{"id":34156,"date":"2017-04-06T17:28:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T08:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=34156"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:42:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:42:11","slug":"defectors-barred-from-south-korean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/defectors-barred-from-south-korean\/","title":{"rendered":"Defectors barred from South Korean matchmaker services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\u201cWhat\u2019s your marriage score? Find out for free!\u201d&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Hyung Jik (pseudonym) is a 38-year-old defector from North Korea. On his smartphone one day, he decided to search for the keywords &#8216;free&#8217; and &#8216;marriage,&#8217; and landed on a website offering to inform users of their &#8220;marriage score.&#8221; After staring at the website\u2019s picture of a well-matched couple for a while, Hyung Jik clicked the button.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He proceeded through a quick \u2018yes or no\u2019 survey, and ended up clicking through to the end. That\u2019s when he received a call from a company representative.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cHello sir, how can I help you?\u201d the representative asked. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A pretty female voice came through the line. Hyung Jik, a single man, asked, \u201cCan you help me get married?\u201d&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cYes, if you provide us with some information including your name, age, salary, hometown, etc, we\u2019ll let you know if it\u2019s possible to connect you with a female member of our network. If you provide us with documents to complete the identity verification process, we can speed things along,\u201d the representative responded.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Slightly taken aback by the rapid progress of the conversation, Hyung Jik responded, \u201cWell, I\u2019m from North Korea.\u201d Hearing this, the representative responded, \u201cWhat\u2019s that? North Korea? You\u2019re a defector? If so, I\u2019m afraid you\u2019re ineligible to become a member.\u201d &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Hurt by this turn of events, Hyung Jik replied, \u201cI am a citizen of the Republic of Korea. Why am I not allowed to join because I\u2019m a defector?\u201d The conversation between Hyung Jik and the representative became tense. Despite Hyung Jik\u2019s attempts to get an explanation, the representative responded brusquely, \u201cDefectors are absolutely not allowed to join,\u201d and then hung up. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After the call, Hyung Jik discussed the incident with his friends. He explained what happened and asked why he was subject to such discrimination. Having come to South Korea alone, he explained, \u201cI tried to use the service because I was bored and lonely. The response I got was shocking.\u201d &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Hyung Jik elaborated on his feelings about the incident, saying, \u201cI can understand that they wouldn\u2019t want to advise me if I had financial problems, or didn\u2019t have adequate schooling. But to reject me just because I\u2019m a defector? That\u2019s too much. The agency owes me an apology. I think this shows that there\u2019s still a long way to go for South Korean society in developing a positive perception of defectors.\u201d&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>30 year old Ga Hui also experienced discrimination one year after she arrived in South Korea. As she didn\u2019t have much time to adjust to life in the South, she retained her North Korean accent. She succeeded in passing the first stage of the selection process for employment, which involved the submission of documents. When she advanced to the interview stage, her interviewer said that they had a good feeling about her. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the end, her efforts to land the job ended in disappointment. Ga Hui ended up sitting for over 20 interviews in the restaurant business, but failed to get a position. The rejections seriously hurt her confidence. None of the interviewers told her directly that they didn\u2019t want to employ a defector. However, according to Ga Hui, the sentiment could be felt.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI had all the necessary skills to do the job properly. But when the interviewers asked me about my past work experience, all I could do was tell them about my experience in North Korea,\u201d she explained.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cAs soon as I told one interviewer that I was a defector, she changed her expression and stopped making eye contact with me.\u201d&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Although over 30,000 defectors have now settled into new lives in South Korea, prejudice and discrimination is rife. According to a 2015 survey completed by Seoul National University\u2019s Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, South Koreans tend to feel more distant and cold towards defectors as their relationship with them becomes closer. This means that it\u2019s easier for South Koreans to imagine getting along with defectors as their neighbors or coworkers than it is for them to imagine getting along with them as business partners or spouses. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It is important for South Korean society to distinguish between defectors and the North Korean regime. Many experts note that an empathetic approach will go a long way in helping to overcome discrimination against defectors. Others point out that accommodating defectors within South Korean life is the first step towards unification, and should be pursued proactively.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>One expert said on condition of anonymity, \u201cThere seems to be a correlation between the tendency of South Koreans to consider defectors \u2018second class citizens,\u2019 and a tendency for some defectors to adopt a victim mentality. Rather than putting off these difficult problems for another day, we need to assume an attitude of warmth and pursue real unity.\u201d &nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s your marriage score? Find out for free!\u201d&nbsp; Hyung Jik (pseudonym) is a 38-year-old defector from North Korea. 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