"Damunhwa" Is No Multiculturalism: A Congolese Refugee Reflects on Life in South Korea

Meet Yiombi Thona [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSDeuASCVJ4], one of South Korea’s highest-profile refugees. He came to South Korea in 2002 after fleeing his native Congo under fear of arrest. As a member of the Congo intelligence service, he had leaked documents revealing government corruption [http://www.newsweek.com/how-dispute-between-friends-congo-sparked-africas-deadliest-war-534272] and was in turn accused of trying to lead a coup d’état. Despite finally receiving refugee status from