Why some Koreans look beyond their culture to Islam
The Seoul Central Masjid sits on a hilltop in Itaewon, March 8, 2025. Korea Times photo by Jon Dunbar An estimated 45,000 ethnic Koreans born and raised in South Korea have changed their faith to Islam. Among them is Yusuf, an ethnic Korean in his 30s who converted to Islam in 2014. “Most of the…

