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KMID : 1001320080330010061
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Social Welfare Policy
2008 Volume.33 No. 1 p.61 ~ p.84
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Identifying Factors Affecting the Adaptation of North Korean Refugees in South Korea
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Lee Jae-Min
Hwang Sun-Young
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Abstract
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This paper influences of personal, social support, economical and cultural factors that effect the adaptation of North Korean defectors to the South Korean society. this research is synthetically analyzed results. To overcome the uppermost limit of priority study, we multi-dimensionally analyzed personal, social support, economical and cultural factors that affect them to adjust to the South Korean society and considered these factors in the same breath to get out of the bounds of the preceding research. In the result, we know that truth, having stable job people, who are on familiar with South Korean people, who feel that South Korean people don’t ignore them-selves, younger people, higher education, healthier people are more increasing adaptation than other people. Based on the research result like this, the implications of this research are as followed. First, between the personal, social, economical and cultural factors that influence the North Korean defectors to adapt to the South Korean society, the attitude of the South Korean people and thoughts about ignoring the North Koreans had major effects. Therefore, changes are needed for the South Koreans on understanding North Koreans and when running a program for the North Korean defectors, there also needs a program that can make both Koreas to participate all at once. Second, this research faces a problem that the most difficult part of the adaptation on a brand new society is due to a relative deprivation and a sense of alienation. Besides, the adaptation of the North Korean defectors needs a united management plan not only to adjust these people on the existing level but also on the quality of life for an individual self-perfection to prevent social deviation and to adequate their desire in a sound way. Third, as presented in the research, analyzing personal, social, economical and cultural factors in the separate way and in the synthetic way showed different results. Since there are various factors are exposed to the life of the North Korean defectors living in the South Korean community, researches that deliberate these factors in a synthetic way could adapt the North Korean defectors more effectively.
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KEYWORD
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North Korean refugees, adaptation, cultural difference
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