1548-524: Is a neighborhood largely in the northern part of Ridgefield straddling the southern border of Palisades Park. The town's central business district centered around Broad Avenue has been called Koreatown In mid-2015, a proposal was submitted by the Korean-American Association of Palisades Park to the mayor and council to add a second name to Broad Avenue, such as "Korean Market Street" ( Meokjagolmok ) or " Korea Way ". Until
1634-468: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Palisades Park, New Jersey Palisades Park ( Korean : 팰리세이즈 파크 , romanized : Paelliseijeu Pakeu ) is a borough in Bergen County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey . As of the 2020 United States census , the borough's population was 20,292, an increase of 670 (+3.4%) from
1720-566: Is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Gordon M. Johnson ( D , Englewood ) and in the General Assembly by Shama Haider (D, Tenafly ) and Ellen Park (D, Englewood Cliffs ). Bergen County is governed by a directly elected County Executive , with legislative functions performed by a Board of County Commissioners composed of seven members who are elected at-large to three-year terms in partisan elections on
1806-546: Is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey. The government is comprised of a mayor and a borough council , with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on
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#17327647622221892-544: The 118th United States Congress , New Jersey's 5th congressional district is represented by Josh Gottheimer ( D , Wyckoff ). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker ( Newark , term ends 2027) and George Helmy ( Mountain Lakes , term ends 2024). For the 2024-2025 session , the 37th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature
1978-550: The 2000 United States census there were 17,073 people, 6,247 households, and 4,447 families residing in the borough. The population density was 14,112.4 inhabitants per square mile (5,448.8/km ). There were 6,386 housing units at an average density of 5,278.6 per square mile (2,038.1/km ). The racial makeup of the borough was 48.27% White , 1.38% African American , 0.19% Native American , 41.09% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 5.80% from other races , and 3.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.48% of
2064-471: The 2010 census count of 19,622, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,549 (+14.9%) from the 17,073 counted in the 2000 census . The borough of Palisades Park was created by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 22, 1899, from portions of Ridgefield Township . A portion of its area was annexed by the neighboring borough of Fort Lee in April 1909. The borough was named for its location atop
2150-525: The 2013 gubernatorial election , Republican Chris Christie received 50.6% of the vote (919 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 47.6% (864 votes), and other candidates with 1.8% (33 votes), among the 1,878 ballots cast by the borough's 6,473 registered voters (62 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 29.0%. Palisades Park has emerged as a dominant nexus of Korean American culture. Palisades Park High School has hosted national Kumdo martial arts tournaments. Broad Avenue has been referred to as
2236-668: The Empire of Japan or its puppet state of Manchukuo , some Koreans also escaped Japanese-ruled territory entirely, heading to Shanghai, a major centre of the Korean independence movement or to the already-established Korean communities of the Russian Far East. However, the latter would find themselves deported to Central Asia in 1938. Korea gained its independence after the Surrender of Japan in 1945 after World War II but
2322-768: The Hart-Cellar Act of 1965 abolished national immigration quotas. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, ethnic Koreans in China, Joseonjok in Korean and Chaoxianzu in Mandarin Chinese became officially recognised as one of the 56 ethnic groups of the country. They are considered to be one of the "major minorities". Their population grew to about 2 million; they stayed mostly in Northeastern China, where their ancestors had initially settled. Their largest population
2408-541: The Korean Peninsula , as well as more recent emigrants from Korea. Around 84.5% of overseas Koreans live in just five countries: the United States, China, Japan, Canada, and Uzbekistan. Other countries with greater than 0.5% Korean minorities include Brazil, Russia, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia. All of these figures include both permanent and temporary migrants. There are currently
2494-634: The Korean language and the fact that their dialect, Koryo-mar , differs significantly from the Seoul dialect considered standard in the South. Return migration from the United States has been much less common than that from Japan or the former Soviet Union , as the economic push factor was far less than in 1960s Japan or post-Soviet collapse Central Asia. Korean American return migrants have predominantly been entertainers who were either recruited by South Korean talent agencies or had chosen to move there due to
2580-541: The New Jersey Department of Transportation . Roadways in Palisades Park include U.S. Route 1/9 , U.S. Route 46 , Route 5 , Route 63 , Route 93 and County Route 501 . The nearby George Washington Bridge , the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge, provides access to Palisades Park from Manhattan in New York City via adjacent Fort Lee . NJ Transit provides bus service between
2666-545: The New Jersey Palisades . It is one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnic Korean enclaves outside of Korea . Koreans comprise the majority (65%) of the population of the borough of Palisades Park, the municipality with the highest density of ethnic Koreans in the Western Hemisphere and the home of both the highest Korean-American density and percentage of any municipality in
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2752-698: The Red Army . Postwar migrations of Koreans from throughout the Japanese Empire back to the Korean Peninsula were characterized both bureaucratically and popularly as "repatriation", a restoration of the congruence between the Korean population and its territory. The pre-colonial Korean state had not clearly laid out the boundaries or criteria determining who was a citizen; however, the Japanese colonial government had registered all Koreans in
2838-496: The Sewol ferry off the South Korean coast on April 16, 2014. The per capita Korean American population of Bergen County, 6.3% by the 2010 United States Census , (increasing to 6.9% by the 2011 American Community Survey ), is the highest of any county in the United States, with all of the nation's top ten municipalities by percentage of Korean population and an absolute total of 56,773 Korean Americans (increasing to 63,247 by
2924-533: The highest density and percentage of any municipality in the United States, at 53.7% of the borough's population in 2022. Since the early 2000s, a substantial number of affluent Korean American professionals have settled in Bergen County, which is home to North American headquarters operations of South Korean chaebols including Samsung , LG Corp , and Hanjin Shipping , and have founded various academically and communally supportive organizations, including
3010-524: The reform and opening up of China and the low cost of living. Large new communities of South Koreans have formed in Beijing, Shanghai, and Qingdao ; as of 2006 , their population is estimated to be between 300,000 and 400,000. There is also a small community of Koreans in Hong Kong , mostly migrant workers and their families; according to Hong Kong's 2001 census, they numbered roughly 5,200, making them
3096-456: The "Korean Times Square " and has emerged as the international economic outpost for the Korean chaebol . Koreans born or settled overseas have been migrating back to both North and South Korea ever since the restoration of Korean independence ; perhaps the most famous example is Kim Jong Il , born in Vyatskoye, Khabarovsk Krai , Russia, where his father Kim Il Sung had been serving in
3182-616: The 12th-largest ethnic minority group. Southeast Asia has also seen an influx of South Koreans. Koreans in Vietnam have grown in number to around 30,000 since the 1992 normalisation of diplomatic relations, making them Vietnam's second-largest foreign community after the Taiwanese. Korean migration to the Philippines increased in the early 2000s due to the tropical climate and low cost of living compared to South Korea, although this diaspora has declined since 2010; 370,000 Koreans visited
3268-712: The 1930s and early 1940s; the ones who chose to remain in Japan at the end of the war became known as Zainichi Koreans , while the roughly 40 thousand who were trapped in Karafuto after the Soviet invasion are typically referred to as Sakhalin Koreans . According to the statistics at Immigration Bureau of Japan, there were 901,284 Koreans resident in Japan as of 2005 , of whom 515,570 were permanent residents and another 284,840 were naturalized citizens. Aside from migration within
3354-557: The 1970s, however, Japan and the United States remained the top two destinations for South Korean emigrants, with each receiving more than a quarter of all emigration; the Middle East became the third most popular destination, with more than 800,000 Koreans going to Saudi Arabia between 1975 and 1985 and another 26,000 Koreans going to Iran . In contrast, aside from Germany (1.7% of all South Korean emigration in 1977) and Paraguay (1.0%), no European or American destinations were even in
3440-459: The 1980s, Palisades Park was overwhelmingly Caucasian, a mix of blue-collar workers and professionals whose families originated largely from Italy, Croatia, Germany, and Greece. Its houses were inexpensive, and it had a number of vacant shops and offices. In the 1990s, a continuous stream of Korean immigrants emerged into Palisades Park. A substantial number of affluent and educated Korean American professionals have settled in Bergen County since
3526-487: The 1990s. Although immigration to the United States briefly became less attractive as a result of the 1992 Los Angeles riots , during which many Korean American immigrants saw their businesses destroyed by looters, the Los Angeles and New York City metropolitan areas still contain by far the largest populations of ethnic Koreans outside Korea and continue to attract the largest share of Korean immigrants. In fact,
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3612-429: The 2011 American Community Survey) living in the county. The concentration of Korean Americans in Palisades Park in turn is the highest of any municipality in the United States, at 52% of the population, enumerating 10,115 residents of Korean ancestry as of the 2010 Census. Palisades Park is often referred to as the Korean village . Along with Koreatowns in New York City and Long Island , Bergen County serves as
3698-486: The 2012-2016 American Community Survey , 80.9% of borough residents did not speak English as their dominant language, the third-highest percentage in the state; the Korean language is spoken at home by more than half of the residents of Palisades Park. Same-sex couples headed 41 households in 2010, an increase from the 37 counted in 2000. The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income
3784-790: The Korean Parent Partnership Organization at the Bergen County Academies magnet high school and The Korean-American Association of New Jersey. Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey , within Bergen County, has undertaken an ambitious effort to provide comprehensive health care services to underinsured and uninsured Korean patients from a wide area with its growing Korean Medical Program , drawing over 1,500 ethnic Korean patients to its annual health festival. Bergen County's Broad Avenue Koreatown in Palisades Park has emerged as
3870-500: The Korean residents could "have this F'n town." She later went on to post that only English should be spoken in the Borough Hall. Former mayor James Rotundo apologized on behalf of his mother and strongly denounced her comments. "I'm disgusted with her statement," he said. Rotundo claimed that he was not raised by these sentiments. Christopher Chung was sworn into office as a council member in January 2014, having been selected by
3956-520: The Korean-American Association of New Jersey petitioned Palisades Park school officials in 2013 to use textbooks that refer to the Sea of Japan as the East Sea as well. As of May 2010 , the borough had a total of 28.00 miles (45.06 km) of roadways, of which 22.80 miles (36.69 km) were maintained by the municipality, 1.01 miles (1.63 km) by Bergen County and 4.19 miles (6.74 km) by
4042-460: The North in the decades after the end of World War II, when returning to their ancestral homes in the South was not an option due to the lack of Soviet relations with the South and Japan's refusal to grant them transit rights. In 1985, Japan began to fund the return of Sakhalin Koreans to South Korea; however, only an additional 1,500 took this offer, with the vast majority of the population remaining on
4128-637: The United States. It has been called Koreatown on the Hudson and Little Korea . The borough's population has grown by 40% since the 1990 census , accelerated by zoning laws that permit duplex homes on land previously containing a single-family detached home . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the borough had a total area of 1.28 square miles (3.32 km ), including 1.24 square miles (3.21 km ) of land and 0.04 square miles (0.11 km ) of water (3.28%). The borough borders Fort Lee , Leonia , Ridgefield and Ridgefield Park . Morsemere
4214-693: The borough and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan on the 127 , 154 , 155 , 157 , 166 and 168 routes, to Jersey City on the 83 route, with local service offered on the 751 and 755 bus lines. Rockland Coaches provides service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal on routes 11T/11AT and 20/20T. Korean diaspora The Korean diaspora consists of around 7.3 million people, both descendants of early emigrants from
4300-516: The borough council declined to pick from one of the three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee and chose Andy Min to fill the council seat he had held expiring in December 2024, after which the Democratic committee chose Suk Min to fill the seat. With two people chosen to fill the seat, the Democratic committee and a group of three elected officials prevailed in a suit, with
4386-727: The borough created a Korean language version of its website. As of 2023 , the mayor of Palisades Park is Democrat Chong "Paul" Kim, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026. His predecessor, Christopher Chung, was the first Korean-American mayor in Bergen County, and second ever in New Jersey. Members of the Palisades Park Borough Council are Council President Cynthia A. Pirrera (D, 2023), Stephanie S. Jang (R, 2024), Son K. "Andy" Min (D, 2025), Suk Min (D, 2024; appointed to serve an unexpired term), Jae K. Park (R, 2023) and Michael P. Vietri (D, 2025). After Chong "Paul" Kim took office as mayor in January 2023,
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#17327647622224472-477: The borough's 2010 Census population, 32.7% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 39.1% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide). In the 2012 presidential election , Democrat Barack Obama received 2,487 votes here (67.1% vs. 54.8% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 1,147 votes (31.0% vs. 43.5%), for a turnout of 53.5% (vs. 70.4% in Bergen County). In
4558-482: The colonial period; returnees from Manchukuo such as Park Chung Hee and Chun Doo-hwan had a large influence on the process of nation-building in South Korea. Until the 1980s, Soviet Koreans did not repatriate in any large numbers and played little role in defining the boundaries of membership in the Korean nation. However, roughly 1,000 Sakhalin Koreans are also estimated to have independently repatriated to
4644-516: The council from among three names submitted by the Democratic Municipal Committee to fill the vacant seat of Jason Kim, who had resigned earlier that month. Palisades Park is located in the 5th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 37th state legislative district. In redistricting following the 2010 census, the borough was in the 9th congressional district , which was in effect from 2013 to 2022. For
4730-603: The council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council. In July 2015 Gina S. Kim became the borough's municipal clerk, reflecting the growing political influence of the Korean American population. Korean Americans, who compose more than half of the borough's population and have attended town meetings in large numbers, have requested Korean interpreters to be present at these meetings as of August 2016. In 2017,
4816-632: The country in 2004 and roughly 46,000 Korean immigrants live there permanently. Though smaller, the number of Koreans in Cambodia has also grown rapidly, almost quadrupling between 2005 and 2009. They mostly reside in Phnom Penh , with a smaller number in Siam Reap . They are largely investors involved in the construction industry, though there are also some missionaries and NGO workers. Koreatown, Manhattan in New York City has become described as
4902-479: The dance trend of the worldwide viral hit Gangnam Style by South Korean " K-pop " rapper Psy in September 2012; while the nearby Fort Lee Koreatown is also emerging as such. The Chusok Korean Thanksgiving harvest festival has become an annual tradition in Bergen County, attended by several tens of thousands. In January 2019, Christopher Chung was sworn in as the first Korean mayor of Palisades Park and
4988-472: The difficult economic and political conditions filtered back to Japan, decreasing the popularity of this option. Around one hundred such repatriates are believed to have later escaped from North Korea ; the most famous is Kang Chol-Hwan , who published a book about his experience, The Aquariums of Pyongyang . South Korea, however, was a popular destination for Koreans who had settled in Manchukuo during
5074-699: The early 2000s and have founded various academic and communally supportive organizations, including the Korean Parent Partnership Organization at the Bergen County Academies magnet high school and the Korean-American Association of New Jersey. Approximately 120 Korean stores were counted in Palisades Park in 2000, a number which has risen significantly since then, featuring restaurants and karaoke ( noraebang ) bars, grocery markets, education centers and bookstores , financial institutions , offices, electronics vendors, apparel boutiques, and other commercial enterprises. In May 2012, borough officials rejected requests by two diplomatic delegations from Japan to remove
5160-596: The famous example of Korean samurai Wakita Naokata (Kim Yŏ-ch'ŏl). Some were made saints in the 17th-century ( 205 Martyrs of Japan ). The Portuguese then sent some of them elsewhere, namely Portuguese Macau . A community of several thousand Koreans formed near the Church of Saint Paul . Others were sent to Manila in the Spanish Philippines , at least one to Goa , and likely one (Thome Corea) to Ambon Island , where he died in 1623 . An António Corea
5246-563: The first mayor from the Korean diaspora in Bergen County. Bergen County's growing Korean community was cited by county executive Kathleen Donovan in the context of Hackensack, New Jersey attorney Jae Y. Kim's appointment to Central Municipal Court judgeship in January 2011. Subsequently, in January 2012, the New Jersey Governor Chris Christie nominated attorney Phillip Kwon of Bergen County for New Jersey Supreme Court justice, although this nomination
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#17327647622225332-492: The high wages offered by the growing economy; remittances from South Korea to Uzbekistan, for example, were estimated to exceed US$ 100 million in 2005. Return migration through arranged marriage is another option, portrayed in the 2005 South Korean film Wedding Campaign , directed by Hwang Byung-kook. However, the Koryo-saram often face the most difficulty integrating into Korean society due to their poor command of
5418-490: The increasing violence in Brazil . The largest-scale repatriation activities took place in Japan, where Chongryon sponsored the return of Zainichi Korean residents to North Korea; beginning in the late 1950s and early 1960s, with a trickle of repatriates continuing until as late as 1984, nearly 90,000 Zainichi Koreans resettled in the reclusive communist state, though their ancestral homes were in South Korea. However, word of
5504-620: The island of Sakhalin or moving to the Russian Far East instead. With the rise of the South Korean economy in the 1980s, economic motivations became increasingly prevalent in overseas Koreans' decisions of whether to repatriate and in which part of the peninsula to settle. 356,790 Chinese citizens have migrated to South Korea since the reform and opening up of China; almost two-thirds are estimated to be Chaoxianzu . Similarly, some Koryo-saram from Central Asia have also moved to South Korea as guest workers, to take advantage of
5590-663: The lack of opportunities in the United States; prominent examples include Jae Chong , Johan Kim and Joon Lee (of R&B trio Solid ), singers Joon Park (of K-pop group g.o.d ) and Brian Joo (of R&B duo Fly to the Sky ), hip hop artist and songwriter Jay Park and model and actor Daniel Henney (who initially spoke no Korean). Members of the Korean diaspora are able to apply to be buried in Korea upon their death as well. National Mang-Hyang Cemetery in Cheonan now holds
5676-593: The late 19th and early 20th centuries. A significant number are descended from orphans of the Korean War , in which the United States was a major ally of South Korea and provided the bulk of the United Nations troops that served there. Thousands were adopted by American (mostly Caucasian ) families in the years following the war, when their plight was covered on television. The vast majority, however, immigrated or are descended from those who immigrated after
5762-452: The majority of Korean settlement occurred in the late 1960s. As the South Korean economy continued to expand in the 1980s, investors from South Korea came to South America and established small businesses in the textiles industry. Korean immigrants were increasingly settling in urban centers of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela, although return migration from South America back to Korea has ensued since then. In
5848-409: The mid-1860s, mainly into the Russian Far East and Northeast China; these emigrants became the ancestors of the two million Koreans in China and several hundred thousand Koryo-saram . During the Japanese colonial period of 1910–1945, Koreans were often recruited or forced into indentured servitude to work in mainland Japan , Karafuto Prefecture ( Sakhalin ) and Manchukuo , especially in
5934-470: The modern era, Korea had been a territorially stable polity for centuries. Significant migration out of Korea did not begin until the late 19th century. During the 1592–1598 Japanese invasions of Korea , tens of thousands of enslaved Koreans were taken from Korea to Japan, with the first shipment being taken in October 1592. Some were allowed to return to Korea, but many were made to stay in Japan, with
6020-588: The nexus for an overall Korean American population of 218,764 individuals in the Greater New York Combined Statistical Area , the second largest population of ethnic Koreans outside of Korea. The 2010 United States census counted 19,622 people, 6,934 households, and 5,020 families in the borough. The population density was 15,681.6 per square mile (6,054.7/km ). There were 7,362 housing units at an average density of 5,883.6 per square mile (2,271.7/km ). The racial makeup
6106-542: The per capita Korean population of Bergen County , New Jersey , in the New York Metropolitan Area , at 6.5% as of 2022, is the highest of any county in the United States, including all of the nation's top ten municipalities by percentage of Korean population per the 2010 U.S. Census , while the concentration of Korean Americans in Palisades Park, New Jersey , within Bergen County, is both
6192-427: The population. In 2000, 36.38% of Palisades Park residents identified as being of Korean heritage. This was the highest percentage of Korean Americans of any place in the country with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry and more than double that of second-ranked Cerritos, California . Also in the 2000 Census, 3.1% of Palisades Park's residents identified themselves as being of Croatian ancestry. This
6278-494: The removal of the monument, while officials from the second delegation controversially claimed that "comfort women were a lie". However, in neighboring Fort Lee, various Korean American groups could not reach consensus on the design and wording for such a monument as of early April 2013. In May 2014, the Palisades Park Public Library created a memorial dedicated to the victims of the tragic sinking of
6364-673: The secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools , which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack , and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or Paramus . The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district. According to The Record ,
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6536-402: The top ten for emigrants. The cultural and stylistic diversity of the Korean diaspora is documented and celebrated in the work of fine-art photographer CYJO , in her Kyopo Project, a photographic study of over 200 people of Korean descent. South Korean media reports on the riots increased public awareness of the long working hours and harsh conditions faced by immigrants to the United States in
6622-427: Was $ 55,602 (with a margin of error of +/− $ 7,300) and the median family income was $ 66,725 (+/− $ 8,196). Males had a median income of $ 43,919 (+/− $ 8,170) versus $ 46,014 (+/− $ 6,780) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $ 30,666 (+/− $ 2,900). About 12.0% of families and 14.4% of the population were below the poverty line , including 18.6% of those under age 18 and 15.2% of those age 65 or over. As of
6708-422: Was 28.90% (5,670) White , 1.96% (385) Black or African American , 0.31% (60) Native American , 57.84% (11,350) Asian , 0.05% (10) Pacific Islander , 9.00% (1,765) from other races , and 1.95% (382) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.22% (3,575) of the population. Of the 6,934 households, 26.1% had children under the age of 18; 53.7% were married couples living together; 11.9% had
6794-456: Was 37.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 99.7 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 98.3 males. As of the 2010 Census, 51.5% of the population (10,115) reported themselves as being of Korean ancestry, with both the highest Korean-American density and percentage of any municipality in the United States. Broad Avenue has been characterized as a major epicenter of Korean American life. Based on data from
6880-456: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.20. In the borough, the population was spread out, with 19.4% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 37.8% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males. The median income for
6966-679: Was concentrated in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin, where they numbered 854,000 in 1997. Europe and other parts of the Americas were also minor destinations for post-war Korean emigration. Korean immigration to South America was documented as early as the 1950s; North Korean prisoners of war choose to emigrate to Chile in 1953 and Argentina in 1956 under the auspices of the Red Cross . However,
7052-549: Was divided into North and South. Korean emigration to the United States is known to have begun as early as 1903, but the Korean American community did not grow to a significant size until after the passage of the Immigration Reform Act of 1965 . Between 1.5 and 2 million Koreans now live in the United States, mostly in metropolitan areas. A handful are descended from laborers who migrated to Hawaii in
7138-495: Was passed that storefront signage be same size in English as in Korean. Additionally, as of 2010, more than 15 percent of Palisades Park’s residents speak Spanish. The Palisades Park Public School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade . As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,786 students and 145.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for
7224-781: Was rejected by the state's Senate Judiciary Committee, and in July 2012, Kwon was appointed instead as deputy general counsel of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey . According to The Record of Bergen County, the U.S. Census Bureau has determined the county's Korean American population – 2010 census figures put it at 56,773 (increasing to 63,247 by the 2011 American Community Survey ) – has grown enough to warrant language assistance during elections and Bergen County's Koreans have earned significant political respect. As of May 2014, Korean Americans had garnered at least four borough council seats in Bergen County. Described as
7310-555: Was taken to Florence and Rome , and is possibly the first Korean to set foot in Europe. The international trade of Korean slaves declined shortly after the end of the Japanese invasions due to a number of prohibitions from various Japanese, Catholic, and Spanish and Portuguese colonial authorities. Despite the near halt in their export from Japan, their labor continued to be used. Large-scale emigration from Korea began as early as
7396-474: Was the second highest percentage of people with Croatian ancestry in any place in New Jersey with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry. There were 6,247 households, out of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who
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