President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Lee Myung-bak said in hisregular address broadcast on the KBS World Radio on July 26 thatinternational marriage brokers must rectify their wrong ideas andpractices and the government will try to work out measures to improvethe situation.
President Lee expressed his deepcondolences to the family of Vietnamese bride Thach Thi Hoang Ngoc, whowas killed by her mentally ill husband just eight days after she came tothe RoK earlier this month.
The incident showedthat the RoK still lacks a mechanism strong enough to protect vulnerablegroups and encourage good behaviours towards them, he said.
He also stressed that RoK people should have a more mature and deeperview on multi-cultural families, a long-term issue that will diversifythe RoK culture.
The number of immigrant spousesin the RoK has already surpassed 180,000 and their children haveexceeded 120,000. It is also noteworthy that four out of 10 married menin Korea farming and fishing communities have wives from othercountries, including Vietnam , the Philippines and China./.
President Lee expressed his deepcondolences to the family of Vietnamese bride Thach Thi Hoang Ngoc, whowas killed by her mentally ill husband just eight days after she came tothe RoK earlier this month.
The incident showedthat the RoK still lacks a mechanism strong enough to protect vulnerablegroups and encourage good behaviours towards them, he said.
He also stressed that RoK people should have a more mature and deeperview on multi-cultural families, a long-term issue that will diversifythe RoK culture.
The number of immigrant spousesin the RoK has already surpassed 180,000 and their children haveexceeded 120,000. It is also noteworthy that four out of 10 married menin Korea farming and fishing communities have wives from othercountries, including Vietnam , the Philippines and China./.
