How Christianity in Korea has Affected The Korean Diaspora

I originally wrote this in Nov. 2009 and it can be found in my blog titled: "My Observations." I decided to post it here also. Some stories of people in this post are about the same people I wrote about in my most recent post, just below this one.

First of all, let me explain that Korea has more Christians per capita than any country in East Asia except the Phillipines. Among Korean Christians there are some who could be called Sunday Christians, but there are so many who are card-carrying, seven days a week Christians.

What I want to explain first is how this has affected the Korean diaspora around the world. Try this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_diaspora I want to share a few stories about Koreans I have met while living in Korea:

1. Once I met a young Korean who spoke English seemingly perfectly and I asked him how he learned. He replied his parents went to South American to be missionaries, and he went to an international school. Of course he was fluent in Spanish also. Later he became a pastor, married a Korean-American woman and moved back to South America to pastor a church.
2. On another occasion same thing happened. I met another young Korean guy who spoke English very well. His parents had lived in the Phillipines as missionaries. His father was a pastor. He too went to international school. Not only that but he got a full scholarship to a Christian college in the US. He told me that college was generous with children of pastors. Later he was back in Korea looking for work and soon after working. Speaking English perfectly well is a huge advantage when job seeking in Korea.
3. One Korean teacher I met had a brother studying at a seminary in California. While there his wife gave birth to three children which would make them US citizens, and start learning English from an early age, something every Korean wants for their kids.
4. One Korean woman I met in the US immigrated with her family to the US when she was in elementary school. Her father was a pastor. It's very likely he was able to get the visa because of that.
5. A young Korean couple I knew moved to the US a few years ago. The man was planning to attend seminary. I have lost touch with them, but I can guess it's likely after he graduates from seminary he will become a pastor and stay there.
6. At the time of the news of the group of Korean missionaries being caught in Afghanistan, it was said that Korea sends more missionaries to other countries than any other country except the US. If one considers the US population is over six times the population of Korea, obviously Korea sends the most per capita.
7. A few years ago I met a newlywed couple who were attending either seminary or Bible college. The young man told me he was planning to move to Africa later to work as a missionary.
8. One Korean pastor told me that there are more Koreans in US seminaries than any other ethnic group. How many of them upon graduation will live or settle in countries outside of Korea?
9. One Korean pastor I met told me he attended seminary in The Phillipines and Scotland. Though he and his wife returned to Korea, his kids remained in the UK attending school or college. One can guess there's a good chance they'll settle there or another country outside Korea.
10. I've heard there are Korean missionaries working with North Koreans in China.
11. Every place on earth where there are Koreans there are Korean churches, even in Iran as one Korean woman told me. How many pastors, families, assistants, etc. are living in these places?

I may add more to this later. For now let me ask this: How has Christianity in Korea affected the Korean diaspora? How many Koreans would be living around the world if Korea had the same percentage of Christians as Japan, Taiwan, Thailand or China? The numbers in that link would be totally different, wouldn't they?