Poles in the Land of the Morning Calm

Authors

  • Beata Kang-Bogusz wykładowca w Departamencie Języka Polskiego Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.

Keywords:

Polish community in South Korea, mixed families, habits of Poles in South Korea

Abstract

First Poles that appeared on the Korean Peninsula towards the end of the 19th century and described their experiences were two scientists and travelers Jan Kalinowski and Władysław Kotowicz. The first writer who introduced Korea to Polish readers in the beginning of the 20th century was Wacław Sieroszewski. Nowadays, there are very few Poles in Korea (about 130): the number is changing constantly as most of them are students participating in language courses or Korean Studies, employees on temporary work contracts, wives of foreigners working in Korea, Korean’s spouses, Catholic priests, Polish buddhist monks and lecturers at Korean universities. More or less regular meetings of Polish community in Korea are held on the occasion of Polish mass celebrated once a month by Pallottines. After the year 2000 the number of marriages between Poles and Koreans has grown, which resulted in the formation in the autumn of 2007 a club of Polish­‑Korean families called 7736 km.

Author Biography

Beata Kang-Bogusz, wykładowca w Departamencie Języka Polskiego Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.

Doktorantka na kierunku etnografii w Academy of Korean Studies, tłumaczka w Ambasadzie Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Seulu.

Published

2020-12-29

How to Cite

Kang-Bogusz, B. (2020). Poles in the Land of the Morning Calm. Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 6(2), 109–115. Retrieved from https://trrest.vot.pl/ojsus/index.php/PPol/article/view/10938

Issue

Section

Polonistyki na Dalekim Wschodzie: Chiny, Korea