KAHP 1: The First Korean Americans

KoreanAmericanHeritage.com presents KAHP Episode 1: The First Korean Americans. Who were the first Korean Americans? This episode we explore first the history of what was going on in Korea and who were the first Americans that entered Korea. We go over the history of the American missionaries and their involvement of bringing the Koreans over to America. And later investigate the very first Koreans to set foot in the United States. KAHP Episode 1 Notes: First americans to arrive to Korea: Missionaries Presbyterianism Methodism Christianity in Korea wiki General Sherman Incident Captain Robert W. Schufeldt and the USS Wachusetts (Schufeldt Treaty) Korea Treaty of 1882 King Gojong of the Korean Empire Suzerainty Yu Kil-Chun Gapsin Coup Korean Legation Building in Washington D.C. Philip Jaisohn Seo Jae Pil Other Reference Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Horace Grant Underwood Homer Hulbert The Passing of Korea by Homer Hulbert The independent Newspaper John Nevius and the Nevius Plan Freemasonry Masonry Lodge Han Yang Scarlet and the Beast Two faces of the Freemasonry by John Daniels The Korean Frontier in America: Immigrants to Hawaii, 1896-1910 by Wayne Patterson Durham White Stevens Intro music credited to Ban-Jang Kim of Windy City. Logo designed by Minsoo Kim. Please contact [email protected] for any questions.