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- Title
Negotiating Cultures and Identities: Education and Adaptation Among Young North Korean Settlers in South Korea.
- Authors
Kim, Yoon
- Abstract
This paper examines the formation of diverse identities and the emergence of dynamic changes in cultural forms in the power structures of both newcomers and hosts in the case of North Koreans settling in South Korea. Since the end of the Korean War in 1953, the formerly homogeneous nation of Korea has been politically divided under two separate regimes: a communist society in the North and a capitalist democracy in the South. In the end of 1990s, the number of North Koreans immigrating to South Korea began to rapidly increase due to severe famine in the North; by 2014, the number of North Korean settlers in South Korea had reached more than 27,000. This qualitative study explores the resulting cultural gaps and issues of conflict, power, and resistance and emphasizes the strategies that young North Korean settlers employ as they shape and position themselves in capitalist society.
- Subjects
CROSS-cultural differences; KOREAN War, 1950-1953; CULTURE; EDUCATION of immigrants; ACADEMIC programs; DEMOCRACY
- Publication
Journal of International Migration & Integration, 2016, Vol 17, Issue 4, p1015
- ISSN
1488-3473
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12134-015-0450-0