Word: koreanizing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Korean Dilemma...
TIME, Jan. 10, implies that romance was an easy road to the U.S. for foreign spouses [but] neglects to mention the dilemma of Korean wives of American personnel. The Korean national, although his nation is recognized by the U.S., is not eligible to reside in the U.S. as a permanent alien resident, nor dare he hope to achieve American citizenship, because the Korean is an Oriental and is subject to the Oriental Exclusion...
...American attitude towards marriage between Korean subjects and American personnel was, and still is, extremely harsh. Those hardy enough to apply for permission to marry are required to produce a ream of documents attesting to the character, health, religious, economic and political integrity of the persons applying. Ninety-eight percent of the couples genuinely in love are given a flat "no" on the implied grounds that the Korean is a sort of subhuman type unfit for life...
While Hodge struggled to form 200 backbiting parties into some kind of stable government, the Reds built up a loyal, well-trained army of at least 150,000, many of them Korean refugees who had served in the Red Army during the war. In the south, which contains 21 of Korea's 28 million inhabitants, some 60,000 drilled indifferently and swaggered enthusiastically in chopped-down U.S. uniforms...
...Recognized, 48 to 6, the U.S.-Sponsored Korean Republic (South Korea). tj Passed, 48 to o, a Declaration of Human Rights. There were eight abstentions, including the Soviet bloc (six votes), South Africa and Saudi Arabia...