4th-generation Koryoin Irina Park recounts life of her great-grandfather
A black-and-white photograph sits inside the file folder of Irina Park, 37, a fourth-generation Koryoin, who works in trade in Seoul. Koryoin, also known as Koryo-saram, are ethnic Koreans from former Soviet republics. The young man in the photograph, whose records were written in 1937, was also 37 at the time. Nearly nine decades later, Park, now the same age as the man in the photograph,…
Irina Park, a 37-year-old fourth-generation Koryoin, lives in Seoul and works in trade. The photograph in her file folder depicts her great-grandfather, Park Kyung-hwan, who also lived to be 37 years old. The photograph was taken in 1937 and features a young man who bears a striking resemblance to Irina's father. Irina discovered this connection while searching for her great-grandfather's history. Her family, originally from the former Soviet republics, now numbers fewer than 500 members in Tajikistan.
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