Foreigners In Korea Research Articles

A Modern History of Women Taekwondo in Korea since the Second World War

The founding of the Korean Women Taekwondo Federation means the fetal movement of women taekwondo in Korea and it can be said to have been quite significant in that it increased women's confidence in their statuses and activities in the environments of the times when women's social activities were increasing. The development of women taekwondo competitions began in earnest when the first women taekwondo hall in the world was opened as a result of passionate activities of early female taekwondo practitioners and the first taekwondo club was established in Ehwa Woman's University. Women's aspiration towards the challenge to the Olympic Games as well as international competitions is gradually increasing through the expansion of the base of women taekwondo. The status of women taekwondo in Korea that has been enhanced through challenges to various international competitions thus far beginning with the single taekwondo championship of foreigners in Korea in 1968 can be said to have contributed to the enhancement of the status of Korea as the birthplace of taekwondo and it is considered that women taekwondo could have continuously developed through diverse taekwondo championships by age held with women's steady effort and the expansion of the base of women taekwondo instructors.

한·일 외국인선원 고용제도 비교 연구

The aim of this study is to reduce the foreign fishermen`s rate of deserting from coastal and offshore fishing vessel in Korea and to suggest the future direction of foreign fishermen`s employment policy. There are several employment systems for foreign fishermen who work on a coastal and offshore fishing vessels in Korea and Japan. Foreign fishermen`s employment systems can be divided by the following forms : 1) Employment permit system for foreigners in Korea 2) Foreign seamen system in Korea 3) Skill training system for foreigners in Japan Foreign fishermen`s rate of deserting from Korean fishing vessel is very high compared to that of Japan. The recent rate is 29.6% in employment permit system, and 21.5% in foreign seamen system in Korea. However, 2.2% in skill training system for foreigners in Japan. In this paper, the author investigated and compared the employment status of foreign seamen`s in 2 country`s fishing vessels and suggest to reduce the rate of deserting from workplace in Korean fishing vessels.

A Study on Policy Framework of Policy of Foreigners in Korea

본 연구는 한국에서의 다문화적 상황에 대응하여 비교적 새로이 제도화된 외국인정책의 정책체계를 분석하는 것이 목적이다. 정책체계는 정책내용, 정책수단, 정책과정으로 구분하여 분석하였다. 정책내용은 정책유형분류관점에 따라 외국인정책의 분야와 정책대상집단을 분석하였고, 정책수단은 직접성차원에 초점을 맞춰 정책네트워크의 상호작용양태를 분석함으로써 거버넌스를 분석하였다. 그리고 정책과정은 기획, 예산, 평가과정간의 연계에 초점을 맞춰 분석하였다. 분석 자료는 제1차 외국인정책 기본계획과 4년간의 중앙행정기관 시행계획을 대상으로 분석하였고, 특히 정책수단 분석을 위해서는 2012년 중앙행정기관 시행계획을 활용하였다. 분석결과, 정책내용에 있어서는 4개 기능으로 분류되고 각각의 기능을 고려하여 다양한 중앙행정기관들이 관여하고 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 정책대상집단은 외국인유형별로 구분되어 시책이 추진되고 있으나 특정집단에 집중되어 있는 경향이 있고, 내국인을 대상으로 하는 내향적 국제화 프로그램은 부족한 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 정책수단에 있어서는 한 개의 기관이 직접 수행하는 비율이 가장 높고, 정부조직간 수평적 협력보다는 수직적 협력이 빈번하며, 정부조직과 민간부문간 협력은 여전히 미미한 수준으로 나타났다. 그리고 정책과정에 있어서는 기획, 예산, 평가과정 간에 상호 환류 될 수 있도록 연계체계가 확립되어 있지는 않은 것으로 나타났다.

Key Elements for the Improvement of Healthcare Services for Foreigners in Korea: A Delphi Study

Purpose: This study was performed to identify the key elements for the improvement of healthcare services for foreigners in Korea. Method: Delphi technique was used for this study. As the members of an expert panel for this study, 32 healthcare professionals, who were physicians, nurses, administrators, and care coordinators, with at least 6 months of experiences in international clinics and healthcare services in five metropolitan areas in Korea participated. Data collections were conducted three times from August to October, 2009. The priority and the importance were analyzed using descriptive statistics in SPSS Win 15.0. Result: The key element selected most frequently by the experts was the 'Healthcare providers' abilities for foreign languages' followed by 'Guidelines for facing medical accidences and disputes', 'Information and guide for healthcare services written in English', 'Informed consent preventing medical disputes', 'System of healthcare service fees for foreigners'. Conclusions: The key elements for the improvement of healthcare services for foreigners in Korea were mostly the requirements for effective communication with the foreign clients and the systemic support. The key elements identified in this study can be applied usefully for the development of strategies to improve the quality of healthcare services for foreigners.

The Politics of Culture in Multicultural Korea

The South Korean government has demonstrated a strong commitment towards the social integration of international brides and the children of mixed ethnic heritage by establishing 100 ‘multicultural family support centres’ throughout the country. Given its record of opposing the long-term settlement of foreigners in Korea, this recent government announcement signals a very significant change in its policies concerning international migrants. Consequently, the proliferation of migrant support programmes bearing the title ‘multiculturalism’ unwittingly suggests that Korean society is receptive toward the internationalisation of families. In this article I show that the establishment of these support centres represents a governmental response to the accumulated societal pressure from below that sought to improve the precarious social conditions of international migrants and to embrace multiculturalism as an inevitable, but positive, social force. Despite their impressive scope and resource allocation, the contents and approaches of the newly emerging multicultural programmes reproduce, rather than minimise, the cultural hierarchy between Koreans and non-Koreans. I utilise the concepts of ‘cultural paternalism’ and ‘cultural fetishism’ in order to capture the manner in which the dominant members of Korean society define the terms of and approaches to dealing with cultural diversity, reduce the complex issues of social equality to cultural differences, and treat culture as a fetish by uniformly emphasising the expressive dimensions of culture.

Analysis of Work and Cultural Adjustment of Korean-Chinese and Han-Chinese Workers in Korea under Framework of ERG Theory

The increased number of foreigners in Korea (now more than one million) urgently calls for understanding, analyzing and interpreting the immigration issues in order to solve the foreign workers' social problems. This paper aims to identify the factors affecting work and cultural adjustment of the foreign workers in Korea and to investigate the differences in adaptation modes of Korean-Chinese and Han-Chinese workers. A total of 23 Korean-Chinese and Han-Chinese workers were randomly selected for interview to select the variables that best represent the research context. The variables, duly sorted by different human needs under ERG theory, were assumed to predict the work and cultural adjustment, and included Work Conditions, Power Distance, Social-Cultural Distance in the Workplace, Legal Status, Duration of Stay, Korean Proficiency, and Social Support. The sample of our respondents was 395 Korean-Chinese and Han-Chinese workers in Korea: 227 Korean-Chinese and 168 Han-Chinese. We used SPSS 12.0 and AMOS 5.0 for statistical analysis. Our study reveals useful results for the development of theories and measurements of international adjustment as well as for organizational and welfare practice. Work conditions, power distance, and social support have a significant effect on work adjustment. Duration of stay (in Korea), Korean language proficiency, and work adjustment have a significant effect on cultural adjustment. Existence needs have a bigger effect on work/cultural adjustment than relatedness needs. The two ethnic groups have significant differences in the paths of poor working conditions with cultural adjustment and of power distance with cultural adjustment. It is necessary to further develop the measurements of work and cultural adjustment in future research.

Incorporating Foreigners in Korea : The Politics of Differentiated Membership

This article examines how ethnically homogenous country such as Korea has built a structure of hierarchical membership responding to the increase of foreign population. By focusing on three groups including low-skilled migrant workers, ethnic Koreans with foreign nationalities, and international marriage migrants, I investigate how they are differentially and discriminately constructed in the government’s policies. Considering economic utility and national competitiveness, among low- skilled migrant workers legal workers are partially excluded from immigrant integration policies, while undocumented workers are totally excluded. The economic concern is also manifested in the Korean government’s approach to ethnic Koreans with foreign nationalities. While Korean Americans are considered a valuable resource contributing foreign capital and professionally skilled workers, Joseonjok are treated as foreign migrant workers in low-skilled sectors who are less likely to disrupt ethnic order of Korea. Therefore, while Korean Americans receive a lot of benefits, especially in economic activities, according to the Overseas Koreans Act, Joseonjok are prevented from receiving those benefits. Finally, the Korean state actively incorporates international marriage migrants because the state expects them to solve the problems of low-birth rate and aging population in Korea. Putting them into the category of a multicultural family, Korean state imposes on them specific gender roles, such as mothers for future Koreans, caregivers for parents-in-law, and docile housewives for husbands. The main goal of this article is to illustrate how ethnically homogeneous country manages with multicultural and demographic changes caused by international migration, and how it rebuilds a membership structure through selective incorporation and exclusion. I expect this work to reveal the nature of the current multicultural policies in Korea.

What Should be Prepared for the Mutual Accreditation for Medical Health Licenses When Korea Opens to Physicians and Dentists from the Rest of the World

What Should be Prepared for the Mutual Accreditation for Medical Health Licenses When Korea Opens to Physicians and Dentists from the Rest of the World