‘From a multicultural family to a family with an immigrant background’… 19th Yonhap News Multicultural Forum

Hosted by Yonhap News and sponsored by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family... Policy, field, research, and parties all in one place

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong A-ran = As the population with a migrant background increases, the demand to expand the scope of multicultural family policy, which was centered on marriage immigrants, is growing. The '2026 Yonhap News Multicultural Forum', which discusses this, will be held at Yeonwoo Hall in the Yonhap News office building in Jongno-gu, Seoul at 2 p.m. on the 19th.

The theme of this forum, hosted by Yonhap News, a national news agency, sponsored by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the Korea Healthy Family Promotion Agency, and in collaboration with the Korea Immigration Policy Association, is 'From multicultural families to families with migrant backgrounds...' The need and challenge for expansion is '.

According to the National Data Center, last year's immigrant background population was 2.81 million, accounting for 5.4% of the total population, but related family policies and support have been focused on multicultural families under the current law, that is, marriage immigrants and naturalized families.

This forum was established to listen to the voices of policy makers, field officials, researchers, and parties and seek directions on ways to expand the scope of policy from multicultural families to families with immigrant backgrounds.

At the opening ceremony, Hwang Dae-il, CEO of Yonhap News, will give an opening speech, and Minister of Gender Equality and Family Won Min-kyung, Korean Cultural Diversity Organization Chairman Lee Jas-min, Korean Immigration Policy Society President Lim Dong-jin, and Egyptian broadcaster and interpreter/translator Sae-mi Jeong will attend.

In the topic presentations, Professor Oh Jeong-sook of Daegu University will present 'Scope and direction of support for families with migrant backgrounds: Focusing on the role of family centers', and Professor Ok-nyeo Kim of Sookmyung Women's University will present 'Diagnosis and connection plan of the service delivery system for families with migrant backgrounds'.

The following panel discussion will be chaired by Chairman Lim Dong-jin (professor at Soonchunhyang University) under the theme of ‘How can families with migrant backgrounds come together?’

Jang Heun-seong, director of the Multicultural Family Division at the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, Jang Heun-seong, director of the K-Dream Foreigner Support Center (former director of the Gyeongbuk Family Center), Choi Yun-jeong, a researcher at the Korea Women's Policy Institute, and women with immigrant backgrounds living in Cheonan will participate to discuss the direction of expanding support and redefining the role of family centers.