Families in US and Korea

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(1) Jan Hoffman, War’s Other Enduring Videos; Surprise Visits Home by Soldiers Are Being Caught on Camera, But What Is the Effect on Children? New York Times, Nov. 29, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/fashion/29video.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=hoffman%20videos&st=cse

My comment: Just look at the six photographs! Americans are more affectionate.

(2) Martin Fackler, Korean Hospitals Learn to Say 'Push' in 4 Languages; Migrant Women in Mixed Unions Bring Baby Boom and Concerns on Assimilation. New York Times, Nov. 29, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/world/asia/29babies.html?scp=1&sq=korea%20fackler&st=cse

Quote:

"children of mixed ethnic backgrounds, the offspring of Korean fathers and mothers from China, Vietnam and other parts of Asia

"In addition, a preference for male babies has helped skew the population so there are fewer native-born women to marry.

"they [mixed unions] accounted for 11 percent of all marriages here last year

"Compounding the risk is the fact that most of the foreign women marry older farmers or manual laborers. Some 53 percent of mixed families live on earnings at or below the national minimum hourly wage of 4,000 won, or less than $3.50, according to the Welfare Ministry.

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