Can we say Kep1er has 4 foreign members?

Nope she's considered Korean she was part of the k group

As long she is half Korean she is Korean

if there's an a-group (america) or g-group (germany) then yes she's foreign too

No and That’s insulting. As someone who comes from a mixed background if I was called foreign in the country I was raised in I’d be mad

Maybe I'm just tired but...

If being half korean means she should be considered a foreigner in Korea, wouldn't it logically follow that being half german makes her a foreigner in Germany as well?

The poor girl would be considered a foreigner wherever she goes.

She was born in China, but where was she raised? Your ancestry isn't your nationality.

I feel as if we shouldn't speak up on it like that, being half of an ethnicity still makes you part of that ethnicity.

She is half-Korean, hence making her Korean.

Like Japan, Korea generally doesn’t consider half Koreans Korean lol. There’s so many stories of half Koreans being treated like straight up foreigners even if they were born and raised in Korea. Just look up Hyungmin who’s half black and Korean and gets treated as if he’s just black and can’t speak the language. My father who is half Korean and Japanese was considered only half Korean (somewhat of a foreigner) to his peers despite living half of his life there. Korea is a very homogeneous country and believe in preserving their bloodline and culture like other Asian countries. So technically, if Myah made it into the lineup, you would have mixed reactions from knetz because she would be taking up a spot for an actual full ethnic Korean contestant. It is what it is.

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Like Japan, Korea generally don’t consider half Koreans Korean lol. There’s so many stories of half Koreans being treated like straight up foreigners even if they were born and raised in Korea. Just look up Hyungmin who’s half black and Korean and gets treated as if he’s just black and can’t speak the language. My father who is half Korean and Japanese was considered only half Korean (somewhat of a foreigner) to his peers despite living half of his life there. Korea is a very homogeneous country and believe in preserving their bloodline like other Asian countries.

Basically….

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Maybe I'm just tired but...

If being half korean means she should be considered a foreigner in Korea, wouldn't it logically follow that being half german makes her a foreigner in Germany as well?

The poor girl would be considered a foreigner wherever she goes.

she is more Korean than a foreigner since she is half Korean and she was put in the Korean group right?

No one had this question when Somi or Vernon debuted why is this a question now?

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No one had this question when Somi or Vernon debuted why is this a question now?

International kpop fans called Hueningkai as 'white' to mocking him and ignore his korean heritage. But Knetz themselves rarely called him as foreigner, and still called him Korean.

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No and That’s insulting. As someone who comes from a mixed background if I was called foreign in the country I was raised in I’d be mad

I agree with you but would the situation be different if the person in question was not raised in that country (regardless of Bahiyyih or Korea or otherwise?)

again hypothetically speaking if you had a korean mother and (does really matter but for the sake of discussion let's say Australian father) and born and raised in Australia with Australian passport and so forth...would you then be considered a "foreigner" if you went back to compete in something like GP999?

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I agree with you but would the situation be different if the person in question was not raised in that country (regardless of Bahiyyih or Korea or otherwise?)

again hypothetically speaking if you had a korean mother and (does really matter but for the sake of discussion let's say Australian father) and born and raised in Australia with Australian passport and so forth...would you then be considered a "foreigner" if you went back to compete in something like GP999?

Hmmm I suppose it’s a bit different if you weren’t raised there. From personal experience I am half Kenyan half Irish and grew up in Ireland. When I went to Kenya to visit I was often called a foreigner but I understood why and wasn’t hurt because I wasn’t raised there nor did I speak the language much. These kinds of situations can be difficult I suppose it gets a bit complicated

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Hmmm I suppose it’s a bit different if you weren’t raised there. From personal experience I am half Kenyan half Irish and grew up in Ireland. When I went to Kenya to visit I was often called a foreigner but I understood why and wasn’t hurt because I wasn’t raised there nor did I speak the language much. These kinds of situations can be difficult I suppose it gets a bit complicated

interesting...thanks for sharing your personal experience...

Foreigners are generally classified as a person that doesn't have citizenship to a country

Under Korean Law, any person born with Korean Ethnicity is regarded as a Korean Citizen, you have to denounce your Korean Citizenship through legal channels before you can be considered a Non-Korean.