The city with the greatest number of foreigners: 65,000 foreigners from 58 countries

◇ Ansan is a town without borders ⓒ Eom Kyu-won/Dream Tree Junior Reporters

Ansan is a town without borders in which approximately 65,000 foreigners from 58 countries live. The population ratio shows that Ansan has the greatest number of foreign residents among all cities in Korea. Accordingly, there are many places where you can experience multiple cultures.

◇ International foods in the Multicultural Street ⓒ Eom Kyu-won/Dream Tree Junior Reporters

You can experience multiple cultures through international foods. The Multicultural Street in Wongok-dong, Ansan offers many places where you can taste foreign cuisine. Eating foreign foods such as Indian, Pakistanis or Vietnamese enables you to further understand foreign cultures, draw closer to foreigners and form better relationships with them.

◇ Multicultural Children’s Library Modoo ⓒ Eom Kyu-won/Dream Tree Junior Reporters◇ Interior of Multicultural Children’s Library Modoo ⓒ Eom Kyu-won/Dream Tree Junior Reporters

◇ Books from various countries in Multicultural Children’s Library Modoo ⓒ Eom Kyu-won/Dream Tree Junior Reporters

You can learn about music, art and history of other countries through books. Ansan offers a place where you can find books from other countries. Modoo Library is a children’s library in which various cultures coexist. Modoo Library offers various books from 15 different countries as well as Korea, and also provides diverse multicultural programs.

◇ Ansan Public Relations Learning Center ⓒ Eom Kyu-won/Dream Tree Junior Reporters

◇ Various foreign goods at Ansan Public Relations Learning Center ⓒ Eom Kyu-won/Dream Tree Junior Reporters

Ansan Public Relations Learning Center is also a good place to enjoy multiple cultures. Ansan Public Relations Learning Center presents all traditional and culture things from other countries from costumes and instruments to household items. Moreover, you can experience various things such as trying on traditional costumes of other countries, which attracts local children’s facilities (nurseries and kindergartens).

◇ Small Multicultural Library in Ansan Migrant Community Service Center ⓒ Eom Kyu-won/Dream Tree Junior Reporters

◇ Interior of Small Multicultural Library ⓒ Eom Kyu-won/Dream Tree Junior Reporters

There is a place that provides support for foreigners: Ansan Migrant Community Service Center. It provides around-the-clock guide services for foreigners who are unfamiliar with Korea, and also helps foreigners by offering various programs such as Korean language studies, education for multicultural understanding, multicultural family support, and cultural experience programs. The Small Multicultural Library located inside the Migrant Community Service Center offers a variety of books from China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Mongolia, Pakistan, Britain, the U.S. and Korea.

◇ Ansan Migrant Community Service Center ⓒ Eom Kyu-won/Dream Tree Junior Reporters

You can experience multiple cultures in these spaces, which are necessary facilities for foreigners as well as Koreans to reform our views on multiple cultures. We recommend those of you who have prejudice and stereotype against multiple cultures to stop by one of these places to experience and understand multiple cultures.

We are living in a global village, and thus we must be able to harmonize as one to achieve global peace. For harmony, happiness and development, we must acknowledge other cultures and make continuous efforts to accept them into our culture.

ⓒGyeonggi G-News | Eom Kyu-won unkw0521@hanmail.net

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