Lai Đại Hàn

The term Lai Dai Han (or sometimes Lai Daihan/Lai Tai Han) (lai Đại Hàn in Vietnamese : pronounced [laːi ɗâˀi hâːn]; Korean: 라이따이한) is a Vietnamese term for a mixed ancestry person born to a South Korean father and a Vietnamese mother (including the victims of Korean soldiers) during the Vietnam War. Lai Dai Han often live at the margins of Vietnamese society. The South Korean government has not released an official statement regarding the sexual violence that took place during the Vietnam War.[1]

Etymology

The noun or adjective lai (chữ nôm: 𤳆) can mean any hybrid, including an animal or tree, but in this context is pejorative,[2] meaning "mixed-blood." "Đại Hàn" was the then a standard Vietnamese term for South Korea (the Sino-Vietnamese equivalent of Hangul: 대한; RR: Daehan), although today "Hàn Quốc" (Korean Hanguk) is more common. Since "lai" is offensive the term "lai Đại Hàn" itself does not appear in official Vietnamese sources, except in relation for example to the name of the South Korean film "Lai Đại Hàn."[3]

Number of Lai Dai Han

The fathers include both members of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces and Korean workers who were stationed in Vietnam during the War. The children were usually abandoned by their fathers.[4] The exact number of Lai Daihan is unknown. According to Busan Ilbo, there are at least 5,000 and as many as 30,000.[2] According to Maeil Business, however, there are 1,000 at most.[5]

According to Park Oh-soon, the number of Korean-Vietnamese fathered by Korean workers stationed in Vietnam during the War is estimated at 10,000+.[6] There is also criticism that the number of Vietnamese-Korean mixed children is swollen because aid organizations supported them before proper accurate research was done.[7]

Dynamics

Causes include civilians and soldiers who married Vietnamese women but then returned to Korea alone, and the alleged rape of Vietnamese women by Korean soldiers.[8][9]

Many births of Lai Daihan people are allegedly due to rape[10] and the desertion of the children.[2] Atrocities by the South Korean military are still remembered in Vietnam. The Hankyoreh referred to the incidents as a massacre (Hangul: 대량학살 ).[11]

Rape allegations are supported by a broadcast released by the Viet Cong which reports the assaults on women in Vietnam and massacres by the South Korean military.[8] Testimonies by survivors of such assault and massacre by South Korean troops list rape of Vietnamese women.[12]

In the article, "Did S. Korea operate “comfort stations” in the Vietnam War?" [13]says, "Distasteful as it may be, the argument is also difficult to refute and it is time for Seoul to find out the truth not only about the civilian massacres that took place during the Vietnam War, but also about the extent of military authorities’ involvement with Vietnamese authorities."

During his presidency, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung expressed his condolences for violence committed against the Vietnamese people during the war, and pledged to continue support of Vietnam's national development, through the contribution of $19.60 million of South Korea's Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF).[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/10/13/president-park-should-use-us-visit-to-publicly-apologize-for-south-koreas-sexual-violence-in-vietnam.html
  2. 1 2 3 "조흥국교수의 동남아 들여다보기 <17> 라이따이한 문제". Busan Ilbo. 2004-09-18. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  3. ↑ Trọng Dật Dương 300 câu hỏi, 300 năm Sài Gòn TP. Hò̂ Chí Minh 1998 "Nhũng bộ Phim như "Người tình" (Pháp), “Lai Đại Hàn" (Hàn Quốc), "Miền Nam Xa Xưa" (Pháp), “Ba mùa" (Mỹ)... từng được thực hiện ở đây. 211. llạll chiêu hong llill nllãt Trước 1975, cả thành phố có 51 rạp chiếu bóng. Trong số này, có rạp ..."
  4. ↑ "ライダイハン 라이따이한 Raittaihan　韓国軍の戦争犯罪　大虐殺と強姦".
  5. ↑ "베트남에 대한 5가지 오해 ". Maeil Business. 2004-10-05. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
  6. ↑ "ライタイハンとは何か".
  7. ↑ コ・ギョンテ "(Korean)" - ライダイハンを売るな (Korean)、『ハンギョレ21』第258号（電子版）、1999年5月20日。
  8. 1 2 jp:名越二荒之助 『日韓2000年の真実』〜ベトナムの方がのべる韓国の残虐行為〜、2002年
  9. ↑ 野村進によれば、これら混血児たちの父親の90パーセントは韓国の ビジネスマン であり、ベトナム人女性との間に子供をもうけた後に「母子を置き去りにして帰国してしまった」例が多いという。『コリアン世界の旅』 講談社、1996年、173頁。
  10. ↑ A. Kameyama, Betonamu Sensou, Saigon Souru, Toukyou [Vietnam War, Saigon, Seoul, Tokyo], Iwanami Shoten Publishing, 1972, p. 122
  11. ↑ "아, 몸서리쳐지는 한국군! ". The Hankyoreh. 2002-07-26. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  12. ↑ 『ハンギョレ21』256号、1999年5月6日。
  13. ↑ http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/688436.html Did S. Korea operate “comfort stations” in the Vietnam War?
  14. ↑ "Kim Dae-jung Holds Talks With Vietnam Leader" August 24, 2001. People's Daily

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