Moved by War: Migration, Diaspora, and the Korean War

Ji-Yeon Yuh demonstrates how the vast majority of Korean emigrants since 1950 have left Korea for various destinations such as China, Japan, Brazil, Germany, and the United States due to the multiple traumas cased by the Korean War. Distinguishing Òrefuge migrationÓ from refugee migration and other types of migration, she demonstrates that refuge migrants left their home countries primarily to seek a peace of mindÑnot safety from immediate danger like refugees nor economic opportunities like labor migrants. Yuh contextualizes Korean American history within an international diasporic Korean history and begins the task of reconceptualizing an inclusive, transnational history that challenges existing frameworks for understanding immigration.