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Idon’tthinkinternationalaffairsareirrelevanttoKoreans.Every
Koreanshouldpayattentiontowhathappensaroundtheworldas
oneoftheworld’s6.1billioncitizens.
ParkGyu-Seop,ODAWatchYPmemberin2008
groups under the supervision of ODA Watch.
nothing to do with my major, which is
thegovernment’spolicies.However,thereisno
The YP group consists of undergraduates and
Environmental Science and Ecological
one else who is professionally in charge of
graduates who have great interest in global
Engineering. In response to this question, I
issuing periodicals on this topic. Therefore,
affairs. Originally the organization emerged to
would say it is a prerequisite for my life
indispensably, the members including me are
become an independent body from the
regardless of what I major in during my
responsible for writing at least one article per
International Affairs Community, Citizens’
universityyears.
month. As for the articles that I have written,
CoalitionforEconomicJustice.
others have commented on the limits of
Argus:Whatwasyourtaskorroleatthe
international conference and governmental
Argus: How did you apply for the YP? I
YP?
monetaryassistancemanytimes.Ihave,inmost
mean, what motivated you to join the YP
Park:WhenIstartedparticipatingintheYP,
cases, criticized Korean insufficient
despitebeingauniversitystudent?
IwasassignedtotheMonitoring&Evaluating
preparations and measures for assisting
Park:WhenIwasmythirdyearofcollege,I
team irrespective of my preferences. Hence, I
developingcountries.
joinedtheGlobalStudentUnion(GSU),anon-
did not expect to join in. My task was, as you
governmental organization established by
mightguess,tosuperviseandassesswhetheror
Argus: Then you must have visited
university students in Seoul. I studied and had
not various government organizations were
many seminars or conferences and met
manydiscussionswithitsmembersaboutglobal
operating fully in accordance with ODA
somecelebritieswhileyouwereareporter.
issues such as poverty, human rights abuses,
policies. I was personally responsible for
Do you have any interesting anecdotes
andclimatechangeforoneyear.Asaresultof
overseeing The Export-Import Bank of Korea
that you can reveal to our readers? What
participating in these discussions, I became
(KoreaEximbank),whichisinchargeofcredit
are the things you have learnt while
inspired to learn more about international
assistance.IvisitedthechiefpresidentofKorea
workingasareporter?
affairs.IgottoknowabouttheODAWatchYP
Eximbank on a regular basis, asking him to
Park: It is true that I visited some world-
thankstoaGSUcolleaguewhointroducedme
open all financial disclosure forms for our
famousseminars,andIwouldliketoreinterpret
toit.ThiscolleagueadvisedmethatIshouldget
review. Throughout our task, the operation of
the first question from interesting to coercing
involvedintheODAWatchYPifItrulywant
providingdevelopmentassistancetodeveloping
but unforgettable. As for me, the most
memorable thing is“The second Seoul ODA
toconcentrateonavarietyofforeignissuesasa
countriesbecomesmoretransparent.
student.Ithereforeappliedwithouthesitationto
InternationalConference,”heldonJune3,2008.
take part in the YP group, because I believed
Argus: The Argus heard that YP
Ididnotfeelanydifficultywhileattendingthe
that I must try to be educated practically by
members write articles and cooperate to
meeting. However, composing an article was
working with professionals who have a wealth
publish monthly magazine called OWL.
very burdensome work, contrary to my
ofexperiencesinawide-rangeoffields.
Couldyoutellusmoreaboutthisindetail?
expectations. Starting a few weeks before the
People often ask me why I am involved in
Park: Actually, on the surface, publishing a
conference began, I had to prepare to collect
suchactivitieswhentheyseemtohavelittleor
monthly-magazineisnotrelevanttomonitoring
data relating to Millennium Development
ODAWatch
ODA Watch YP members pose for photograph at
ODA Watch YP members participate in campaign for
InternationalDevelopmentSeminarin2009.
famineworldwide.
www.theargus.org

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