Foolishly, the Korean government had failed to post diplomats in Mexico and Hawaii to protect its immigrants.

Since emigration to Mexico was illegal and carried out without government permission, the immigrants initially had no passports. A competent foreign office, moreover, would never have allowed its people to go to a place like the Yucatan where labor conditions were terrible.

Since emigration to Mexico was illegal and carried out without government permission, the immigrants initially had no passports, ... A competent foreign office, moreover, would never have allowed its people to go to a place like the Yucatan where labor conditions were terrible.

The lack of emigration rules and regulations allowed Japan to argue for a temporary halt to emigration to Hawaii in its quest to prevent passage of a Japanese exclusion act.

Korean immigration to Mexico in the spring of 1905 led directly to the Japanese takeover of Korea six months later.

Australia, maybe Africa, maybe even Hawaii on an exchange program.