The South Korean government on Wednesday adopted a plan to protect and promote cultural diversity in order to become a cultural powerhouse that proactively counters discrimination and hatred.

The Cultural Ministry on Wednesday unveiled a four-year inter-agency plan to come up with alternative expressions for words in everyday language that are discriminatory.

Officials are seeking to introduce a certification system for government publications and Korean language texts to remove discriminatory expressions out of respect for cultural diversity.

The government is seeking to add a clause that would ban the use of hate speech based on culture, race and nationality to existing laws that support multicultural families in an effort to eradicate prejudice and discrimination.