TY - JOUR
T1 - North Korean Refugee Integration Policy in South Korea
T2 - Human Security Challenges
AU - Lee, Eunkoo
AU - Howe, Brendan
N1 - Funding Information:
This publication was originally presented at the 3rd Philippine Koreanist Congress organized by the University of the Philippines Korea Research Center ( UP KRC ) on October 2, 2020. The event was funded by the Academy of Korean Studies ( AKS -2020-C28)
Funding Information:
This publication was originally presented at the 3rd Philippine Koreanist Congress organized by the University of the Philippines Korea Research Center (UP KRC) on October 2, 2020. The event was funded by the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS-2020-C28)
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2021 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The Republic of Korea (ROK) aspires to recognition as a normative power, abiding by international humanitarian conventions, acting as a norm entrepreneur, and standing as a shining normative light on a hill. Its treatment of refugees, and in particular North Korean refugees, represents an important benchmark for achievement of these aspirations. South Korea offers extensive constitutional protection and recognition to North Korean refugees, as well as significant material support for their successful integration into society. In practice, however, there remain many integration challenges for North Korean refugees and the government agencies dealing with them. This article, therefore, first examines the protection of the human security of North Korean refugees under international and domestic humanitarian legislation. It secondly addresses the ongoing integrational challenges faced by North Korean refugees in South Korea. Third, it offers implications and policy prescription for authorities dealing with these challenges.
AB - The Republic of Korea (ROK) aspires to recognition as a normative power, abiding by international humanitarian conventions, acting as a norm entrepreneur, and standing as a shining normative light on a hill. Its treatment of refugees, and in particular North Korean refugees, represents an important benchmark for achievement of these aspirations. South Korea offers extensive constitutional protection and recognition to North Korean refugees, as well as significant material support for their successful integration into society. In practice, however, there remain many integration challenges for North Korean refugees and the government agencies dealing with them. This article, therefore, first examines the protection of the human security of North Korean refugees under international and domestic humanitarian legislation. It secondly addresses the ongoing integrational challenges faced by North Korean refugees in South Korea. Third, it offers implications and policy prescription for authorities dealing with these challenges.
KW - North Korean refugees
KW - South Korean governance
KW - challenges
KW - human security
KW - integration
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85128782361&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1163/2667078X-bja10004
DO - 10.1163/2667078X-bja10004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85128782361
SN - 2667-0836
VL - 22
SP - 65
EP - 90
JO - Asian International Studies Review
JF - Asian International Studies Review
IS - 1
ER -