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16 July 2025

Luiza Zoirovna Sakhabutdinova, a mentor from Uzbekistan, teaches a mentoring class for about 15 students of foreign or multicultural backgrounds at Gonjiam Middle School in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on July 16, 2025. Luiza, who comes to South Korea on a scholarship and has lived in the country for 17 years, works in the field of English and cultural education. The class is part of a Ministry of Justice mentoring program for migrant-background youth, launched in 2024 as a pilot project with 39 mentors from 21 countries. The program targets classrooms located in municipalities that are both members of the Council of Multicultural Cities and have high immigrant populations. Due to high student satisfaction, the initiative expands in 2025 to two semesters with 20 double-period sessions each, compared to ten single-period sessions in 2024.

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16 July 2025

Luiza Zoirovna Sakhabutdinova, a mentor from Uzbekistan, teaches a mentoring class for about 15 students of foreign or multicultural backgrounds at Gonjiam Middle School in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on July 16, 2025. Luiza, who comes to South Korea on a scholarship and has lived in the country for 17 years, works in the field of English and cultural education. The class is part of a Ministry of Justice mentoring program for migrant-background youth, launched in 2024 as a pilot project with 39 mentors from 21 countries. The program targets classrooms located in municipalities that are both members of the Council of Multicultural Cities and have high immigrant populations. Due to high student satisfaction, the initiative expands in 2025 to two semesters with 20 double-period sessions each, compared to ten single-period sessions in 2024.

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#12558955

16 July 2025

Principal Hwang Byung-tae speaks during an interview at his office at Gonjiam Middle School in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on July 16, 2025. Hwang states that the Ministry of Justice's mentoring program for migrant-background youth is currently available at only two schools in the city and expresses hope for its expansion as the number of multicultural and migrant-background students is expected to rise. He emphasizes that greater attention and support from the central government is essential to make that happen.

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#12558956

16 July 2025

Principal Hwang Byung-tae speaks during an interview at his office at Gonjiam Middle School in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on July 16, 2025. Hwang states that the Ministry of Justice's mentoring program for migrant-background youth is currently available at only two schools in the city and expresses hope for its expansion as the number of multicultural and migrant-background students is expected to rise. He emphasizes that greater attention and support from the central government is essential to make that happen.

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#12558957

16 July 2025

Principal Hwang Byung-tae speaks during an interview at his office at Gonjiam Middle School in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on July 16, 2025. Hwang states that the Ministry of Justice's mentoring program for migrant-background youth is currently available at only two schools in the city and expresses hope for its expansion as the number of multicultural and migrant-background students is expected to rise. He emphasizes that greater attention and support from the central government is essential to make that happen.

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#12558958

16 July 2025

Principal Hwang Byung-tae speaks during an interview at his office at Gonjiam Middle School in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on July 16, 2025. Hwang states that the Ministry of Justice's mentoring program for migrant-background youth is currently available at only two schools in the city and expresses hope for its expansion as the number of multicultural and migrant-background students is expected to rise. He emphasizes that greater attention and support from the central government is essential to make that happen.

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#12558959

16 July 2025

Principal Hwang Byung-tae speaks during an interview at his office at Gonjiam Middle School in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on July 16, 2025. Hwang states that the Ministry of Justice's mentoring program for migrant-background youth is currently available at only two schools in the city and expresses hope for its expansion as the number of multicultural and migrant-background students is expected to rise. He emphasizes that greater attention and support from the central government is essential to make that happen.

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#12558936

16 July 2025

Park Chang-hyun, left, of the Immigration Integration Division at the Ministry of Justice, speaks to the media with his colleague Shim Su-yeon before a mentoring session at the school in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on July 16, 2025.

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#12558940

16 July 2025

Luiza Zoirovna Sakhabutdinova, left, a mentor from Uzbekistan, speaks to the media with NIU Aleksei, right, a 17-year-old student at Gonjiam Middle School originally from Moscow, Russia, after a mentoring session at the school in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on July 16, 2025.

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16 July 2025

Luiza Zoirovna Sakhabutdinova, left, a mentor from Uzbekistan, speaks to the media with NIU Aleksei, right, a 17-year-old student at Gonjiam Middle School originally from Moscow, Russia, after a mentoring session at the school in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on July 16, 2025.

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16 July 2025

Luiza Zoirovna Sakhabutdinova, a mentor from Uzbekistan, speaks during an interview at her office at Gonjiam Middle School in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on July 16, 2025.

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#12558943

16 July 2025

Park Chang-hyun, of the Immigration Integration Division at the Ministry of Justice, speaks to the media before a mentoring session at the school in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on July 16, 2025.

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#12558944

16 July 2025

Park Chang-hyun, of the Immigration Integration Division at the Ministry of Justice, speaks to the media before a mentoring session at the school in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on July 16, 2025.

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#12558951

16 July 2025

Luiza Zoirovna Sakhabutdinova, left, a mentor from Uzbekistan, speaks to the media with NIU Aleksei, right, a 17-year-old student at Gonjiam Middle School originally from Moscow, Russia, after a mentoring session at the school in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on July 16, 2025.

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#12558952

16 July 2025

Luiza Zoirovna Sakhabutdinova, a mentor from Uzbekistan, speaks during an interview at her office at Gonjiam Middle School in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on July 16, 2025.

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#12558953

16 July 2025

Luiza Zoirovna Sakhabutdinova, a mentor from Uzbekistan, speaks during an interview at her office at Gonjiam Middle School in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on July 16, 2025.

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