Meet the Movie Star Turned Lawmaker Who Wants to Reshape Korea

The more famous Jasmine Lee became in South Korea -- first as a Philippine-born movie star and then as the country’s first naturalized legislator -- the more she became a lightning rod for debate about immigration.

Recruited four years ago to represent the ruling Saenuri Party as a proportional representative in parliament, Lee has become an outspoken campaigner for immigration in a society that prides itself on ethnic homogeneity. While she’s regularly the target of racially-based on-line attacks, Lee has also provoked a robust discussion on national identity as the country confronts the reality of a shrinking workforce as its population ages and the birthrate declines.