Historically, American public schools played an important role in assimilating immigrants with different cultures into the mainstream. This process is currently occurring in other parts of the world that are undergoing demographic changes due to immigration. Some of these countries have turned to multicultural education as a tool to respond to increasing diversity by helping the newcomers adjust to the host country. South Korea, or Korea for short, is one of those countries where multicultural education targets newcomers as primary recipients to be taught its culture and language. At the same time, it seeks to foster understanding of other cultures among the majority. This article takes a critical look at Korea's multicultural education, or "damunwha" education, to problematize its lack of critical perspectives in locating cultural differences of the newcomers as the main problem facing Korea.