Abstract
The “resettlement villages” were created by the people recovering from Hansen’s disease in South Korea from 1960s. It is very important that they keep their human right to live and work, and also society needs to be aware of this, while they need to be relieved from their socially disadvantageous situation.
We are emphasizing the following four points based on this study,using the development process of “C village” and other resettlement villages. Firstly patients with and recovered from Hansen’s disease will reside permanently in the resettlement villages. They are getting over social restriction through their productive cooperatives. Secondly we looked at a specific case gaining their independence through the livestock industry. Thirdly the isolated situation as a resettlement village and an individual has been fusing to general society through their development. Fourthly we can see a general tendency of differentiation in these resettlement villages.
In addition to clarifying where resettlement villages fit into society, consideration was given to people in socially disadvantageous conditions and methods of development.
