ETHNIC RELATIONS IN MULTI-ETHNIC MALAYSIA

Aging in Multi-ethnic Malaysia.

Multiethnic Malaysia provides a unique case study of divergence in population aging of different sociocultural subgroups within a country. Malaysia represents 3 major ethnicities in Asia-the Malay, Chinese, and Indian. The 3 ethnic groups are at different stages of population aging, as they have undergone demographic transition at different pace amidst rapid social and economic changes. Between...

Ethnic Relations in Contemporary China

Comparing with other ancient civilizations, China has very unique characteristics of a continuing written history throughout a series of successive dynasties over at least 3,000 years. The intensive interactions among different groups in the East Asian Continent in those years finally resulted in a multi-ethnic political entity with a huge population and a special culture-centered identity. In ...

Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome: Results from a Multi-Ethnic Population-Based Survey in Malaysia

INTRODUCTION The prevalence of metabolic syndrome is increasing disproportionately among the different ethnicities in Asia compared to the rest of the world. This study aims to determine the differences in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome across ethnicities in Malaysia, a multi-ethnic country. METHODS In 2004, we conducted a national cross-sectional population-based study using a stratifi...

Ethnic Mobilization, Equality and Conflict in Multi-ethnic States

Adolescents in Multi-Ethnic Families under Korean Ethnic Nationalism

Koreans believe that they form a nation, a “race,” and an ethnic group that shares a unified bloodline and distinct culture [1]. However, South Korea is becoming an increasingly multiethnic or multicultural society [2]. Foreign-born individuals accounted for 3.4% of the Korean population in 2015, and the percentage of foreigners in Korea is increasing yearly [2]. The number of naturalized citiz...