This might give you some perspective. I befriended and later dated a Korean whose parents were both Korean but even though she was born in Japan, since her pare

This might give you some perspective. I befriended and later dated a Korean whose parents were both Korean but even though she was born in Japan, since her parents never became citizens, she was still considered an alien. So, even though she was raised in Japan and spoke fluent Japanese (as well as English) and was for all intents and purposes as Japanese as anyone in Japan, she had to go back to Japan every couple years to renew her... resident visa. It might be a while until such attitudes go away. From what I can tell the feeling isn't very mutual on the Korean side, either.