Biracial baby in Changwon S. Korea?

If a Korean man were to marry an American girl and live in Changwon, S. Korea and have a child together, what kind of life would that child experiance?
Would the child struggle in school because he or she would be treated too differently for being biracial?
Does anyone know of any personal experiances with a biracial baby growing up in Changwon, S. Korea?

My husband is a native Korean and I'm British and we hope to have children. People keep asking when are we going to have them so,in my experience, most are not prejudiced.
I only met a few mixed race children so far,and, yes, Korean culture is still very homogeneous. To be honest though I saw no problems in interactions with others (not in the place you mention though). In fact, more than positive.

Edit - I just looked at your other questions. It sounds like we are in the same boat. I met my husband in the UK in 2005 while he doing voluntary work. I am finding it a real struggle to learn to the Korean language, even though I hear it everyday. (As for customs I get by quite easily). I am hopeless with languages. To me my greatest concern is having a child who will be able to speak a language I don't understand. lol x

If you have a choice I wouldn't recommend raising a biracial child in Korea. This child will be discriminated and alienated from the group and NEVER accepted by the Korean kids as a true Korean.

Changwon is a small suburb of Busan, so that has the makings of an unpleasant, lonely childhood. If your kid can speak Korean fluently, it won't be as bad. That said, I would never want to put a kid through the Korean school system. It's brutal.

Check foreign school out. I dont know what the qualification for it though. I heard most students there are mixed.

Theres is a subtle amount of racism to be aware of. There is a way around it. Depending on the level of the family, are they of high standing, then it wouldnt matter. If they were just regular shomes then yeah there could be issues. If it s a high status family theres not much at issue. There are also international schools that could remove the child from that environment. Students in korea can be especially cruel. In all likelihood its best to put the child into an expat school if possible if there is a large visible difference in appearance. If they look fairly korean then they should be fine assuming they speak korean. Other things you may want to worry about are the amount of schooling your child will be subjected to. On top of public schools are academy's that the children are defacto required to attend in order to compete for college entrance exams. Public schools dont really supply the necessary education but this is changing. If i were to be raising a child in Korea i would do everything in my power to make sure they were educated in an expat or international school. This is all secondary to a high or middle class western education. Koreans may take offense to this but seeing the amount of work the students are subjected to here would be challenging to a law student. Several high school students arent traveling home until 12 or sometimes 1 in the morning and are off to school by 7 the next day. I dont feel my education was stemmed that much by having a social life and enjoying sports and friends.

I'm biracial as well and lived in South Korea for a few years then moved to the states. My dad's German and my mom's Korean and I went to Seoul American School when I was in Korea. The people who go there are people of various backgrounds/ethnicities, so your child should have no problem getting along at the school. It was a lot easier going to SAS instead of a Korean school because I was able to associate with people of ALL backgrounds.

I lived in Korea 10 years, my daughter was 6 when I left. The reason I left was because I could not afford the 20,000 dollars it costs to put her in SAS or KIS as was the case with me. I did not want to put my daughter through the problems of racism. Personally I don't think it's a good idea to have a mixed child in korean public schools. My Korean friends are the ones who warned me about the treatment they would receive.

if you want to have children, i suggest you send it to a foreign school, or move to u.s. my dad's cousin married a caucasian. and they have four children together. my dad and his brother were furious. i think they could have been nicer. i mean my komo was in love with that guy. her parents allowed her. but my father doesn't even consider her to be his cousin anymore. she lives in pennsylvania and i live in new york. i mean we can visit them sometimes. and because they're all older than me ( my second cousins) they love seeing me. but my father always trys to keep me away from them. i grew up with a very racial family and because of that, i won't deny that i'm not racial. i try not to be but because since i was taught that being biracial was a shame since i was little it's etched into my mind. i used to have a biracial friend when i was 3 or 4, my parents were so angry after a while that we moved somewhere else. and i could never dream of dating someone who's not korean and most of my friends are asian(mostly chinese), if not korean. maybe this is just my family but maybe not. my mom told me that it's usually very hard for biracial kids in korea because not only are the parents harsh, the kids are too.

I'm an American (Caucasian) married to a Korean man and I would be terrified to have my child in Changwon. It's WAY too small. There are not many foreigners there (comparatively speaking).
Korean people are awfully racist (I can understand that because this country has been occupied many times and foreigners/U.S. military have caused a lot of problems here).

I would be comfortable living in Seoul and sending my child to international school, but I'm more comfortable with our current plan (moving to the states pre-pregnancy so we have access to cheap and plentiful organic foods and a less toxic environment).

Whatever your choice, you might want to contact ISKA (international spouses of koreans association) at iska.com because they're a wonderful resource. Good Luck!