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  • Busan is committed to ensuring that multicultural families can thrive and lead fulfilling experiences.
  • A variety of policies nurture early and smooth adaptation while bolstering social and economic capabilities.

Developmentally Tailored Support for Multicultural Children and Youth

１. Childcare Sharing Lounge
  • Target: Marriage immigrants and their children utilizing a Multicultural Family Support Center
  • Feature: Providing parental information, fostering active participation in center initiatives and the constructive use of leisure time
  • Operator: Buk-gu Multicultural Family Support Center
2. Educational Provision
  • Target: Preschool- and elementary-level children from multicultural families
  • Feature: Basic Hangul, mathematics, reading, and writing, along with orientation to classroom routines and daily schedules to facilitate seamless adjustment
  • Operator: Multicultural Family Support Centers, Family Centers (Seo-gu, Dong-gu, Yeongdo-gu, Busanjin-gu, Dongnae-gu, Buk-gu, Haeundae-gu, Saha-gu, Geumjeong-gu, Yeonje-gu, Suyeong-gu, Sasang-gu)
3. Educational Grants for Low-Income Families
  • Target: Children aged 7–18 from multicultural families with a household income above 50% and up to 100% of the median
  • Feature: Personalized learning support to boost academic ability, financial assistance for instructional resources, e-learning packages, and study room use
    ☞ Elementary school: 400,000 won, middle school: 500,000 won, high school: 600,000 won
  • Operator: Multicultural Family Support Centers, Family Centers (Jung-gu, Gangseo-gu: Gu offices)
4. Scholarships
  • Target: High school students from multicultural families (5 recipients)
  • Feature: 4,000,000 won per year for private lessons and educational materials
  • Responsible Body: Busan Metropolitan City (publicity, candidate nomination), Eunseong Medical Foundation (funding), ChildFund Korea (implementation)
５. Customized Future Pathway Service
  • Target: Ages 7–24 from multicultural and foreign families
  • Feature: Career exploration, employment consultation, and aptitude testing to identify interests and potential directions
  • Operator: Multicultural Family Support Centers (3 locations: Busanjin-gu, Buk-gu, Haeundae-gu), Family Centers (3 locations: Seo-gu, Dong-gu, Sasang-gu)
６. In-Home Learning
  • Target: Multicultural families who have difficulty accessing centers
  • Feature: 2-hour home sessions, twice weekly
    • Korean Language: Levels 1–4, covering vocabulary, grammar, and culture
    • Parenting: Child-rearing and family advising, emotional care, information services
    • Children’s Life: Reading and homework assistance, healthy habits, career guidance
  • Operator: Multicultural Family Support Centers (4 locations: Busanjin-gu, Nam-gu, Buk-gu, Haeundae-gu), Family Centers (8 locations: Seo-gu, Dong-gu, Yeongdo-gu, Dongnae-gu, Saha-gu, Geumjeong-gu, Sasang-gu, Gijang-gun)
7. Language Development Track
  • Target: Minors under 12 from multicultural families who need language enrichment
  • Feature: 40-minute sessions, twice a week, one-on-one or small group format
  • Operator: Multicultural Family Support Centers (4 locations: Busanjin-gu, Nam-gu, Buk-gu, Haeundae-gu), Family Centers (9 locations: Seo-gu, Dong-gu, Yeongdo-gu, Dongnae-gu, Saha-gu, Geumjeong-gu, Suyeong-gu, Sasang-gu, Gijang-gun)
8. Dual Language Support
  • Target: Multicultural families with children under 18
  • Feature: Bilingual coaching for parents and families, direct bilingual learning
  • Operator: Multicultural Family Support Centers (4 locations: Busanjin-gu, Nam-gu, Buk-gu, Haeundae-gu), Family Centers (7 locations: Seo-gu, Dong-gu, Dongnae-gu, Saha-gu, Geumjeong-gu, Yeonje-gu, Sasang-gu)

Stage-Focused Support for Marriage Immigrants

1. Educational Advancement Support
  • Target: Marriage immigrants
  • Feature: Preparatory classes for elementary, middle, and high school equivalency examinations
  • Operator: Selected Multicultural Family Support Centers and Family Centers (approximately 3 locations)
2. Emergency Support Systems
  • (1) Shelter: 1 location (maximum stay of 2 years; accommodation, meals, counseling, medical treatment, repatriation assistance)
  • (2) Help Desk
    • Nationwide: 24-hour ☎ 1577-1366
    • Busan: 09:00–18:00 ☎ 051-508-1366
    • Language: 13 languages, including Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Cambodian, and Russian
    • Feature: 24-hour hotline; domestic violence prevention, referral to secure havens, interpretation
3. Employment Support
  • Feature: Korean language, job etiquette, and computer competence training for marriage immigrants aspiring to work, with assistance in obtaining suitable and promising positions in collaboration with vocational education providers
  • Operator: Busanjin-gu Multicultural Family Support Center
4. Internship Placement Support
  • Target: Marriage immigrant women enrolled as job seekers
  • Feature: Corporate internship arrangements, subsidies
  • Contact: Women’s Saeil Centers (11 locations) ☎ 1544-1199
5. Employment & Entrepreneurship Workshops
  • Target: Marriage immigrants
  • Operator: Multicultural Family Support Centers, Family Centers
6. Everyday Living Support
  • (1) EMS Discount: Busan post offices
    • 0% reduction for parcels sent to home countries ▹ Alien registration card or family relation certificate required
  • (2) Banking Benefits: Busan Bank
    • Overseas remittance fee waivers, preferential exchange rates (80% for USD, JPY) ▹ Alien registration card or family relation certificate required
  • (3) Multilingual Disaster Alert
    • Emergency Ready App (Ministry of the Interior and Safety): English, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai
7. Capacity Building Support (Korean Language Education)
  • Target: Marriage immigrants, late-entry immigrant students
  • Feature: Purpose-driven, practical Korean language courses (workplace Korean, TOPIK preparation; 7 in total)
  • Operator: 16 organizations (Multicultural Family Support Centers, Family Centers, Welfare Centers)
8. Interpretation & Translation
  • Target: Multicultural, foreign, and refugee families, as well as persons and entities supporting them directly or indirectly
  • Feature: Interpretation, translation, general information
  • Operator: 14 Multicultural Family Support Centers and Family Centers ※ Vietnamese
9. Parental Support for Vulnerable Multicultural Single Parents
  • Target: Low-income multicultural single-parent families
  • Feature: Monthly childcare allowance of 230,000 won, annual school supply expense of 100,000 won for middle and high school students
  • Contact: Gu / Gun Community Service Centers

Promotion of Multicultural Acceptance Based on Mutual Respect

1. Family-Oriented Counseling
  • Target: Members of multicultural families
  • Topic: Bonds among spouses, parents, and children, conflict resolution
  • Contact: Multicultural Family Support Centers, Family Centers
2. Education on Gender Equality and Human Rights within Families
  • Target: Members of multicultural families
  • Topic: Gender and human rights awareness
  • Operator: Multicultural Family Support Centers, Family Centers
3. Multicultural Literacy Lectures
  • Target: Municipal officials, personnel at relevant agencies
  • Topic: Multiculturalism, multicultural sensitivity
  • Contact: Population Policy Division, Busan Metropolitan City
4. Marriage Immigrant Council
  • Number of Representatives: 16 (recommended by each gu and gun, with nationality balance considered) ▸ 1-year term
  • Meeting Frequency: Twice annually (first and second halves)
  • Agenda: Presentation of multicultural family efforts, collection of suggestions and feedback
5. Multicultural Family Interaction Opportunities
  • Activity: Community spaces for multicultural and non-multicultural families, self-help groups, child growth programs
  • Operator: Multicultural Family Support Centers, Family Centers (3 locations: Dong-gu, Buk-gu, Haeundae-gu)

Consolidation of a Robust Framework for Multicultural Family-Friendly Approaches

  • Objective: Reinforce the role of Multicultural Family Support Centers as hubs, expand localized services by leveraging related assets and institutions
  • Feature
    • Consulting on effective center operations
    • Exchange of insights and best practices to optimize efficiency
    • Inter-center cooperation
  • Organizer: Busan Metropolitan City, Nam-gu Multicultural Family Support Center (hub)
    Current Status of Multicultural Family Support Centers
  • Projects by Category
    • [Family] Bilingual environment creation, family communication, relationship improvement, child education
    • [Gender Equality] Couple education
    • [Human Rights] Multicultural competency, human rights understanding
    • [Social Integration] Essential job proficiency, connection with occupational training facilities, volunteer engagement, peer support circles, multicultural awareness, marriage immigrant mentoring
    • [Counseling] Family, individual, and group counseling, case management, psychological assessment, certified caregivers
    • [Public Relations & Resource Coordination] Community outreach, regional networking Specialized Projects
    • Home-visit education, interpretation and translation, support for child language learning, bilingual skill enhancement, and marriage immigrant empowerment (Korean language instruction) Hub
    • Nam-gu Multicultural Family Support Center (Women’s Hall): new scheme design, staff training, network building
Current Status of Multicultural Families
Name Address
Nam-gu Multicultural Family Support Center Women’s Hall
356 Suyeong-ro, Nam-gu (Daeyeon-dong)
Seo-gu Family Center 6F, Seo-gu Family Center
127 Gudeok-ro, Seo-gu
Dong-gu Family Center 4F, Ebagu Culture & Sports Center
113 Choryangjung-ro, Dong-gu
Busanjin-gu Multicultural Family Support Center 448 Hana-gil, Yeongdo-gu (Sinseon-dong 2-ga)
Dongnae-gu Family Center Sajik Social Welfare Center
20-7 Sajikbuk-ro 63beon-gil, Dongnae-gu
Buk-gu Multicultural Family Support Center 76 Hyoyeol-ro, Buk-gu
Haeundae-gu Multicultural Family Support Center 2F, Jwa 1-dong Community Service Center
91 Yangun-ro, Haeundae-gu (Jwa-dong)
Saha-gu Family Center 3F, Noeuli Areumdawun Hadan Complex Center
245 Hasinbeonyeong-ro, Saha-gu (Hadan-dong)
Geumjeong-gu Family Center 2F, 1992 Jungang-daero, Geumjeong-gu
Yeonje-gu Family Center 11 Worldcup-daero 46beon-gil, Yeonje-gu
Suyeong-gu Family Center B1, Heritage Namcheon
45 Hwangnyeongsan-ro 7beon-gil, Suyeong-gu
(Namcheon-dong)
Sasang-gu Family Center 4F, Danurim Center
51 Gaya-daero 196beon-gil, Sasang-gu
Gijang-gun Family Center Gijang Social Welfare Center
206 Chaseong-ro, Gijang-eup, Gijang-gun

Korean Language Institute

Korean Language Institute
Gu / Gun Name Phone Number Curriculum
Jung-gu Korea Child Welfare Association 051-257-0787 Child learning
Seo-gu Seo-gu Family Center 051-241-6200 Local culture, employment, TOPIK (reading, listening, writing)
Dong-gu Dong-gu Family Center 051-603-0220 Employment, TOPIK (reading)
Yeongdo-gu Yeongdo-gu Family Center 051-414-9605 Local culture, education for late-entry immigrant students, TOPIK (reading, listening)
Busanjin-gu Busanjin-gu Multicultural Family Support Center 051-817-4313 TOPIK (reading, listening, writing)
Dongnae-gu Dongnae-gu Family Center 051-506-5766 Child learning, employment, TOPIK (reading, listening)
Nam-gu Nam-gu Multicultural Family Support Center (Women’s Hall) 051-610-2027 Child learning, local culture, employment, TOPIK (reading, listening)
Buk-gu Buk-gu Multicultural Family Support Center 051-365-3408 TOPIK (reading, listening, writing)
Haeundae-gu Haeundae-gu Multicultural Family Support Center 051-702-8002 TOPIK (reading, listening, writing)
Saha-gu Saha-gu Family Center 051-205-8345 Child learning, local culture, employment, TOPIK (reading, writing)
Geumjeong-gu Geumjeong-gu Family Center 051-519-5601 Local culture, TOPIK (reading, listening, writing)
Gangseo-gu Gangseo-gu Social Welfare Center 051-972-4591 TOPIK (reading, listening, writing)
Yeonje-gu Yeonje-gu Family Center 051-851-5002 Local culture, TOPIK (reading, listening, writing)
Suyeong-gu Suyeong-gu Family Center 051-758-3073 TOPIK (reading, listening, writing)
Sasang-gu Sasang-gu Family Center 051-328-0419 TOPIK (reading, listening, writing)
Gijang-gun Gijang-gun Family Center 051-792-4750 Child learning, TOPIK (reading)

Current Status of Multicultural Families

2025.11.1. Standard / (unit: people)

Current Status of Multicultural Families
Areas Grand Total Immigrants by Marriage។ Children (including the naturalized and non-Korean nationality)
Total Male Female Non-naturalized Naturalized
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 29,290 9,524 19,766 15,489 2,524 12,965 7,703 1,523 6,180 7,786 1,001 6,785 13,801 7,000 6,801
Jung-gu 392 111 281 269 51 218 147 26 121 122 25 97 123 60 63
Seo-gu 948 302 646 533 88 445 246 42 204 287 46 241 415 214 201
Dong-gu 1,086 342 744 634 121 513 287 46 241 347 75 272 452 221 231
Yeongdo-gu 1,126 344 782 594 72 522 268 35 233 326 37 289 532 272 260
Busanjin-gu 2,700 827 1,873 1,415 191 1,224 697 110 587 718 81 637 1,285 636 649
Dongnae-gu 1,450 459 991 731 98 633 363 54 309 368 44 324 719 361 358
Nam-gu 1,968 665 1,303 964 150 814 481 91 390 483 59 424 1,004 515 489
Buk-gu 2,302 700 1,602 1,161 137 1,024 524 69 455 637 68 569 1,141 563 578
Haeundae-gu 2,976 1,119 1,857 1,524 373 1,151 873 275 598 651 98 553 1,452 746 706
Saha-gu 3,443 1,064 2,379 1,855 247 1,608 867 133 734 988 114 874 1,588 817 771
Geumjeong-gu 1,647 519 1,128 912 145 767 432 80 352 480 65 415 735 374 361
Gangseo-gu 1,623 565 1,058 832 165 667 450 108 342 382 57 325 791 400 391
Yeonje-gu 1,271 412 859 642 93 549 337 51 286 305 42 263 629 319 310
Suyeong-gu 1,356 496 860 710 162 548 407 115 292 303 47 256 646 334 312
Sasang-gu 3,176 991 2,185 1,749 276 1,473 782 191 591 967 85 882 1,427 715 712
Gijang-gun 1,826 608 1,218 964 155 809 542 97 445 422 58 364 862 453 409