Story: Koreans

Won Joon Cho picking up rubbish, Auckland, 2004

Won Joon Cho picking up rubbish, Auckland, 2004

Korean student Won Joon Cho formed the Korean Volunteer Team in 2004 to dispel a perception among some people that Asian students dropped litter and did not care about their environment. He and his team began cleaning up rubbish from Auckland’s inner city streets using large tongs especially imported from Korea.

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New Zealand Herald
Reference: 16 August 2004
Photograph by Amos Chapple

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Inshil Choe Yoon and Hong-key Yoon, 'Koreans - Employment', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/1150/won-joon-cho-picking-up-rubbish-auckland-2004 (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Inshil Choe Yoon and Hong-key Yoon, published 8 Feb 2005, reviewed & revised 1 Oct 2015, updated 1 Apr 2016