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the president of the alumni from the
Hwanghae province. He said, “In the
past in Korea, I was discriminated
against because I came from North
Korea, so I left to the United States of
America. Now there are communities
like the IC, and so I was invited attend
theirfunctions.”
Oranominalprovincialgovernment?
Commonlythereasonwhypeoplevisit
provincial government offices is to file
civil complaints and find a solution to
their problem. However, most people
visiting the IC do so to meet people
▲ The banquet for overseas immigrants from Hwanghae province is hosted at the Hotel Capital in
from the same province. Shim Gwang-
Itaewon.
ja, whom The Argus met there, said, “I
camefromKimhwacounty.Ifrequently
of Employment and Labor. But the IC
comeheretomeetpeople.”
does not. Shim Jung-eun, who works in
The IC employs 87 consultants.
the IC department related to the task of
The IC’s work is not efficient because
However, though it is an administrative
settlement,said,“TheICdoessettlement
agency with 87 consultants, there is
business for North Korea defectors
they cannot produce good results or
conceivably improve the relationship
no outstanding business result when
autonomously.”
compared to other administrative
By cooperating with other
between South Korea and North Korea.
agencies. The Ministry of Unification
administrative agencies, the Ministry of
TherearesomewaystokeeptheICand
helped about 800 North Korea defectors
Unification can work systematically. It
make it ef?cient, or it could be changed
get a job last year, but the IC only
has many affiliated organizations like
intoanNGOrelatedtoNorthKorea.
provided 40 North Korea defectors with
the Settlement Support Center for North
a vocational education. And it holds
Korean Refugees and takes the lead in
Needtocuttheirbudget
manymeetingsandspendmorethansix
supporting North Korean defectors. So
George W. Bush, former president of
U.S.A., explicitly tried to loosen federal
million won a month for food expenses.
the IC can receive consultation from
It seems like there are many trivial
or do their work in concert with the
safety and environmental regulations
events held for a minority group with
Ministry of Unification. By doing so,
because he believed that public opinion
trivialresults.
theycanachievebetterresults.
supported his belief that the regulations
Choi Jin-yong, who works in the
were too severe. However, because
Support for Settlement Team in the
Bush could not easily change laws and
Lackofconnectionwithotheragencies
The IC also does administrative
Ministry of Unification, said, “The
regulations, he had to turn to reducing
tasks because it is a government
Ministry of Uni?cation does the overall
thoseregulatoryagencies’budgets.
branch. However, their administrative
work related to North Korea defectors,
According to the budget reports of
tasks overlap with those of other
but I do not know that the IC is doing
the IC, the IC spends eight billion won
administrative departments. Most of
that kind of business in the same way
annually, of which six billion won is
all, the task of supporting North Korea
thatwedo.”
spent for expenses including personnel
defectors is the overall purpose of the
expenses and two billion won is spent
MinistryofUni?cation.TheMinistryof
for business expenses. However,
Unification does that with the Ministry
Ministry of Uni?cation gets 350 billion
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