“ILLEGALITY” AND DEPORTABILITY

Migrant "Illegality" and Deportability in Everyday Life by Nicolas P. De Genova can be found here.

This article  strives to meet two challenges. As a review, it provides a critical discussion of the scholarship concerning undocumented migration but  more precisely the theoretical status of migrant “illegality” and deportability. The article argues that it is insufficient to examine the “illegality” of undocumented migration only in terms of its consequences and that it is necessary also to produce historically informed accounts of the sociopolitical processes of “illegalization” themselves, which can be characterized as the legal production of migrant “illegality.”

Nicholas De Genova (Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Chicago, 1999) is presently a visiting scholar in the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University of Chicago. His website can be found here.



Legalizing Moves: Susan B. Coutin

 Susan Bibler Coutin holds a Ph.D. in sociocultural anthropology and is professor in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society and the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, where she also serves as Associate Dean of the Graduate Division. Her publications can be found here.

BLACK SUPERMAN

These have become some of the most iconic  images of the 20th century. On September 5, 1960, a shy 18-year-old Cassius Clay stepped into a Rome’s Olympic ring to face Poland’s Zbigniew Pietrzykowski. The fight was for the light-heavyweight gold medal, and Clay’s win made him a sensation back in America.

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Mohammad Ali  met The Beatles at the Fifth St Gym, Miami Beach in Feb 1964 when Ali was known as Cassius Clay. Domino effect of a punch on the bunch.

Ali meeting Elvis Presley in Las Vegas (1973).

He also has the honor of the 'most loved American' in the world.

For more on Ali read here and here.

Food Websites/Blogs

Fantastic food-related websites/blogs including an interesting addition by LG here.

http://www.whfoods.com/
http://www.foodsubs.com/
http://www.encyclopediafood.com/site-map
http://expatriateskitchen.blogspot.com/
http://www.epicurious.com/
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/
http://www.bigoven.com/glossary
http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/index.html
http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/index.html

Ansan Migrant Center

This center is located at Ansan station on Line 4. exit 3. One has to go across from the road and then must ask someone for the directions.

This center has FREE medical facilities, oriental medicine and dental check-ups.

Before going there, one must call them first.
Photocredits @ bibliography-asia

Laws for Foreigners

It does NOT matter where we live but it definitely matters that wherever we are we must know KNOW the 'law of the land'.

Some of the very important laws for foreigners residing in Korea include the following

FOR ALL FOREIGNERS

1. Korea's Immigration Control Act
2. It is equally important to read The First Basic Plan
3. Act on the Treatment of Foreigners in Korea is available here. MUST READ!

MIGRANT WORKERS (SKILLED/UNSKILLED)

1. For teacher and ethnic Koreans , go through Act on Foreign Workers Employment, Etc
2. A must read is again The Act on Foreign Workers Employment, Etc, here.
3. All those who are in Korea under E-9 visa read - Labor  Standard Act
4. Minimum Wage Act for migrant workers is an important piece of legislation.
5. Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act for migrant workers.
6. Occupational Safety and Health Act for migrant workers can be downloaded here.

MIGRANT FAMILIES

1. Supports for  Multicultural Families Act can be read here.
2. Basic Laws on Social Security which is based on the principle of reciprocity is applied only to those foreigners who are married to Koreans and obtained Korean nationality and their offsprings.(unable to find in English)

Multiethnic Korea in the 21 Century

Prof. Kyoung Hee-moon of Changwon National University  highlights the issues Korea is facing in the 21st. Century mainly due to the economic and demographic changes taking place at a high pace. For more read  here.

Another interesting read was this article which was published in Korea Times for a series of articles and columns on 'International Marriages in Korea' back in 2010.