The massive influx of migrant workers has started 1980s in Korea due to the rapid wage increase and the evasion on arduous job. According to the survey of Ministry of Justice in 2010, the number of stay foreigner who live in Korea has been over 1.20 millions, the half of whom are the migrant worker,…
This paper studied multicultural imagination and Tungduran’s hybrid imige in Tungduran legend being passed down in North Korea. In North Korea legend, Tungduran appears as the public hero Uturi character, adventing in korean inherent folk tales tipicaly. Simultaneously it has yellow hair(黃髮), the Ju…
Korean believed that ethnically is, Korea is a homogeneous country. And Korean also believed that Korean people are quite homogeneous and their unification lasted for almost 5,000 years. But Korean people, myth, history and culture are filled with multicultural factors. In fact, unlike Korean’s beli…
An international communication competence such as commanding a foreign language plays an important role in conversing with foreigners or in understanding other cultures mutually. Non-verbal symbolic systems for communication like etiquettes, behaviors, manners, attitudes are important means for unde…
Multiculturalism is the acceptance or promotion of multiple ethnic cultures, applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the neighborhoods, cities or nations. The policy of multiculturalism is often contrasted with the concepts assimilationism and social integration. This stud…
Korea has made much progress on human rights over the decades and the situations now in 2009 are far better than before. However, despite the improved awareness of human rights issues in society and the diminished political oppression of human rights, there are still people who suffer under human ri…
Korean society are becoming more multicultual in recent years due to several changes. Most of all, number of foreign workers and inter-racial marriages have drastically increased in recent years. The government estimates more than 700, 000 foreigners work in Korea. It is also expected that the numbe…