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A multicultural society mobilized Choi Hyun-mo (Director of the Center for Migrant Workers’ Human Rights in Korea) What is a multicultural society? How do you create a multicultural society? This is a question I hear very often these days. It is probably a reflection of the fact that the words ‘migrants’ and ‘multiculturalism’ are spreading like a fad […]

3 years of the employment permit system, that bright apricot Hyunmo Choi (Director of the Center for Migrant Workers’ Human Rights in Korea) It has been three years since the Employment Permit System was implemented. Considering that the legal stay and employment period granted to migrant workers under the Employment Permit System is three years, the

let’s live together Choi Hyun-mo (Director of the Center for Migrant Workers’ Human Rights in Korea) Not long ago, I had dinner with the family of a migrant worker. The relationship with this family of twin sons and daughters comes when the father of the children, Mr. Islam, visited the Korean Migrant Workers’ Human Rights Center

Do human rights need to die for national interest to survive? Hyunmo Choi (Director of the Center for Migrant Workers’ Human Rights in Korea) One case… If you look hateful, it will end! H and C from Vietnam are migrant workers who have not yet arrived in Korea for a year. The two are ordinary young men

Rather, call it ‘Ministry of Justice’s Foreign Discrimination Headquarters’. Hyunmo Choi (CEO of the Migrant Workers’ Human Rights Solidarity) Let’s point out random intermittent behavior, doere Immigration Act deformation attempts obvious discrimination legislation on foreigners to hold unconditional deulinda If in doubt, mutual respect and protect human rights efforts. Malppun to celebrate the open agency

International standards and the rights of migrant workers Hyunmo Choi (Director of the Center for Migrant Workers’ Human Rights in Korea) The whole country is in turmoil over the controversy surrounding the import of U.S. beef. Opposition sparked when the contents of the beef import agreement with the US government, which was concluded in a blitz

Why do migrant workers work so hard? Kim Gi-don These days, the number of migrant workers visiting the center for counseling is increasing. Hesitantly, those who entered the center quickly hand out folded pay stubs and contracts. Then, they confide in their situation to the extent of their urgency. It is an unchanging landscape that has been taking

Understanding multicultural families takes precedence over Korean language education Yamada Takako In September 2007, my son, who was in the first grade at the time, said in an after-school ‘multicultural education class’ that started from the first semester at school, “I’m a freshman, how can I study Hangul for 2 hours with my 6th grade

us on this spring day Lee Sang-jae (Head of Education and Public Relations Team, Korea Migrant Workers’ Human Rights Center) It was last spring. In the fire at the Yeosu Foreigner Shelter, 10 migrant workers were trapped in iron bars and lost their lives. As I went to Yeosu and worked for the task force for two

What is the difference between assault and industrial accident? Kim Gi-don The day Kim Dong-hae suffered an accident was the last day of May 2008. If Donghae looks back on his life in the future, he will probably divide it into before and after the accident based on that day. Lucky Days in Korea Mr. Donghae,