Busan is with you so that Multicultural family can be happy.
Our city is promoting various policies to promote social integration by supporting the
early settlement and stable living of multicultural families who are not accustomed to living in korea.
Support for Stable Settlement of Multicultural Families
1. Operating Multicultural Family Support Center an d Healthy Family・Multicultural Family
Support Center
Status : 14 places ▹ Multicultural Family Support Center(6), Healthy Family·Multicultural Family
Support Center(8)
Major business : Educational counseling for multicultural families and children,
Interpretation·translation and information, providing comprehensive services including support for
capacity building, etc.
Base center : Namgu Multicultural Family Support Center(Women’s Hall)
2. Emergency Support System for Marriage Immigrant Women
(1) Immigrant Women’s Shelter : 1 place(to provide accommodation, counseling, medical treatment,
departure support, etc. for up to 2 years)
(2) emergency Support Center(Danuri Call Center, Busan) : 1 place(☎1577-1366)
Support areas : 3 areas including Busan, Ulsan, Gyeongnam
Available languages : 13 languages including Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Cambodian, Russian,
etc.
Contents : 24-hour Hot-Line, preventing domestic violence, connection of shelters, interpretation
service, etc.
3. Cultivating Gender Equality·Human Right Awareness
Object : Multicultural family members
Contents : Gender equality education, human rights sensitivity improving education, etc.
Inquiry : 14 Multicultural Family Support Centers and Integration Centers
4. Supporting Marriage Immigrants for Living Convenience
(1) International Express Fee(EMS) Discount : Post offices affiliated to Busan Regional Communications
Office
Contents : 10% discount for marriage immigrants’ post delivery to their home country
▹Alien Registration Card or Family Relationship Certificate required
(2) Discount for remittance charge to overseas banks, etc.: Busan Bank
Contents : Exemption of remittance charge for money transfer to overseas banks and 80% advantage
for current exchange(USD, JPY), etc.
▹Alien Registration Card or Family Relationship Certificate required
(3) Multi-language service for disaster safety information alarm
Disaster safety information alarm by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety App(Emergency Ready
App) : Emergency disaster alarm in English and Chinese
Busan Foundation for international Cooperation Global Center Website : Disease prevention rules,
etc. in 6 languages(Korean, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Russian)
Busan Life Guide App(Life in Busan) : Disaster safety alarm test messages in 6 languages(Korean,
English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Russian)
Reinforcement of Stable Base for Family Life
1. Reinforcing Family-unit Counseling
Object : Multicultural family members
Contents : Counseling to improve relationships between couples, parents, children and about family
conflict from multicultural families
Inquiry : 14 Multicultural Family Support Centers and Integration Centers
2. Interpretation·Translation Service for Multicultural Families
Object : Individuals or institutions including multicultural family members and foreign residents
Contents : Communication support for family·life
Operating institution : 11 Multicultural Family Support Centers(Vietnamese)
3. Emergency Medical Service
(1) Expanding medical interpretation service
Object : Foreign residents and multicultural families not fluent in Korean
Contents : Interpretation at medical institutions
Languages : 16 languages(English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Mongolian, Thai, etc.)
(2) Providing medical expenses in emergency
Object : Marriage immigrant women before acquiring nationality and their children, foreign workers
and their children, refugees, etc.
Contents : Admission, operation, pre- and post-process(Operated by: 6 hospitals)
Inquiry : Busan Public Health and Sanitation Division(☎ 888-3416)
4. Multicultural Fathers’ School
Object : Fathers and their elementary school children from multicultural families
Contents : Various experiential programs and communication programs
Inquiry : Busan Women’s and Family Division(☎ 888-1542)
5. Free Health Checkup for Low-income Multicultural Family
Period : July~August
Participants : 100 people from low-income multicultural families
Institution : Korea Medical Institute, Busan
Inquiry : Busan Women’s and Family Division(☎ 888-1542)
6. Phased Package Program to Help Marriage Immigrants’ Settlement
Object : Marriage immigrants who have lived in Korea for 3-5 years or more, etc.
Contents : Future planning program(Find the Future), etc.
Inquiry : 14 Multicultural Family Support Centers and Integration Centers
7. Mentoring Program for Marriage Immigrants
Object : Marriage immigrants
Contents : Connecting non-multicultural families and multicultural families
Inquiry : Multicultural Family Support Center
8. Financial Support for Low-income and Single-parent Multicultural Families
Object : Low-income and single-parent multicultural families
Contents : Child-rearing expenses, financial support for school supplies for middle and high school
students
Inquiry : Consultation and application at Community Center in your Gu or Gun(province)
9. Supporting Transportation Fee for Middle and High School Students and Elementary School
Supplies Fee for Low-income and Single-parent Multicultural Families
Object : Children of low-income and single-parent multicultural families
Contents : Supporting transportation fee for middle and high school students and school supplies
for elementary school students
Inquiry : Consultation and application at Community Center in your Gu or Gun(province)
Reinforcement of Marriage Immigrants’ Capability and Expansion of Their
Social·Economic Participation
1. Practical Korean Classes for Marriage Immigrants
Object : Marriage immigrants, immigrated children, etc.
Educational Institution : 16 places including Multicultural Family Support Center, etc.
Courses : 7 courses(child education, local culture, immigration, job-seeking, TOPIK reading, TOPIK
listening, TOPIK writing)
※ Partially providing Korean materials to Korean Education Institutions every year
2. Expanding Academic Background of Marriage Immigrants
Object : Marriage immigrant women
Contents : Qualification exam classes for elementary, middle, high school graduation
Operation by : Seo-gu, Dong-gu, Busanjin-gu, Buk-gu Multicultural Family Support Center
3. Education for Written Test and Technical Test for Drivers’ License
Object : Marriage immigrants, children of 20 years or above from multicultural families
Contents : Education for written and technical tests for Drivers’ License
Inquiry : Multicultural Family Support Center
4. Education for Acquirement of Nationality
Object : Marriage immigrants
Contents : Basic classes of Korean history, politics, culture, etc.
Inquiry : Multicultural Family Support Center
5. Vocational Education Training Course for Marriage Immigrants
Object : Marriage immigrant women
Contents : Vocational training for industry with a high demand which is open for marriage
immigrants
※ Hotel room manager, Organizing and storing expert, Korean cuisine cook, group catering cook,
etc.
Operation by : 4 Women’s New Work Centers(☎ 1544-1199)
6. Internship for Marriage Immigrants
Object : Marriage immigrant women registered on job-seeking
Contents : Internship at companies, financial aid, etc.
Inquiry : 11 Women’s New Work Centers (☎ 1544-1199)
7. Active Support for Employment Between Institutions
Object : Marriage immigrant women
Contents : Basic vocational education and job-seeking connection, registration to Worknet connected
with eSaeil System and active connection to Saeil Center
Inquiry : 14 Multicultural Family Support Centers and Integration Centers
8. Vocational License and Qualification Course for Employment
Object : Marriage immigrant women
Contents : Legal interpreter license class, drivers’ license, confectionery and bakery, barista,
computer license, nail artist course, children’s cuisine cook, etc.
Inquiry : Gu·Gun offices and 14 Multicultural Family Support Centers and Integration Centers
9. Marriage Immigrant Representative Meeting
Object : 16 representatives of marriage immigrants(recommendation by each Gu․Gun)
Contents : Receiving complaints and opinions about multicultural family’s life in Korea(Twice a
year)
Inquiry : Busan Women and Family Division(☎ 888-1544)
Fostering Future Talents by Supporting Children
1. Emotional Stability and Job-seeking Support(Dagagam)
Object : Children of school age(Age 7 – 18)
Contents : Professional psychological counseling about domestic/academic/friends issues of children
of school age, employment consulting including job-seeking and employment support, post-care(more
than 4 times a year)
Inquiry : Multicultural Family Support Center and Integration Center(2 places: Buk-gu and Seo-gu)
2. Preparation for School Admission(Dabaeum)
Object : Pre-school children, low graders at elementary school from multicultural families
Contents : Academic supports including basic Korean for pre-school children, basic math, reading
and writing, etc. for pre-school children
Inquiry: 8 Multicultural Family Support Centers and Integration Centers(Dong-gu, Busanjin-gu,
Haeundae-gu, Buk-gu, Seo-gu, Dongnae-gu, Geumjeong-gu, Suyeong-gu)
3. Multilingual Storybooks
Contents : Providing and lending bilingual storybooks for children at Multicultural Family Support
Centers
Inquiry : Busan Women and Family Division(☎ 888-1544)
4. University Student-Multicultural Family Children Cultural Mentoring
Object : Children of multicultural families, university students in Busan(Korean and international
students)
Contents : One-to-one match for multicultural children and university students and provide cultural
experience and career counseling
Inquiry : Busan Foundation for International Cooperation (☎ 711-6845)
Improving Multicultural Acceptability and Multicultural Family Policy
Promotion system
1. Multiculture-understanding Education
Object : Public officers, citizens, employees of relevant institutions, marriage immigrants
Contents : Special lectures to improve multicultural sensitivity about multicultural society
Inquiry : Busan Women and Family Division(☎ 888-1544)
2. Da-eum Business for Marriage Immigrants
Contents : Multicultural friendly activities to train marriage immigrant women to become local
society activists working at schools and kindergartens
Qualification : Marriage immigrants, residence in Korea for more than 2 years, TOPIK level 4 or
higher, university or college graduates
Inquiry : 14 Multicultural Family Support Centers
3. Interaction and Communication Space for Multicultural Families
Contents : Community among multicultural families, open space to connect with local society
Supporting self-help gathering, children growth support programs, etc.
Operation by : 3 Multicultural Family Support Centers(Buk-gu, Haeundae-gu, Saha-gu)
4. The 17th Busan Global Gathering
Object : Foreign residents in Busan and Busan citizens
Contents : Gathering for interaction and communication between foreign residents and Busan
citizens, pre-ceremonial performance, opening ceremony, sister city invitation performance,
cultural experience booth, etc.
5. Cultivating Global Environment and Global Citizen Mindset Education
Object : Elementary school ~ university students and anyone living in Busan interested in global
culture
Contents : Basic language introduction, cultural introduction and learning
Inquiry : Busan Foundation for International Cooperation (☎ 711-6878)
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