In 1890 Sao Jae Pil naturalizes as a U.S. citizen, changes his name to Philip Jaisohn and becomes the first Korean American.
He arrived in the U.S. in 1885 as a political exile, and became the first Korean to be naturalized as a U.S. citizen. He also became the first Korean American medical doctor as well as an influential political reformer in Korea when he returned to home in 1896. (Source: NAKA.org)
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