SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Children from multicultural families feel stronger pride as South Koreans than those who are not, a recent study revealed. The charity group ChildFund Korea conducted a survey of 200 middle school students from Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, 78.2 percent of whom strongly agreed that they ‘want to be South [...]
CHEONGJU, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Multicultural families in North Chungcheong Province may no longer feel embarrassed when they receive newsletters from the schools their children attend. A Vietnamese woman who came to South Korea 11 years ago through international marriage said, “I was perplexed when I received newsletters from my son’s school since it [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As speaking multiple languages is gaining importance in a rapidly globalizing world, institutions set up across South Korea to support multicultural families are offering special programs to provide children with early opportunities to learn multiple languages. Seoul’s Dongdaemun District Family Center is offering ‘one home two languages’ program for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of public institutions nationwide that support multicultural families are offering programs to help immigrants acquire a driver’s license. The Chuncheon Healthy Home Multicultural Family Support Center in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province announced on Thursday that it will begin offering special courses from March for members of multicultural families [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has found that marital discord among multicultural families is severe, however there are no detailed policies in place to solve these issues. According to a recent report titled “The Reality of Gender Inequality among Multicultural Families and Policy Direction” released by the Korea Women’s Policy Institute [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The birth rate for South Koreans married to foreigners is dropping. Statistics Korea announced on Wednesday that the number of newborn babies from multicultural families last year amounted to 18,440, which was 5.1 percent fewer than the previous year. After reaching a record high of 22,908 births in 2012, [...]