Eight disc jockeys for the Multicultral Family Music Broadcasting station pose to mark the launch of regular programs to be aired from Tuesday. The radio presenters are from Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, China, Russia, Egypt, Mongolia and Japan and will be hosting the shows in their respective languages. / Courtesy of Woongjin Foundation |
By Bae Ji-sook
Staff Reporter
A radio station airing programs in nine different languages for foreign immigrants in Korea will start services Tuesday.
The Woongjin Foundation, a non-profit organization sponsoring multicultural and multilingual communities here, said the "The Multicultural Family Music Broadcasting" station will kick off its first regular airing for the 1.2 million foreign residents here.
The programs will be provided through www.wjk.kr and www.radiokiss.co.kr; satellite SkyLife channel 855 and cable TV C&M channel 811 for Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino (Tagalog and English) and Thai; and SkyLife channel 856 and C&M channel 812 for Arabic, Russian, Mogolian and Japanese.
Disc jockeys will introduce traditional, modern and popular music from their respective countries. Brief segments offering Korean lessons, news, counseling services as well as information about living in Korea will be provided, too.
Harmony in Diversity
"The number of foreign immigrants, especially in marriages and at work, is rapidly increasing, but their lives usually face several problems because ethnic and cultural homogeneity lingers in Korea," the foundation spokesman Park Byeong-bae said.
Park said he hopes the programs will ease their feelings of isolation and help them take pride in their national identity and culture.
"I believe it will let them adapt to their lives here and help ordinary Koreans open their minds to foreigners and their cultures. It will eventually promote harmony and integrate the diversifying of Korean society as a whole," he added.
The station also noted that all of its DJs have majored in Korea-related fields in their respective countries or have studied in Korea and that they will become the bridge between different cultures and lives.
SkyLife will give discounts to multicultural families installing the satellite dishes and will also install them at immigrant centers and other locations.
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