Korean Brazilians

Korean Brazilians (Portuguese: Coreano-brasileiro, Korean: 한국계 브라질인 or 韓國系 브라질人) are Brazilians of full, partial or predominantly Korean ancestry or a Korean-born person residing in Brazil. The Korean population in Brazil, the largest in Latin America, is about 50,000.[4]

Korean Brazilians
Coreano-brasileiro
한국계 브라질인
Total population
51,550[1]
Regions with significant populations
Foz do Iguaçu and São Paulo City
Languages
Portuguese and Korean
Religion
Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism[2][3]
Related ethnic groups
Other Korean and Brazilian people,
Korean Americans and other Asian Brazilians

On 6 January 2010, per Municipal Law nº 15100, the São Paulo City Council officially recognised Bom Retiro as the Korean cultural neighbourhood.[5]

In terms of religion, the vast majority of Korean Brazilians are Protestant, with a minority of Catholics.[2][6] There are more Korean churches than Korean restaurants in the Korean Brazilian community.[6] There are also three Buddhist temples located in Korean communities in Brazil, which also attract non-Korean worshippers.[3][7]

Education

Colégio Polilogos (브라질한국학교), a South Korean international school, which was located in Bom Retiro, São Paulo.[8][9]

Notable persons

See also

References
  1. 재외동포현황, South Korea: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 2009, archived from the original on 2010-10-23, retrieved 2009-05-21
  2. Park, Kye-young, ed. (2009), "The Second Generation of Koreans in Brazil: A Portrait" (PDF), The Korean Immigration in the Americas, UCLA Center for Korean Studies, retrieved 2013-03-10
  3. Korean Buddhist congregations in Brazil
  4. Latin American Scholars Meet o, UCLA International Institute
  5. Prefeitura da Cidade de São Paulo. , "Pesquisa de Legislação Municipal Nº 15100", retrieved 14 January 2014
  6. Joo, Jong-Taick (2010), "Culture and Ethnicity in the Korean Transnational Community in Brazil" (PDF), Iberoamerica, 12 (2): 323–356, retrieved 2013-03-10
  7. ::: Welcome to KOREA JOURNAL ::: Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Home page Archived 2015-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. Colégio Polilogos (브라질한국학교). Retrieved on 21 September 2015. "Rua Solon, 1018 - Bom Retiro São Paulo - SP"
  9. "Korean School Infomation [sic] - 브라질한국학교." Overseas Korean Educational Institutions. October 2, 2006. Retrieved on September 21, 2015.
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