Mary Paik’s family left Korea as Japanese soldiers were having a growing presence in Korea as it was used to travel to Russia during the war “Japan took advantage of the situation and started to take over Korea.” (Paik Lee 3). As the Japanese were taking advantage of the Korean people as farming land was seized and very limited, Japanese soldiers were occupying their homes which happened to Mary Paik’s home, “It turned …show more content…
Leaving a life of hardship in Korea to face even more challenges but the challenges they experienced in their new country outweighed any of the hardships if they were to stay in