This event is a part of Honouliuli National Historic Site's 10th Anniversary Celebration.
Over 2,700 Korean Prisoners of War were held at Honouliuli. Come and learn about the park’s partners within the local Korean community who are working to help understand and preserve this history. Featured partners are the Center for Korean Studies at the University of Hawai‘i Mānoa, Hawai‘i Korean Cultural Center, Korean American Foundation, and the United Korean Association of Hawai‘i.
Biographies:
David Suh
David was born in Daejeon, South Korea, and later immigrated to Hawaii, where he graduated from McKinley High School, the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and the William S. Richardson School of Law. Guided by his Christian faith, David currently serves as president of The United Korean Association of Hawaii, combining professional expertise with a deep commitment to community service and working passionately to preserve Korean-American culture, traditions, and values for the benefit and enrichment of the entire community.
Edward Shultz
Edward J. Shultz is a retired University of Hawaii professor who received both an MA and PhD from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and taught at Leeward Community College, UH West O’ahu, and then UH-Manoa. At UH-Manoa, besides being a faculty member, he was the Director of the Center for Korean Studies, the Dean of the School of Pacific and Asian Studies, and Assistant Vice Chancellor for International Education and Exchange. Subsequent to his retirement from UH in August 2013, he taught for a year at Sogang University in Korea, and then returned to be Interim Chancellor of Hawaii Tokai International College for six months.
He is the immediate past president of the Korean American Foundation, Hawaii (KAFH). The Foundation was founded in 2004 on the successful conclusion of the Korean community’s celebration of its 100th anniversary of immigration to the United States. KAFH has as its mission to commemorate Korean immigration and to promote Korean culture, heritage, and history. KAFH annually celebrates the January 13, 1903 arrival of the first Korean immigrants to the United States/Hawaii. KAFH also maintains the Centennial Monument at Pawaa In-Ha Park and Puuiki Cemetery in Waialua, commemorates historic sites via historic site plaques, and sponsors important community events such as the annual Korean Festival. It also awards annually individuals who have made significant contributions to the Korean community in Hawaii.
Christopher Bae
Christopher Bae was born in Korea to Korean parents. However, from an early age, he had an atypical upbringing; one that drew him to eastern Asian paleoanthropology from early on. At about the age of one he was orphaned in Seoul, Korea and after living in an orphanage for six months, Bae was then adopted by an American family. Growing up in a Caucasian-American household and neighborhood always made him aware and interested in topics such as race and human variation. In order to discover his ethnic “roots” Bae traveled to Korea during his undergraduate days on an exchange program. His original objective in going to Korea was to reconstruct his own past, but he has since expanded these interests to eastern Asian prehistory, as one of paleoanthropology’s goals is to reconstruct the past without all the pieces.
Amanda Chang
Amanda Soyoung Chang is an immigration lawyer in Honolulu, Hawaii. As an attorney, she volunteers and serves as a court appointed arbitrator for civil cases filed with the State of Hawaii.
Chang has been serving as a board member and president of HAWAII KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER, whose goal is to establish a center to share rich Korean culture and history with the people of Hawaii and those visiting Hawaii through a history museum, Korean school (K to 12 grades), and Korean kupunas in Hawaii.
