Original Source (Sports Chosun via Nate): Sam Hammington's nine year old son Bentley, "I'm not Korean, I'm Australian"...He already decided his identity
On the recent episode of "Where Is My Home?", the cast toured a townhome belonging to a professor who teaches philosophy at Yonsei University. The home is furnished with traditional Korean pieces, but the professor is American. This led to Yang Se Hyung asking Sam Hammington if his kids are more Korean or more Australian. Sam shared that Bentley always needs rice and kimchi, but when people ask him what country he is from, he says he's Australian. He added that he thinks their identity keeps going back and forth as they grow older.
The original article headline is a bit clickbaity...
1. [+1632 / -109] Is he already dropping hints about military enlistment? ㅋㅋ
2. [+1143 / -32] Sam has said it himself that he's Australian
ㄴ But Sam is Australian? What's the issue?
ㄴ Sam's not wrong about that. Even if a Korean lives abroad, they are Korean but in the case of the kids, it's a bit funny. They were born in Korea and make money here but they're already drawing the line saying that they're Australian
3. [+179 / -5] It means that he wants his kids to be celebrities but.. he doesn't want them to go to the military
4. [+158 / -8] Fine. We have no plans of accepting it. Go make your money in Australia.
5. [+136 / -3] There are so many foreigners who pretend to be Korean...
6. [+134 / -6] When I see things like this, I feel like we need to raise the standards for permanent residency. We shouldn't allow dual citizenship, it's exploited to avoid military service
7. [+110 / -1] If they're not going to serve in the military, then they should go make money in Australia!
8. [+105 / -2] Ugh I'm suddenly turned off... they say nonsense like this after raking up so much money here...
9. [+81 / -0] They identify as Australian but why are they living in Korea their whole life??
