North Korean Defectors in a New and Competitive Society : Issues and Challenges in Resettlement, Adjustment, and the Learning Process.

Ideological and political tensions have impeded paying attention to human rights violations against North Koreans. By describing the substantial connection between human rights and nuclear weapons issues in North Korea, this book urges a wide audience to show leadership in helping North Korean defec...

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Author / Creator: Lee, Ahlam.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2015.
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Summary:Ideological and political tensions have impeded paying attention to human rights violations against North Koreans. By describing the substantial connection between human rights and nuclear weapons issues in North Korea, this book urges a wide audience to show leadership in helping North Korean defectors seek freedom.
Ongoing ideological or political conflicts in the modern world have led to appalling human rights violations against North Korean defectors who attempt to escape from their repressive country and seek freedom. Although some North Korean defectors have survived the life-threatening escape journey and arrived in free countries, their overwhelming challenges have not yet ended, as they now face a range of issues and challenges in resettlement, adjustment, and learning process in new and competitive societies. North Korean Defectors in a New and Competitive Society articulates several hurdles that North Korean defectors encounter, from their long journey of escape to assimilation in their new homes. This book seeks to raise international awareness of human rights violations against North Koreans, and to emphasize the importance of helping them overcome the substantial cultural gaps between North Korea and their new homes.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (173 pages)
ISBN:9780739192672
Author Notes:Ahlam Lee is assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Human Resource Development at Xavier University.