| Yiombi has become a prominent figure after Human Cinema: Good Morning, Mr. Yiombi aired on KBS1. He is, however, still unexpectedly suffering from discrimination, for he is a foreigner, and more because he is a refugee. For other refugees not known to the public, these kinds of discrimination inflict more hardships and offenses. The book, My Name is Yiombi, is written for the general public to learn more about refugees in Korea and their situations and also to encourage the public to have interest for such issues through conveying what Mr. Yiombi has gone through as a refugee in Korea.
Yiombi Thona was born as a king of a little tribe town called Kitona, Democratic Republic of Congo. As a child, he had dreamed of becoming a doctor for the poor living in the ghetto area, but he happened to study economics at the University of Kinshasa. There, he met a professor who recommended Yiombi to eventually become an agent in the Secret Intelligence Agency. As Mr. Yiombi worked as a secret agent, he discovered... |
Human Asia Newsletter
April 2013 No.33
Yiombi Thona was born as a king of a little tribe town called Kitona, Democratic Republic of Congo. As a child, he had dreamed of becoming a doctor for the poor living in the ghetto area, but he happened to study economics at the University of Kinshasa. There, he met a professor who recommended Yiombi to eventually become an agent in the Secret Intelligence Agency. As Mr. Yiombi worked as a secret agent, he discovered...
한국외국인학교(KIS), 대원국제중 안재현 외 9명, (주)미디어 윌
트리코인베스트먼트(주), (주)삼원프린테크, (주)대덕휴비즈
뉴욕 캐니시어스 고등학교 ECHO (이승현, Will McCauley, Griffin Downey, Michael Khan 외)