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2 JUNE1,2004
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OPINION
“Aimhighandhaveavision”
Editorial
Government’saction
InterviewwithHwangIn-ja(E-74),AssistantMayorofSeoul
neededforabductees
R
ecently, there are many women who
networking. Therefore, Hwang In-ja made
are prominent in her field and exert
efforts
to
supplement
women’s
theircapabilitiesnolessthanmen.
disadvantagespolitically.Atherdaysofthe
Hwang In-ja, Assistant Mayor of Seoul
MinistryofGovernmentAdministrationand
Metropolitan Government is one of such
Home Affairs, she presided women
W
henJapanPrimeMinisterJunichiroKoizumiwenttoPyongyangonMay22for
women. Korean women have recently
conferencetoallowwomenofficialstoshare
aone-dayworkingvisit,hisstatedmissionwastobringhomefamilymembersof
improved their social status to enter the
information. In her days in the Ministry of
thereturnedJapaneseabductees.Thatmissionasaccomplishedwhenfiveoftheeight
National Assembly and other government
Government Administration and Home
familymemberscametoJapan.TheJapanesePrimeministeralsogarneredapromise
offices and expanded their social activities.
Affairs, she attempted to form a network
from North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to reinvestigate the kidnapping of 10 other
Nevertheless, their adequacy are still feeble
system to share informations with one
Japanese,eightofwhomPyongyangearliersaidhaddied.Butitclaimedthetwoothers
intoday’ssociety.
anotherbyhostingawomenmeeting.
hadneversetfootinNorthKorea.
Ms. Hwang In-ja, a graduate of Hankuk
Shealsostressedthatwomenshouldhave
ButhefacedatorrentofcriticismthathehadrewardedNorthKoreawithmillionsof
University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), is a
ajob.“Pleasehaveprofessionalisminyour
dollarsinaidwithoutmakingenoughheadwayonthenuclearweaponsdisputeandfully
only woman to reach first grade or higher
own job. At first, make efforts and be a
resolving the North’s abductions of Japanese citizens. Also, Koizumi might also have
level employed officials. As a policy
woman of ability, and then make the best
usedthelatestsummitlastvisittodrawattentionawayfromascandalinvolvinghimand
assistant of Seoul Mayor, she is engaged
useofyouradvantagesandspecialabilities.
assemblymen who have allegedly not paid their share of state pension funds. Some
with welfare, culture and women with
By taking advantages of softness, being
membersoftheJapaneseparliamentaccusedtheprimeministerofbeinginanunseemly
assisting Seoul Mayor. The project titled
different from men, make the best use of
rushtosolvetheissue.
“Pullingdownthewallsofuniversities”that
yourownadvantage,”HwangIn-jasaid.In
Whatever motivations he might have had for the trip, Koizumi helped improve the
isbeingimplementedbySeoulCityisalso
addition, she asked wo men officials to
LeeJun-gul/TheArgus
outlookforsecuringpeaceinNortheastAsia.Oneimmediateeffectofhissummittalks
one of her task in the context of Seoul’s
studyEnglishveryhard.Shewantedwomen
with Kim was North Korea’s reassurance that a moratorium on missile test launches
welfare and culture projects. Many policies
officialstolearnEnglishtogivethemgreater
wouldremainintact.Moreover,manyJapanwatchersbelievedthesummitwouldresult
shemadewerehighlyrecognizedoverother
her aptitude corresponded with social
communications was newly established, I
advantages.
inthehomecomingoftheeightfamilymembersofthefiveJapaneseabductedin1979
male officials and she was decorated with
studies, and took interest in national
was placed in the ministry. Thus, I could
Recently, women’s status is improving,
andrepatriatedin2002,andboostlostsupportforKoizumiinJapan’spoliticalarena.As
HongjogeunjeongMedalin2000.
employment examinations, the judical
start my first life as a public servant,” said
legally and socially, and the educational
expected,Koizumididreturnhomewithsomefamilymembers.
Sinceshebecameacivilservant,shehave
examination or foreign affair examination.
Ms.Hwang.
level of women is becoming higher. She
ButsofarSeoulhasn’teventouchedtheissueforfearthesaber-rattlingNorthmay
done numerous accomplishments with
ShethenenrolledintheGraduateSchoolof
There were many difficulties during the
pointed out, that, in spite of such trend,
overreact to kidnapping accusation. While Japan’s prime minister has persuaded
constant efforts and enthusiasm. She had to
Public Administration of Seoul National
twenty years as a public servant. In
Koreanwomen’sindexinsocialinfluenceis
Pyongyangtoadmitkidnapping13nationalsandallowfivesurvivingvictimsandtheir
sufferassheenteredtheuniversity.Likethe
University after graduating the HUFS. Her
particular, as a female, raising her children
stillfeebleandtheirauthoritiesarestillweak.
familiestoreturnhome,familiesinSouthKoreastillwaitfornewson486peoplewho
current harsh competitions of the university
lifeasapublicservantbeganasshepassed
was the biggest obstacle. She said,
She said, “Though many women already
have disappeared since the Korean War. Some 400 of those reported missing are
entrance examination, examination back
the special examination for recruitment of
“Difficultieswillexistinanything.However,
have sufficient abilities, they are likely to
fishermenwhofloatedclosetotheinvisiblemaritimeborderintheWestSea.
thanwasnodifferent.Ms.Hwang,whohad
grade public officials after graduating the
they may surely be overcome. Hard is not
underestimate themselves and set their
Athome,however,ahandfulofmembersfromeachmajorpoliticalparty,particularly
entered the HUFS after having experienced
GraduateSchool.
enough reason to quit his or her work.”
dreams to a lower level. Please set your
Grand National Party Chairwoman Park Geun-hye, has shown interest inn helping
the frustration, was absorbed in her studies.
“IwassopleasedwhenIpassedthepublic
Basedonherpastexperience,shefocuseson
dreamorvisiontoahigherlevel.Thereshall
Koreanfamiliesfindtheirmissinglovedones.Butnothingrelatingtotheissuehasbeen
However, Ms. Hwang, who realized that
official examination. Successful female
“child care” issues, sharing her experience
beawayopenforyou.”
placed yet on any agenda for discussion in the National Assembly or for formal talks
English was not her interest, she constantly
candidateswerejusttwoincludingmeatthat
withemployedwomenwithchildren.
withNorthKoreanofficials.
explored what fitted her in order to find
time, but we were not appointed. I was so
During her public life, she had many
Another glaring obstacle to earning the release of detained citizens in Pyongyang’s
studiesthatwereappropriatetoheraptitude.
mad. I couldn’t get the status as an official
regrets. For example, women reveal much
unwillingnesstoadmitithasseizedanyone.NorthKoreastillsaysthemissingpersons
Nevertheless,hermajorwasEnglish,shedid
regardlessoftheexaminationresultsbecause
weak points in team works than men do.
ByAhnNa-young
“volunteered”togototheNorth.Itdoesnotmakeanysense.
notregardEnglishitselfashergoal,butasa
Ihadnotbeenappointedforseveralmonths.
Men share informations with each other.
ReporterofCampusSection
Just three South Korean abductees have escaped from the North, and five families
meanstorealizeherdream.Shethoughtthat
In the meantime, the former ministry of
However,womenareweakwhenitcomesto
have been allowed to see their missing loved ones at scheduled reunions held at the
Blue Print
designated resort in Mount Geumgang. No letters or any other forms of contact have
beenreceivedfromtherest.
To reunite families with missing relatives, a series of realistic steps that could take
severalyearsisnecessary.Forthefamilies,onedayislikeathousandyearswithouttheir
ThediachronicvalueofGreekculture
family members. So government should take action for wives and offspring suffering
who have the years of pain and bitterness caused by their families’ disappearance.
Additionally, the issue should put at the top so that all the citizens in nationwide can
awareofthekidnappingsandmassrallieswouldholdforthevictim’sdefense.Tosolve
E
theissue,theentirecountrymember’sparticipationisneededaswellasthegovernment
verycultureisappreciatedaccordingto
contemporary Greece, but it is a universal
whole of man spherically. According to the
action.
itsendurancethroughtime.Therehave
concept.
Greek-Christian philosophy, every person,
beenculturesinthepast,whichreachedtheir
The Greeks struggled hard through the
withoutanydifferentiation,isauniqueentity
culminationatacertainhistoricalperiodand
agestolaythefoundationoftheircultureon
having been created “in the image and
then they set and were forgotten. Thus, we
diachronic values, such as democracy,
likenessofGod.”Thisservesasaproofwhy
only know of these cultures through the
freedom, justice, truth, solidarity, peace,
inGreekaswellasothersocietiesthathave
monumentsthatsomeofthemleftbehindor
equality, universality, love, hospitality,
been influenced by the Greek-Christian
throughwrittendata.
philanthropy,understanding,mutualrespect,
philosophical thought, there is only a
TheGreekculturalheritage,however,did
familyinstitution,andetc.Ihavementioned
minimal percentage of suicides. In other
nothaveasimilarfate.Formorethan4,000
that the Greeks struggled hard in order to
words, people do not end their life because
years it remains well and alive, despite the
securetheirculture,becauseselfishnessand
they find themselves in a bad economic
unprecedented difficulties it was faced with
arrogance,whicharealsodiachronic,canbe
situation, or because their love-life or their
duringitshistoriccourse.Thehistorianswho
foundineverypartoftheworld,theymake
careerhasfailed,andetc.Humanlifeisagift
are aware of the dangerous conditions, the
the road to democracy, peace, freedom,
from God with an absolute value, therefore
mishaps and the barbaric hordes that the
justice and all the other spiritual values,
no one has the right to take it either from
V.Rev.Ambrose-Aristotle
GreekCulturewasconfrontedwithattimes,
inaccessible and sometimes impassable.
himselforfromothers.
Zographos
consideritspreservationasamiracle.
Deadly wars and the great extend at which
Basedonthisconcept,themainaimofthe
Whatisthesecretbehindthelongevityof
the violation of human rights occurs in so
Olympic Games that were organized by
GreekCulture?Thesignificantsecretlieson
many countries in our contemporary world,
ancient Greeks was to have wars stopped
itsdiachronicintellectual-spiritualvalues.In
rendertheaboveideaindisputable.
during the Games. And in order to achieve
“
otherwords,GreekCulturestoodthetestof
Itisunfortunatenowadaysthatthediptych
thisobjectivetheyestablishedtheinstitution
timebecauseitisnotfoundedonephemeral
“money and sex” constitutes the foundation
of “ekeheiria” (truce) since 776 BC. The
values and ideals. These values do not bear
of many societies, which has resulted in a
Committee of this year’s Olympic Games,
TheGreekculturecan
an expiration date and they do not concern
widespread crisis. The Greek Culture can
which will take place in the country where
only certain people of a specific time and
help these societies overcome this crisis. A
they were born, should be aiming, among
helpthesesocieties
age, but they are universal. That is why
society and, by extension, a culture cannot
other things, at bringing a truce during the
Greeks are not considered only those who
lastforlongifmoneyandsexareitsprime
Games. We wish that the powerful of this
overcomethiscrisis.
“
were born on Greek soil, but all those who
ideals. Naturally, money and sex have their
earth listen to the voice of Greece, stop the
have embraced the spirit of Greece. The
placeinthescaleofsocialvalues,butsurely
bloodshed and let peace prevail in our long
famous Athenian orator Isokrates (436-
theydonotholdafirst-classposition.They
sufferingworld.
338BC) emphasizes that “Greeks are those
are preceded by other refine values, which
who have participated in Greek paideia
donotallowmantolosehishumanenature
YangYoung-chul/CartoonistofTheArgus
(learning,culture).Hellenismisnotconfined
and be reduced to a beast. The diachronic
Thewriterisaprofessorof
to the narrow geographical bounds of
spiritual values of Greek Culture serve the
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