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초록

This study is to examine the process of building identity of a foreign migrant who initially came to Korea as a factory worker first and reentered Korea as a student and tries to reconstruct his life story. To understand the phenomena of migration in Korea better, which are getting complex and prolonged, we need to pay more attention to the individual’s case of traveling back and forth between Korea and his/her homeland. The participant of this study experienced severe culture shock and physical violence. After he was converted to Christianity, however, he built up social network with Koreans in the church, and reentered to Korea to study theology. Comparing two societies, he changed his research interest from evangelism to Korean economic development. Through his experiences of migration, he concluded that the driving forces of Korean economic development are education and religion and has started preparing himself as a educator-pastor to evangelize and educate the next generation in Nepal, who could serve as a cornerstone for the economic development of Nepal. This case study shows how the Korean nationalism and education for development are disseminated to the less developed country through the migrants.

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