Before the Interview
During the interview
-He only remembers always being hungry when he was younger. Not enough food
-Used to work with Hyundai.
-During his tough times, he just remembered that he had a duty for Korea. To serve his nation.
-Age: 80
-Most difficult part of assimilating and adjusting to life in South Korea was realizing all the deceit and mistrust of the North Korean government. He was also accused of helping North Korea.
-He retired working at Hyundai in 1997.
-His proudest achievement is being a part of Korea's industrial revolution.
-He majored in engineering at Seoul University.
-Hid daughter and son are both professors. His daughter works at the University of California in Irvine.
-He is an advocate of trying hard, no matter what, despite the forces working against him, he advises everyone to just do it! That is the American spirit.
-He thinks that the way for North and South Korea to become unified again is with the help of surrounding nations such as China, Russia, USA...
-Founded an organization called KALC, mentoring young leaders to be politicians, be involved in US government.
After the Interview
-I had the extra special opportunity to interview Dr. Kim for about 10 minutes after class. He is so inspirational and devoted to helping young Korean American students to achieve greatness. He is selfless and contributes all his time with young people to better their lives. He feels that it is his duty to help Korean American students to reach their potential. By making an organization called KALC and giving young people opportunities that is beyond their realm, he feels that he is doing his job. It was an amazing time speaking with him. He is truly bi-langual, and speaks English better than I can speak Korean. He has motivated me to re-commit myself to learning the Korean language. I really want to be able to fluently speak Korean, write Korean, and read Korean just like a native Korean.
- Why did you decide to move to America? Why not stay in Korea?
- Did you ever imagine that your life would be used to tell history? How do you like being a historian? What is your favorite part about being one?
- If you weren't a historian, what would you be? What did you want to be when you were younger?
- Where is the neatest place you visited to tell the story of the Korean War?
- Why do you think it is so important to learn about the Korean War? How do you feel when people refer to the Korean War as "The Forgotten War?"
- Where do you think the future of Korea lies? What do you think will be its future? Will it unite any time soon?
- What do you like about living in New York?
During the interview
-He only remembers always being hungry when he was younger. Not enough food
-Used to work with Hyundai.
-During his tough times, he just remembered that he had a duty for Korea. To serve his nation.
-Age: 80
-Most difficult part of assimilating and adjusting to life in South Korea was realizing all the deceit and mistrust of the North Korean government. He was also accused of helping North Korea.
-He retired working at Hyundai in 1997.
-His proudest achievement is being a part of Korea's industrial revolution.
-He majored in engineering at Seoul University.
-Hid daughter and son are both professors. His daughter works at the University of California in Irvine.
-He is an advocate of trying hard, no matter what, despite the forces working against him, he advises everyone to just do it! That is the American spirit.
-He thinks that the way for North and South Korea to become unified again is with the help of surrounding nations such as China, Russia, USA...
-Founded an organization called KALC, mentoring young leaders to be politicians, be involved in US government.
After the Interview
-I had the extra special opportunity to interview Dr. Kim for about 10 minutes after class. He is so inspirational and devoted to helping young Korean American students to achieve greatness. He is selfless and contributes all his time with young people to better their lives. He feels that it is his duty to help Korean American students to reach their potential. By making an organization called KALC and giving young people opportunities that is beyond their realm, he feels that he is doing his job. It was an amazing time speaking with him. He is truly bi-langual, and speaks English better than I can speak Korean. He has motivated me to re-commit myself to learning the Korean language. I really want to be able to fluently speak Korean, write Korean, and read Korean just like a native Korean.