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My parents were born in Korea. They spent a good part of their life in Korea.

I was lucky enough to have parents that took me out from country to country and go to school and learn how to be a better person.

My parents are very humble people who have simple lives... they live in a pleasant little town in China.

Korean children get a lot of fuss made over them, I guess because life was tough in the old country, and it was a big deal if you survived. There's a big party thrown when you are 100 days old, followed by another when you make it to one whole year.

My parents were very poor, but we never felt any sense of need or want. It was a very close, loving, tightly-knit family growing up, and I never felt any sense of deprivation or anything like that.

While many people overseas envy Korea's development, it is true that society has many problems such as economic polarization and a low birthrate.

I had a good upbringing, we didn't have any money, but there was a lot of love in my family.

I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids.

As a child growing up during the Korean War, I knew poverty. I studied by candlelight.

At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted.