Abstract
Most people around the world have probably heard of the issue of North Korean refugees,1 as news footage of their flight towards freedom and appeals by the refugees and activists for the enforcement of human rights standards in North Korea have been plentiful in the media during the past decade. However, perhaps overshadowed by the political aspects of the issue, the question of their settlement in South Korea (where the vast majority currently resides) has been relatively overlooked. This chapter seeks to illuminate some of the issues North Korean refugees face in South Korea, particularly with regard to educational and employment opportunities, and to focus on the interplay between global and local civil society as a crucial means for finding solutions to the problems they face.
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Park, GS., Moon, C.S. (2011). Delivering Social Justice for North Korean Refugees in South Korea: Global and Local Spheres of Civil Society. In: Anheier, H., Glasius, M., Kaldor, M., Park, GS., Sengupta, C. (eds) Global Civil Society 2011. Global Civil Society Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230303805_16
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