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Transnational Mothering and North Korean Womens Strategies of Survival: Impact of Chinas One-Child Policy and Hukou on Migration and Kinship
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- 2024-06-05
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- Asian Journal of Peacebuilding, Vol.12 No.1
- Abstract
- Why do so many North Korean women resort to leaving their children born
in China and resettle alone in South Korea? What survival strategies have they
employed? And what conditions contribute to them becoming transnational mothers?
To answer, this article explores the status of North Korean border-crossers in China,
the influence of the one-child policy and industrialization on North Koreans
gendered migration, and Chinas hukou household registration system. Drawing on
ethnographic research, the article argues that the mothers migration and kinship
are grounded in a search for security, repositioning themselves for greater control of
their lives and futures. Practices of transnational mothering emerge as North Korean
women resettle in South Korea and become long-distance mothers to their children
who remain with their Chinese fathers.
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