Kim Pen Xva Museum
Far from Distant Shores: Identity Limbo in the Korean Diaspora
Kim Pen Xva Museum
Kim Pen Xva, Uzbekistan, 2016
This small museum near Tashkent is dedicated to the founder of one of the most successful Korean villages in Uzbekistan. The scrolls surrounding his portrait read, “I have found a home in this new land” (I ttangesŏ nanŭn saeroun chogugŭl ch’ajatta 이 땅에서 나는 새로운 조국을 찾았다).