1. Multiculturalism Whether Korea should allow more foreigners to live in Korea or make a more strict law to restrain them Kwon NaYeon, Um JiYoo, Kim DongHee, Kim HeeSu, Kim MinJi, Lee GoEun

2. At International Security Summit held in Germany, David Cameron, Prime Minister of England, declared that UK’s multiculturalism failed after all. • Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, said while focusing too much on immigrants’s identity, French forgot to brace France’s identity.

3. Multiculturalism in Korea • Korea is rapidly becoming a multicultural society with more and more foreigners who come to Korea to acquire Korea’s nationality every year. International marriages have increased to the point of approximately 12% of the total marriages in Korea. Every year, over 3 million women from Asian countries such as China, Philippines, and Vietnam marry Korean men.

4. FOR / AGAINST Foreigners can take charge of hard physical labor jobs (so-called 3D jobs). Having different cultures and subcultures can be one of the most important competitiveness a country can have. Multiculturalism is undeniable and being against it can have negative influences on Korea’s national brand. • It can cause a social confusion, distrust among people. • Many nations(like France) who once encouraged multinationalism are turning their back against it as they have suffered from it. • Koreans are not ready to accept multicultural families yet.

5. Debate Questions • Are most Koreans fond of multiculturalism? • Is the notion 'multicultralism' truly a current trend? Why some nations are turning their way to nationalism? • If foreigners with their own culture bring ‘diversity’ in Korean culture, would it be bad or good? • What do you think about France banning burka(Islam traditional clothes for women)? • Will making foreigners to acquire Korean nationality more strictly solve current problems of multiculturalism? 

6. Overall, about Korea becoming a multicultural society…