The total number of North Korean Migrants passed 20 thousand at the end
of 2010. The government of South Korea has conducted a variety of support
policy for North Korean Migrants to support financially themselves and enter
the labor market in South Korea. Since North Korean Migrants have been
situated in high turnover rate and unstable employment, however, it is necessary
to modify and supplement the vocational education for their stable professional
life. The study, therefore, analyze which educational needs North Korean
Migrants have, particularly in social, cultural, and psychological aspect, based on
the analysis of their experiences at workplace and community in South Korea.
The results were as follows. The psychological-cultural trauma of North
Korean Migrants and the discord with co-workers as well as the lack of skill
caused their unstable employment in South Korea. It was necessary for the
vocational education for North Korean Migrants to be supplemented toward the
recovery of self-respect and the improvement of psychological-cultural
communication ability with the others in workplace and community in order to
maintain their stable professional life. Finally, the study suggested to introduce
the humanities education, which might be able to contribute to North Korean
Migrants\' sustaining participation in workplace as the subject of public and
professional life, in the vocational education for them.