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There has been fierce political debating in the homes of Korean Americans, something that happened rarely in the past. Conservative generations of parents backed Republican presidential candidate John McCain, while their children zealously supported Democratic candidate Barack Obama.
Kim Dong-suk (50), the head of the Korean American Voters’ Council of New York/New Jersey, the only Korean voters’ rights group in the United States, told the Chosun Ilbo on Monday that this presidential election is creating an unprecedented phenomenon in the Korean community. So-called 1.5-generation and second-generation Korean Americans, who had been largely uninterested in politics, are supporting Obama, marking a clear distinction between first generation Koreans who are predominantly conservative...
