AN ACADEMY JUST FOR Dissenters
Another dissident, Ms. Nam Yeong Hwa, was hired to move an academy specifically for them because of the knowledge and experience gaps that North Koreans had.
In 2003, Ms. Nam arrived in South Korea. A century later, she established the H Nuri Education Centre to teach students to become licensed accountants, but she only started accepting North Koreans because they had trouble catching up with regular sessions.
She continued,” North Korean defectors frequently submit their resumes to various companies but never get interviews or responses because no matter how many resumes they submit, they ca n’t get interviews or responses.”
“As a result, there are n’t many defectors who are employed and working. So I thought: ‘This must be what I need to accomplish. ’ ”
Defensemen are not familiar with English and have learned the Russian language again home, according to Ms. Nam. They end up repeating the same terms repeatedly because of this.
The issues are made worse by modifications in the Korean language after years of division. They are often confused by “Konglish” a popular use of Korean and English in the South.
Perhaps after they land a job, these issues expose defectors to scorn and loneliness.
“They generally try to leave the organization within three to six months, ” Ms Nam noted.
“People might think their speech is a bit awkward, and when they ask questions, their colleagues often look at them like: ‘ Why do n’t you even know that? ’ It makes them feel like they ca n’t fit in. ”
There is a “huge difference ” between what she imagined South Korea to be, according to Ms. Heo Jin Hwa, a student at H Nuri Education Centre who fled North Korea 12 years ago.
“ When North Koreans come here, we are adults, but we are like newborns, ” she told CNA.
“If we ca n’t communicate at all, we’ll learn everything from the beginning. Life, society, things like that. ”