Hanawon is aA halfway house and reeducation center just outside of Seoul where recent refugees from North Korea spend several months upon their arrivals learning about the outside world and acquiring the life skills needed to survive in the bustling country that is South Korea.
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Hanawon Term Timeline in Nothing to Envy
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Chapter 18
After her stay at the dormitory, Mrs. Song was transferred to Hanawon—a secluded campus 50 miles south of Seoul. Hanawon was opened in 1999 as a kind...
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After leaving Hanawon, Mrs. Song took a job as a housekeeper and secured an apartment of her own...
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...she became involved in the karaoke business, recruiting young women—all North Koreans straight out of Hanawon—to entertain men at Seoul clubs. As Oak-hee enjoyed more success in the recruiting business, she...
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Chapter 19
...shady background and stints in prison—he hated being confined, and he hated being sent to Hanawon. Quick to anger, suspicious of authority, and unskilled in South Korean social etiquette, Hyuck isolated...
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