This report, North Korea Refugee Entrepreneurs in South Korea, is directly linked to the challenge of social inclusion and economic inequality. North Korea entrepreneurs represent both the hope and aspirations of a minority refugee group within South Korea as well as a potential sector that has been economically excluded (micro and small enterprises). Rooting for their success represents both a new ...

In 2005, following the recommendations of the Mental Health Policy of 2005 - 2015, a cadre of Counseling Assistants (CAs) were introduced to the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Social Welfare. The Ministry portfolio has been revised many times since then, an important change being the breaking of the Ministry into two, and designated as “Social Services” and “Women’s and Child Affairs”. The two ...