 Features Life at Hanawon: A center for North Korean refugees adapts to pandemic changesA plunge in new arrivals has left facility deserted, and forced South Korea to rethink how it helps struggling defectors  For more than two decades, a sprawling campus in a quiet satellite of Seoul has provided thousands of North Korean refugees with their first exposure to life in the South. In 12 short weeks, new arrivals learn how to use a bank, how to find a job and how to vote. They receive health checkups and training in vocational skills like baking and nail painting. On Monday, three and a half years into the pandemic, the once-bustling facility was a ghost town. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |
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