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Multicultural Youth Award

Sat, December 14, 2019 | 08:45

14 students honored at multicultural youth awards

14 students honored at multicultural youth awards

Fourteen students from interracial backgrounds were honored at the eighth Korea Multicultural Youth Awards, Thursday, for their exemplary achievements. The award ceremony was held at the Korea Press Center in Seoul and attended by about 100 people - the award winners, their family members and dignitaries including Gender Equality and Family Minister Lee Jung-ok, foreign ambas...

Kang Seung-woo | 2019-11-21 22:43

Maturity helps multicultural student overcome hardship

Maturity helps multicultural student overcome hardship

Kim Jae-ryeol, a sophomore at Hyunpung High School in Daegu, looks no different from any 18-year-old Korean boy. But there is something that makes Kim special and different: He is exceptionally mature for his age.

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-11-20 18:10

Winners of 8th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards - Outstanding high school students

Winners of 8th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards - Outstanding high school students

Warm-hearted Kim helps class, communityKim Hwa-miKim Hwa-mi, 18, a senior at Incheon Yeil High School in Incheon, is a caring person who spends much of her time helping out with community services. The oldest among seven siblings, Kim grew up taking care of her brothers and sisters. Kim wants to be a kindergarten teacher and has volunteered at an elementary school in her neig...

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-11-20 18:00

Maturity helps multicultural student overcome hardship

Winners of 8th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards - Outstanding middle school students

Winners of 8th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards - Outstanding middle school students

Park readjusts to life in KoreaPark Su-anPark Su-an, 16, a senior at Incheon Yeil Middle School in Incheon, was an introverted girl who had a hard time adjusting to Korean society when she first arrived here four years ago from Peru. She struggled particularly during the Korean and social studies classes and failed a number of subjects.However, with help of teachers and her v...

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-11-20 18:00

Maturity helps multicultural student overcome hardship

Winners of 8th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards - Outstanding elementary school students

Winners of 8th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards - Outstanding elementary school students

Oh is talented musician with bright personalityOh Ye-jinOh Ye-jin, 10, a fourth grader at Ido Elementary School on Jeju Island, has many talents in various fields such as painting, calligraphy, essay writing and computer coding. But her gift for music is the most prominent. She can play the violin, piano, ukulele and hand bell. She likes to play instruments in front of her cl...

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-11-20 18:00

Maturity helps multicultural student overcome hardship

Winners of 8th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards - Outstanding volunteers

Winners of 8th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards - Outstanding volunteers

Lee is ardent, diligent volunteer workerLee Hyeon-juLee Hyeon-ju, 16, a freshman at Seongju High School in Seongju County, North Gyeongsang Province, has already dedicated 142 hours and 30 minutes to volunteer activities since 2016. Since March 2018, he has been working as an assistant teacher to teach Hangeul to preschool children at the Multicultural Family Support Center i...

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-11-20 17:59

Maturity helps multicultural student overcome hardship

Winners of 8th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards - Special awards

Winners of 8th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards - Special awards

Special jury award winnerMulticultural background makes Oteri understand other people, cultureOteri SarangOteri Sarang, 11, a fifth grader at Seoul Misung Elementary School in Seoul, strives to develop herself by participating in various activities at school along with her friends.Born to an Italian father and Korean mother, she speaks Italian, German and Korean. Her multi-et...

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-11-20 17:58

Maturity helps multicultural student overcome hardship

Multicultural children to be key members of future Korea

Multicultural children to be key members of future Korea

The Korea Multicultural Youth Awards organized by The Korea Times has marked its eighth year this year. The children who won awards in the first year in 2012 may now be college students or employees, or be serving in the military. It is estimated that there are more than 3,000 soldiers from multicultural backgrounds this year.

2019-11-20 17:53

Maturity helps multicultural student overcome hardship

Prime Minister's message: 'You are precious members of Korea'

Prime Minister's message: 'You are precious members of Korea'

I congratulate all the award winners of the eighth Korea Multicultural Youth Awards and their parents. I especially hope Kim Jae-ryeol, who won the grand prize, will achieve his dreams as a big data specialist.

2019-11-20 17:42

Maturity helps multicultural student overcome hardship

Multicultural children show new direction for society

It was a record of a miserable struggle trying to flee an isolated island of poverty. It was a record of cold loneliness that neither the love of a warm family nor hard-earned financial stability could melt. It was a record of a broken heart hurt by prejudice, discrimination and ignorance. At the same time, however, it was a shout of stern determination promising to protect t...

Kim Jae-heun | 2018-11-23 12:59

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