Korean-Australian and New Zealand communities express their participation in OKA's next-generation identity policy

오재경OhJaeGyung
15 Mar 2024

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Lee Ki-chul, head of OKA, toured the livelihood of the Korean community in Sydney, Australia, and Auckland, New Zealand on the 12th and 15th (local time), held a meeting to explain the main policies of the office, and listened to the opinions of the Korean community. 

In particular, this time, in addition to holding a meeting with compatriots and Korean language school teachers, the next generation Korean and Australian Korean leadership forum was held separately to expand the field of communication for the development of future Korean society. 

Director Lee held the "Australian Leadership Forum" for the first time among overseas Koreans to discuss specific ways to inform the local community of Korea's development along with policies to foster the identity of the next generation of Koreans.

The forum began with the announcement of VoKAB (Voice of Korean Association of Business), which establishes a network for the Australian government and conducts various activities in the community for the practical rights and interests of Koreans in a multicultural society, and KALA (Korean Australian Lawyers Association), which has been providing free legal counseling for Koreans for more than a decade. 

Lee then introduced OKA's major projects, education in Korea and overseas textbooks, and encouraged them to participate in the project, emphasizing that it is the best way to increase the pride of the next generation of compatriots, cultivate their identity, and improve the status of Koreans in their country of residence. 

He also emphasized that the role of the 30s and 40s is important in inducing the next generation to participate in the Korean community and creating a future-oriented Korean society between Australia and Korea in order for the Australian Korean community, which is a transition period of generational change, to continue and maintain stable. 

Participants in the forum agreed to actively participate in the project after sharing their ideas on various methods and activities for promoting the "Inform Australian Textbooks for the Development of Korea" project while presenting opinions on the specific procedures and timing of local textbook revisions. 

Officials from the Australian Korean School Council and Koreans in New Zealand also responded to the project, promising to actively participate in helping our children enter the mainstream society without forgetting their Korean roots. 


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