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Article: (Yonhap Interview) Hanawon center, a litmus test for how Koreas can unite.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- July 2, 2009
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SEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has come a long way since it opened a resettlement center for North Korean defectors a decade ago, but there is still much left to do, the head of the center said Wednesday. Hanawon, meaning the "House of Unity" and located just south of Seoul, is the first stop for North Koreans who enter the South. Born as a cultural orientation center in 1999, Hanawon is now looking to extend its three-month training to offer life-time support for the newcomers, who face a string of daunting challenges from unemployment, stereotyping and cultural barriers, Youn Mi-ryang, the center's new director-general, said in an interview with Yonhap News ...