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A Study on the Change of Perception of North Korean Defectors in Korean Christianity: Focused on Sympathetic Imagination

  • The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
  • Abbr : 기사윤
  • 2019, (45), pp.95-122
  • DOI : 10.21050/CSE.2019.45.04
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology
  • Received : October 23, 2019
  • Accepted : December 3, 2019
  • Published : December 31, 2019

Lee Jie Sung 1

1루터대학교

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ABSTRACT

The number of North Korean defectors who came to South Korea after the Korean War until the first half-year of 2019 totaled 33,022. In spite of the ‘improvement of adaptation and support system’ North Korean defectors do not feel warm to South Koreans. Indeed, the results of the survey of ‘the perception of North Korean defectors,’ conducted by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, shows that many people in South Korea regard North Korean defectors as outsiders and do not accept their presence, which was worse than we expected. In this situation, this study began with these concerns about how Christians should see North Korean defectors and how to live together. To deal with this issue, this paper identified the situation for settlement and support of North Korean defectors, and looked at the status of religious education by relevant institutions like Hanawon, and pointed out the problems of the Korean church that see North Korean defectors as the target of North Korean missions like a tool. And this paper suggested the Korean church to communicate with North Korean defectors through the sympathetic imagination of Martha Nussbaum to solve the related problems that the Korean church sees North Korean defectors as the object of charity, welfare support, and a tool for church growth.

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