While classrooms are shrinking in South Korea as a consequence of waning fertility rates, classrooms in Seoul have been seeing a steady rise in the number of students with multicultural backgrounds. Data released by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on Sunday indicates that at least 4 in 10 students at nine elementary schools in Seoul have at least one parent of non-Korean nationality or who is naturalized. .
11 students, one volunteer group honored with Multicultural Youth Awards
Posted : 2020-12-10 21:00
Updated : 2020-12-11 09:35
Dignitaries applaud winners of the ninth Korea Multicultural Youth Awards during the awarding ceremony at The Korea Times office in Seoul, Thursday. From left are Korea Times President-Publisher Oh Young-jin; Kang Ye-jin, the winner of the EDGC award; Kim Hae-young, the grand prize winner; Onubogu Vincent Rihan, a winner in the outstanding elementary school student category; Minister of Gender Equality and Family Lee Jung-ok; Korea Cultural Diversity Organization Chair Jasmine Lee; Asian Friends Chairwoman Lee Nam-sook; and Eone Diagnomics Genome Center (EDGC) co-CEO Shin Shang-cheol. / Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk