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Research trends analysis on North Korean refugees’ integration into the Korean society

  • Korea Social Policy Review
  • Abbr : KSPR
  • 2019, 26(3), pp.171-194
  • DOI : 10.17000/kspr.26.3.201909.171
  • Publisher : Korean Association of Social Policy
  • Research Area : Social Science > Sociology > Medical / Welfare / Social policy
  • Received : July 31, 2019
  • Accepted : September 11, 2019
  • Published : September 30, 2019

Kim, Anna 1 Eunmi Lee 2

1대구가톨릭대학교
2대구가톨릭대학교 사회통합연구소

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to examine research trends of studies dealing with the integration of North Korean Refugees. At present nearly 33,000 North Korean Refugees live in Korea. With such a substantial number of North Korean Refugees, who settle and live in our society, our social interest on their sincere integration into South Korea as well as academic interest on this topic are steadily increasing, and more papers are continuously published. However, it was uncommon to analyze the general research trends on this topic. Therefore, we examined such research trends, using Scoping Review Method. A total of 190 papers were analyzed via the Korean academic information systems. One finding points out that the number of studies rapidly increased in 2011. The most of papers was published in social science, and more than half of such studies were conducted by literature review. According to topics, papers were classified in five major categories(object, political・institutional approach, social・cultural approach, related subjects on reunification and research trend analysis). Most of papers appeared in social・cultural approach. Based on these results we suggested studies on which North Korean Refugees participate, studies about diverse empowerment approaches, academic elaboration about integration on the basis of full systematic reviews, and others.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.