Ummeli-jikelele weRiphabhlikhi yaseKorea eHonolulu, eHawaii, eUnited States, namhlanje wenze isibhambathiso se-$2 yezigidi kwindawo yokuya eKorea, iSiqithi saseMaui.
Esi sisibambiso sokuqala senkxaso evela kurhulumente wangaphandle ukuncedisa abantu baseMaui ekulweni nomlilo kunye nokujongana nemiphumo yentlekele eyatshabalalisa idolophu yaseLahaina eyimbali, intandokazi phakathi kweendwendwe zaseKorea.
I-1.5 yezigidi zeedola iya kwenziwa ifumaneke ngemali eyi-500,000 yeedola yokuthengwa kwamanzi okusela, iingubo zokutya, kunye nezinye izinto ezivela kwiimarike zasekhaya zaseKorea eHawaii, ngoko ke inokufumaneka kurhulumente we-Hawaii State ukuze isasazwe.
URhulumente waseMzantsi Korea uchaze kwingxelo yeendaba ukuba uncedo kulindeleke ukuba luncede urhulumente welizwe laseHawaii ukuba aphathe ngokukhawuleza emva kwentlekele kwaye avumele abahlali baseHawaii ukuba babuyele kubomi babo bemihla ngemihla, kunye negalelo ekuqiniseni ubudlelwane obunobuhlobo kunye nentsebenziswano phakathi amazwe amabini.
Ekukhululweni, i-Consulate yaseMzantsi Korea yathi uncedo luthwala "ukubaluleka ngokukodwa" njengoko iHawaii yindawo apho abantu baseKorea baqala ukufudukela e-United States ngo-1903.
Abantu bokuqala baseKorea beza eHawaii ukuze basebenze amasimi, kodwa iziqithi zaziza kuba yindawo yokuya kubavukeli baseKorea ababalekela ukuhlala kwe-Imperial Japan kwiPeninsula yaseKorea kunye ne-hotbed yentshukumo yokuzimela yaseKorea.
Omnye waba bavukeli ababethinjiwe, uSyngman Rhee, wayeza kubuya emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II ukuba abe nguMongameli wokuqala weRiphabhliki yaseKorea.
