[2][3][4] The government of South Korea looked to promote unification in 2005, by diminishing the use of Cold War Era terms such as "defectors" or "escapees" when referring to North Korean Migrants.
[5] The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or the DPRK, adheres to a strict Stalinist pattern of zero tolerance towards overseas migration.
[6] The Korean Demilitarized Zone, between North and South Korea, exists to keep external and internal threats to a minimum.
[6] As the direct journey to South Korea was so difficult, China found itself receiving a large number of North Korean defectors.
[6] The South Korean government, in 1997, passed the Act on Protection and Resettlement Support for the Residents Who Escaped From North Korea.
[7] The government also increased job training procedures and attempted to address other problems migrants might face in their new life in South Korea.
In 2005, the South Korean government launched a scholarship program that allotted up to 15.4 million won per person to achieve vocational training, certifications, and eventually jobs.
[5] At the beginning of North Korean migration to South Korea, the population was mostly considered privileged and upper class.
In 2005, the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights, reported that 22.7 percent of respondents claimed that the biggest obstacle in their new life were "economic difficulties".
[5] For many who make the treacherous journey from North to South Korea, those with children hope to give their kids a better education.
Many reasons for this include language barriers due to English loan words, slang, and the South Korean dialect.