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Analyzingproblemsofuniversitieswhichcannotkeepupwithdigitalage
THEEYESOFTHEARGUS
HighlydevelopedITinfrastructure
Whysuchabase
cannotshowitspotential
scandalrepeated
L
etussupposethattwoplayerstookpart
institute.
S
everalcorruptionscandalsinvolvingthepresident¡¯sthreesonsare,astimegoesby,
inamotorrace.Thefirstrunnerhada
TheSourceofdatafromtheSTAT-KOREA
Kim Bo-hyang, a university student, 22,
moreshockingthepeople.Weareunabletofigureoutthecurrentofthesescandals
high-powered racing car which can go 400
said,¡°Especially,whenIfailedtoentermy
becausetherearesomanycharactersintherepercussions,andsomesuspicionsarestill
kilometers per hour. But the second racer
favorite professor¡¯s class. I wanted to take
mobilephoneusersper10,000population
not solved. Also President Kim Dae-jung is helplessly drifting over an irrational
hadjustanordinaryone.
hison-linelecture,Buttherewasn¡¯tone.¡±
?
boundlessoceaninwhichhissons,brother-in-law,wife¡¯snephewandhissecretariesare
Who was the winner? Of course, in nine
¡°Therearemanycomputer-illiteratesmore
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involved.WeknowafamousKoreanmaxim,¡°tasanjisok¡±(literally,astoneinsomeone
cases out of ten we would say that the first
than generally expected, and people have
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else¡¯smountain),whichsaysthatonecanprofitfromothers¡¯failures.Unfortunately,he
runner beat his opponent with ease. But
such feelings against cyber universities that
5000
seems to forget the saying. Actually, when Kim Hyun-chul¡¯s scandal bursted out in
contrary to general expectations, the second
they might be different from regular
1997, he criticized the former president Kim Young-sam that president Kim did not
racerwontherace.Whatmadetheseconda
universities,¡±saidKimSo-young,anofficial
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keepcontroloverevenhisson.However,current¡°threeHong¡±scandalisquantitatively
victor? The reason was the first made the
3600
ofKoreaNationalOpenUniversity.
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muchmoreviciousthanKimHyun-chul¡¯sone.
worstuseofit,buttheseconddashedatfull
Whatwehituponobservingthesecorruptionscandalsisabadeffectof¡°Koreanway
speed. Well, a proverb is flashed into our
Measurestotakefulladvantageofthe
2200
?
1500
giftsofcivilization
offamilism¡±.Afamilyhasbeenareliablepoliticalcomradebeyondplainrelationshipin
mind, ¡°Whether the tool is good or bad
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our society filled with distrust of politics. Therefore, many people would think that
dependsontheusers.¡±
Officials of the Computer Centers said,
internetusersper10,000population
680
powerbelongstonotonlyapresidentbuthisfamily.Andtakingadvantageofthepower
You would say,¡±The racing car is wasted
¡°In order to improve the services which
isjustdirectcauseofscandalofthesethreesons.Wecannothelpnamingtheshadowof
in the hands of the stupid racer.¡± Yes, his
make an advantage of mobile phones, it is
¡°familismpolitics¡±.Vassalpoliticsisanexpandedversionofthis¡°familismpolitics¡±.
action does not make sense. However,
necessary to upgrade servers and establish
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Above all, these two kinds of politics that emphasize fidelity to one¡¯s leader have
nowadays,manyofushavemadethesame
thepostinchargeoftheservices.¡±
distorteddemocraticpartypolitics.Thesecorruptionscandals,ofcourse,havealsosome
kindofmistakes.
According to a staff managing on-line
Korea¡¯sITinfrastructureisworld-class.However,therecomesanissuethatpeople
factorsofstructuralabsurdity,whichisoriginatedinpresident¡¯simperialauthority.His
lectures at HUFS, it is required that some
areblindtoitsbenefit.
IT infrastructure has been developed
omnipotent power is supposed to make someone yield to temptation to access to
studentsandprofessorsgettrainingtohandle
individual or crony holding the power. And there happens various irrationality by
to a high degree in Korea, but many
thecomputer,andUniversityauthoritiesalso
peopleareblindtoitsbenefits
exercisingpresident¡¯sinfluenceintheprocess.
¡°It is a waste that the high-tech
Whatismore,itispossiblethatthefaculty
need the skilled technical staff; one
Next,wejudgethatanunofficialpoliticsalsobringsaboutsuchacorruptionscandal.
Korea¡¯s IT infrastructure is ahead of the
infrastructureisusedjustforpleasure,¡±said
givesnotificationstostudentsassoonasthey
technician can do more than ten simple
Virtually,theunofficialpoliticsragesmoreintheplacewherecountry¡¯spoliticallevel
restoftheworld.¡°Iftherewereaneventas
Im Byung-do, Director of Information
can.Studentscantakeimportantinformation
workers.
doesnotyetstepintomaturity.Thatis,itmeansprivateorganizationsexercisegreat
IT World Cup tournament, Korea would
Planning Team in Information Technology
withtheirsmallmachine.
The government should foster as much
influence over the country. By the way, it costs too much for someone to control a
likely have already the final match¡± said
GroupatKoreaTelecom.
Now, however, in campus, the modern
skilled technical manpower to meet the
private group because the group is not working unless a chief organizer supplies
Alex Vieux, Chief Executive of Dasar, a
And it is the point to see that technically
conveniencecannotshowoffitsability.
growing demands. And it is also necessary
memberswithsomemoney.¡°Highcosts¡±thatischronicevilsofourpoliticscomeout
U.S. organizer of Information Technology
quite possible services have not been
Jung Jae-hong, a university student, 21,
that our society treat graduates of cyber
ofit.Theabsurdityof¡°HongTrio¡±hassomethingtodowiththeunofficialpolitics.We
Forums.
presented yet in university campuses. What
said ¡°My cellular phone is usually used for
universities on the same footing with their
cansaythattheflourishinglow-classpoliticsisprovidingthesoilwherecorruptioncan
Actually, Personal Computers(PC) found
makesthesophisticatedmachinesrunidle?
makingandtakingcalls,playinggamesand
counterpartsoftheregularuniversities.
sprout. Anyone can guess the point that a corrupt man will stuff his pocket on the
their way into almost every household.
sending short message service. So do most
But still the universities¡¯ budgets show
Cellularphonesdonothaveachance
authority of private relationship with a power holder when the unofficial politics is
Accordingtoasurvey,carriedoutattheend
ofmyschoolmates¡¯.¡±
that the schools give priority not to
prevalent.
of the last year, an estimated 20.7 million
toshowwhattheycanreallydo
upgrading servers but to constructing
On-line lectures and cyber
Around the Blue House is not the only one that now degenerates. Most of public
PCs have spread throughout our country,
Nowadays, most people have a mobile
buildings. Besides, most schools have not
institutionsandprivateorganizationssuchastheprosecution,thepolice,theopposition
whichindicatesthatapersonoutofevery2.3
phone including students and the faculty.
universities have not been widespread
had a plan to set up the new post and the
yet
parties,organsofpublicopinion,schoolandprivatecorporationsarecaughtinthechain
hasapersonalcomputer.
Andtheproductshavemadeaneye-opening
trainingcourses.
ofcorruption.Asisalwaysthecase,thecorruptionscandalsarenothingbutapartofour
Also, the country¡¯s mobile phone users
improvement in quality. Mobile phones are
As shown above, PC has spread over
WithgoodIT-infrastructures,studentsand
corruptdailylife.But,shouldnotwecriticizesuchscandals?Itisnotdesirable.Asthe
numbered 30.3 million as of the end of the
nolongerlimitedtocallingservice.Theyare
almosteveryhousehold.Andalso,itiseasy
thefacultycannottakefulladvantageoftheir
corruption is proportional to a size of the authority, first of all, it is required that the
March.Itmeansthatmorethan60percentof
now capable of wireless Internet anywhere,
forpeopletoaccesstheInternetbecausethey
benefits.Withahigh-poweredracingcar,the
judiciary authorities expose the scandals. A step that is practicable and effective at
thetotalpopulationarenowhookeduptothe
anytime,andcanalsodowhatcomputersare
have the exclusive line. Private institutes
first runner lost out in a race. Now, his
present is that the prosecution enforces a judicial act for corrupt men. The core of
mobilenetwork.
usuallyusedfor.
already found the way to take advantage of
failureleavesusmanythings.
democracy lies in constitutionalism, which equally applies law to everyone not
These statistics are an index that Korea¡¯s
There are various services technically
thisinfrastructure.Theyhaveofferedvarious
discriminating president¡¯s sons from common people. We expect again that the
IT infrastructure is world-class. However,
quite possible. Students can confirm with
on-line classes, and gave students
judiciaryauthoritieswillinvestigatethreesons¡¯corruptionscandalswiththeirbelief.
therecomesanissuethatpeopleareblindto
their phone whether they could check out a
satisfaction. ¡°The merit of the On-line class
its benefit and so few new services have
book or not. And if they want to know if
isthatgreatnumberofpeoplecantakeone
ByKimYu-kyung
been introduced that are successfully taking
there are any seats left at the library, the
good class anywhere, anytime with
ReporterofNationalSection
advantageofthisinfrastructure.
phonewouldcomeinhandy.
resonable price,¡± said a teacher of an
ByKimJae-hyuk
EditorofNewsSection
5.18civilcourtwilljudgeifU.S.isresponsible
Universitystudentsgivefirst
C
ivil court will be held in Gwang-ju in
by the academic sector long years ago.
The originators are going to summon the
specialist Ramsey Clark ,former U.S.
May to judge if the U.S. was a
Therefore, this court would arise public
accusedlikeafinalorderertheJimmyCarter
Attorney General, etc. will be present in
prioritytofindingjobs
wirepuller. The originators of 5.18 Civil
debates over possibility of U.S intervention
administration, William H. Gleysteen, the
courtaswitnesses.
CourtPromotingCommittee(CCPC)saidat
whichsubsidedforsometime.
U.S. Ambassador to Korea in 1980 and
Besidesthecivilcourt,theCCPCintends
thepressconferenceinGwang-juYMCAon
Han Sang-ryul, a joint representative of
Worcurm,commanderofU.S.armedforces
to indict them in International Criminal
N
owadays, university students¡¯ greatest
activities, accepted only 20 percent of the
April 14, ¡°We will judge who ordered,
Reunification Solidarity, said at the press
in Korea in 1980 as local executors,
Court and UN Human Rights Commission
concernisfindingemployment,andso
applicants. There were two applicants for
aided, abetted, and conspired the 5.18
conference,¡°WehavetoaccusetheU.S.of
Holbruk, Assistant Secretary of Defense in
jointlywithotherhumanrightgroupsinU.S.
universitiesarechangingtomeetthedemand
each opening of Yonsei Venture, a venture
slaughter.¡±
itscollusionandconspiracyconcerning5.18
charge of East-Asia, Pacific in 1980 as a
ofstudents.However,someexpertscriticize
clubofYonseiUniversity.
TheseissuesregardingU.S.collisionwith
Gwang-ju slaughter. To make 5.18 Gwang-
back manipulator and a former president
ByParkMin-shik/TheArgus
thistrendsayingthatuniversitiesarenotjob-
College graduates have been faced with
the then new military government, its
judemocraticuprisingintogloriousvictory.
GeonDoo-hwanforafratricide.
placementinformationagency,thewaythat
verytightjobmarket,souniversitystudents,
intervention possibility during the
We must strive to get the official apology
The bereaved families and victims will
theyshouldbeispursuitofknowledge.
even freshmen, are on edge for getting a
suppression process were already suggested
andcompensationfromtheU.S.¡±
attend the court as suitors, conscientious
At the beginning of this semester,
position.Thistrendisrelatedtothefactthat
KyungheeUniversitycreated10classesthat
a number of students have prepared for
helpfindemploymentfortwocredit.Taking
government service and turned away from
Citizens¡¯AllianceforNorthKoreans¡¯HumanRights
these lectures, and that students can learn
college of fundamental science and
howtofilloutanapplicationformandmake
engineering studies. Some people are
asuccessfulinterview.Mostoftheseclasses
worried about the current situation that
enjoygreatpopularityamongstudents;even
universities become like a job information
NorthKoreanshardtofitthemselvesintoSouthKorea
the auditorium seating two hundreds people
center. ¡° The root of the problem lies in a
can¡¯t meet the demand. Joining a club,
stringent job market, the unemployment
students also choose something useful for
problems should be fixed first,¡± a student
O
getting their job. N-CEO, a club of Seoul
said.
n March 18th, a group of 24 North
NKHR began Summer and Winter
NationalUniversitythatstudiesoncorporate
ByKimYu-kyung/TheArgus
Koreans arrived in South Korea
Schoolprogramsinthewinterof1999and
NKHR
through a third country. Their arrival
has successfully carried out three times.
brought to 238 the total number of North
TheSummerandWinterSchoolprograms
Shot On Spot
Koreans who have resettled in the South
aimtohelpNorthKoreanrefugeechildren
thisyear.
who are often neglected while the adult
NorthKorean
Many people had a high interest in the
refugeestakeclassesinHanawon.Students
childrenwho
NorthKoreanrefugeeproblemsparkedby
canbeateacherforthem.
finishedthe
theincidentof25refugeesrushingintothe
KimSu-young,auniversitystudent,22,a
winterschool
SpanishEmbassy.Butitisalreadycoming
volunteer playing an active part in this
programreceive
to be ¡°a forgotten affair¡±. The North
organization said, ¡°Nowadays, the refugee
adiploma.
Koreanrefugeeproblemsaremoreserious
problems are on the increase. It is a
than general expectation and the refugees
worthwhile job that helps the refugees in
standinneedofconstantconcernandhelp.
Korea. It offered a chance to get to know
Studentslookingforachancetohelpthe
the North Koreans. It is necessary to
NorthKoreansneedtopayattentiontothis
understandtheNorthKoreans.ourpeople,
organization. It is Citizens¡¯ Alliance for
soIaskmyfellowstodothiswork¡±
NorthKoreanHumanRights(NKHR).
NKHR is a non-governmental
program¡±. Volunteers help young North
facilitiesforNorthKoreanasylum-seekers.
Address:401. Shim-ji Bld. 10-22
organization working to improve the
Koreans adjust to their school life by
Hanawon carries out a three-month
Gyobukdong, Chongnogu,
humanrightsofthepeopleinNorthKorea
assisting them in academic subjects
program after North Koreans start their
Seoul,Korea
as well as of those North Koreans who
including Korean, English, Mathematics
livesinanewsocial,cultural,politicaland
Tel:82-2-723-1672
havefledtheircountryforvariousreasons.
and so on. These visits to the homes of
economicenvironment.
Fax:82-2-723-1671
This alliance have played an active part
North Koreans usually take place every
It is ¡°1 to 1 guide program¡± that the
E-mail:nkhuman@nkhumanrights.or.kr
for North Korean human rights in various
week or depending upon arrangements
aspirants share their experience of the life
fields. Noteworthily, it has offered a
made between volunteers and North
inSouthKorea.TherearealsosomeNorth
practical volunteer program to university
Koreans.
Koreans who wish to help other South
KimYu-kyung/TheArgus
ByKimYu-kyung
On April 21, Equality Trade Union held a rally at Chongmyo Park in front of the
students.
Thestudentsalsomakeweekendvisitsto
Koreans by sharing their experience in
SeunMarket.ItwasworriedabouthumanrightsofmigrantworkersinKorea,and
ReporterofNationalSection
First, this NGO runs ¡°home visits
Hanawon, a government-run adjustment
successfullysettlinginSouthKorea.
denouncedthegovernmentcannotprotecttheworkers.

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