The purpose of this study is to promote the use of cultural facilities of North
Korean refugee mothers with young children by finding out their past experience
of cultural facility use. The subjects of this study were 183 North Korean refugee
mothers with young children and a total of four research participants. A survey
and in-depth interviews were used to draw reliable research results. The research
results are as follows: First, as to uses of cultural facilities, North Korean refugee
mothers with young children got information about cultural facilities through the
Internet community such as Internet cafes and blogs. Their considerations for
using cultural facilities were diversity of activity programs and subdivision of
performances and arts activities. Over 50% of mothers responded that cultural
facilities were needed to enhance the creativity of their children. Second,
concerning difficulties of cultural facility use, the most difficulty was high costs,
and the second most difficulty was absence of cultural facilities nearby their
residence. Third, as to the needs of cultural facility use, a children’s library was
needed the most for children’s development. They responded that the most
necessary policy for cultural facility use was to increase cultural vouchers for
low-income households and to expand recipients of these vouchers.