This study targets North Korean refugee students to look at students' difficulties in terms of
integrated education(IE), and characteristics or attitudes of students who show or do not show
the possibility of IE, under the recognition that, in the face of diversity, nation-states need to
unite based on democratic values. It carries out interviews from 11 students and 2 teachers in
a private alternative school and investigates data based on thematic analysis. It turns out that
although students desire integrated education, they find that they still find themselves lacking
the ability required for IE, thus giving up selecting it. Students who have been involved in
adjustment education for a long time seem to manifest considerable passive attitudes towards
IE. However, the possibility of IE has shown by students who desire to be self sufficient in
life. Therefore, this study provides practical implications to improve the ability of North Korean
refugee students to be self sufficient which could increase the possibility of IE.