My paper analyses historical processes to explore socially constructed discrimination and inequality against Amerasians, who were born to Korean women from U.S. Army service personnel in U.S. Military Camp Town (hereafter ‘Gijichon’) around Korean War, in the perspective of Korean Government policies. I shall discuss the elements which influenced the development of the situation of Amerasian by analyzing various sources including in-depth interviews and documents from their community. The significant finding of this study is that Korean Government contributed greatly to the presence of Amerasian by promoting the sex trade in Gijichon. However, they were not recognised as Koreans under the Nationality Act and their presence was officially concealed. A number of them were adopted into families overseas under the government policy of promoting international adoption. Moreover, the government separated them from the mainstream society by establishing Honhyeolin (mixed-blood) school and legally exempting them from the military service. The situation of Amerasian is still fragile as they are excluded from unprecedented support systems for ethnic minorities reflecting structural violence according to Galtung’s theory (Galtung 1969) and therefore, special consideration from Korean government is required.

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国家对永久少数民族的责任：韩国的亚美尼亚人

本文从韩国政府政策的角度分析了历史过程，以探索社会构造的针对美国人的美籍美国人在美国战争期间在美军营地（以下简称“吉国”）的美军士兵所生的针对美国人的社会歧视和不平等现象。我将通过分析各种资源，包括对他们社区的深入访谈和文件，来讨论影响阿美拉西亚局势发展的因素。这项研究的重要发现是，韩国政府通过促进吉吉洪州的性交易为阿美拉西亚的存在做出了巨大贡献。但是，根据《国籍法》，他们没有被承认为韩国人，而且他们的存在被正式隐瞒。根据促进国际收养的政府政策，其中一些被收养到海外家庭。此外，政府通过建立本孝林（混血）学校并合法地使其免于服兵役，使他们与主流社会分离。根据加尔通的理论（加尔通1969年），阿美拉亚人的状况仍然脆弱，因为他们没有受到反映结构性暴力的少数族裔史无前例的支持系统的排斥，因此，需要韩国政府的特别考虑。