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South Korean society has constructed the concept of national reunification based on the justifiable grounds of emphasizing homogeneous nationalism and overcoming the division to complete the national destiny of reunification. However, since the 2000s as the country has gradually become multicultural; the international community has urged South Korea to change the people’s social awareness of homogeneity. South Koreans share a ‘Diaspora’ formed during the history of the Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia. The concept of ‘Korean reunification’ is not just an ideology to overcome the national division but is a requirement to understand the perspectives of multiculturalism and diaspora. This study suggests a number of theoretical points on how to reconstruct the concept of national reunification contingent upon political, social and environmental changes. Now is the time to review the concept of ‘Korean reunification’ in terms of possible acceptance of goals per the Korean Diaspora, (which developed via Korea’s recent history), while international society works to accept universal human values. This study will discuss the concept of Korean reunification from a cultural perspective rather than a political and military point of view; the latter approach focuses on overcoming the ideological conflicts in the reunification of South and North Korea.
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Introduction
Discussions on the Concepts of Multiculturalism and Diaspora in Korean Society
Multiculturalism in Korean Society
Korean Diaspora
Diaspora and Multicultural Nationalism of Korean People
Encounter of Multiculturalism and Diaspora by Colonialism and the Cold War
South Korea’s Growing Multiculturalism: The Existence of Nationalism and Multicultural Nationalism
Reconstitution of the Reunification Concept: Reestablishment of the Concept of Multiculturalism and Diaspora
Korean Diaspora & North Korean Diaspora: Specialty and Dual Identity
Introduction to Multicultural Nationalism: Overcoming the Confrontation between Multiculturalism and Nationalism
Conclusion
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