OBJECTIVE This study aims to observe the factors that influence the development of national identity of North Korean refugees who have resettled in South Korea. METHODS The study population was comprised of 500 North Korean refugees who immigrated to South Korea in 2007. The variables measured national identity as South Korean, a scale for discrimination perceived during daily life, a social ...

The starting point of this paper is the assumption that North Korea is de facto a well defined nation-state with a national economy and inhabited by individuals that bear the same basic economic and social characteristics as individuals elsewhere. Despite the obvious specifics of the economic system and the institutional structure of that country, standard economic theory should be applicable t...

Malaria had been eradicated in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) by the late 1970s. In 1993, a soldier was infected with Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ; the border area between North and South Korea), and since then, the number of cases has been steadily increasing year after year. In 1998, 3,932 vivax malaria cases were microscopically confirmed, affecting 2,784 (70....

and Zimbabwe have disproportionately affected vulnerable civilian populations and have been complicated by political restrictions on humanitarian access. 1 In areas frequently embroiled in war and political instability, aid agencies often face the challenge of negotiating with militant authorities in order to secure access. This is not a new problem. The challenge of negotiating access with mil...

Full Text Full Text (PDF) Supporting Online Material Induction of Colonic Regulatory T Cells by Indigenous Clostridium Species Koji Atarashi, Takeshi Tanoue, Tatsuichiro Shima, Akemi Imaoka, Tomomi Kuwahara, Yoshika Momose, Genh Sho Yamasaki, Takashi Saito, Yusuke Ohba, Tadatsugu Taniguchi, Kiyoshi Takeda, Shohei Hori, Ivaylo I. Ivan Kikuji Itoh, and Kenya Honda Science 21 January 2011: 337-341...

BACKGROUND The number of North Korean refugees entering South Korea has increased recently. The health status of refugees is a significant factor in determining their success in resettlement; therefore, this study examined both the self-rated health status of North Korean defectors who have settled in South Korea and the factors associated with their self-rated health status. METHODS This stu...

OBJECTIVE As the number of North Korean adolescent refugees drastically increased in South Korea, there is a growing interest in them. Our study was conducted to evaluate the mental health of the North Korean adolescent refugees residing in South Korea. METHODS The subjects of this study were 102 North Korean adolescent refugees in Hangyeore middle and high School, the public educational inst...

This paper investigates height and weight differences between the two Koreas by comparing national anthropometric data published by the South Korean Research Institute of Standard and Science with United Nations survey data collected inside North Korea in 2002. For socioeconomic reasons, pre-school children raised in the developing country of North Korea are up to 13 cm shorter and up to 7 kg l...

In May 2011, the Ministry of Unification of the Republic of Korea (Korea) announced that 21,165 defectors from Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) had settled in Korea. Since healthcare workers are counted among these defectors, it is necessary to provide them with a pathway to certification to work in Korea. This report summarizes the vetting and approval process defectors from...