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4 MARCH2,2005
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Failureisbutathresholdtosuccess
THEEYESOFTHEARGUS
KiaMotorsunionscandalsignalsanewstartforKCTU
Administer’sattitude
I
t’s been quite noisy with people gasping
But the head of Hanul Institute of
about the employment scandal the labor
Research in Labor, Ha Jong-kang has a
union of Kia Motors Corporation has
counterargument. “To be egoistic is the
perpetrated in January. On top of that,
purposeforexistenceofthelaborunion.As
P
eople usually say the education of a nation is so important that it can command
Korean Confederation of Trade Union
they fight to increase their benefits, the gap
another century. Present education is no doubt a driving force of the nation’s
(KCTU)suspendedtheir34threpresentative
ofthelivingstandardbetweenthelaborand
growthafter10to15years,thatmostofthestudentsbecomethepillarsofsocietyby
conference on February 1 due to the
themanagementnaturallydecreases.”
working and spending. The importance of education in Korea as a country to be far
disturbance caused by the internal disunion
AccordingtoadissertationbyKangTae-
advancedcannotsayitinaword.
between the hard liners and the moderates.
wook and Yoon Jong-il of LG Economic
The reporter had a chance to meet Minister (minister of Martyrs & Disabled)
Although the chairman Lee Seung-ho
Research Institute, “Consumer Spending
AbdullahWardakofAfghanistanonFebruary7accidentally,ataverycasualrestaurant
showed his apologies in the most formal
Polarization and Countermove of
in Seoul. He was in full vigor all the time during the dinner, even though it was an
manner, most of the press and media has
Enterprise,” 1999, what Korean economy
unofficialplantovisitKoreaandmeetKoreanpeople.3womenfromafemininecivil
been exaggerating the negative side. The
really needs at the present moment is not
groupcontinuedaskingquestionstohimaboutthehumanrightstatusinAfghanistan
Grand National Party is already up to
moreofinvestmentnorsavings,butmoreof
related on women and children that might be disturbed by the war in the country for
weaken the union, and the public criticism
spending.
about30years.Actually,Mr.Wardakistheleaderofnationalindependentmovement,
against the union workers of conglomerate
“Considering that the society has large
andheleadedguerillainthesteepmountainsofAfghanistanfor26years.
companiesisgettinglouderandharsher.On
gulf between the rich and poor, because of
ItseemedthattheministerhadfirmesteemondemocratizedAfghanistanandloveto
the other hand, there are some people who
the ‘Chabul’ system, the rich cannot spend
his country that he answered in very clear and confident voice. Although he couldn’t
Yonhap
seetheissuepositively.Theyarguethatthis
enough due to the law of marginal utility,”
studyalotbecauseofthewar,theeffortsthathemakeforhisnationseemedtobeno
KCTUishavingageneralstriketoabolishirregularjobs.
could be a new start for the union towards
remarkedHa.
less than other educated ministers. Moreover, Abdullah was highly interested in
moredemocraticsociety.
Second criticism is this. The unnecessary
education. He emphasized current education situation during the answering. He said
andunlawfulstrikeoftheunionisgoneway
This actually is true. Nobody can deny the
footstep of European countries,” says Ha.
proudly, “3 years have passed after the war, and now 6 million students are going to
Factsandmythsaboutlaborunion
too far, reflecting unstableness in Korean
corruption that has been proven to exist by
“Whattheunionneedstodotostartthinking
school.Wearegettingaheadto7millionthisyear.Wewillmakeourcountrybetterby
First problem the public criticizes is the
society to the global. This draws away the
thescandalinJanuary.
more than themselves. It needs to advance
educatingourchildren.”
egoistic labor union. Union workers of
foreign investors and eventually causes to
from classify-by-company system to
Althoughhewasnotaministerofeducation,hewascaringalotabouttheeducation
conglomerate companies, as known as
dragoureconomydown.
Originationoftheproblem
classify-by-industry system. This will help
of his country, that one of the purpose of unofficial visit to Korea was visiting
“patrician labor union,” work at luxurious
Countries like Germany or France have
But here, before blaming on the labor
themtorealizetheresponsibilitybehindtheir
universitiesandevenmeetingKoreanstudents.Hementionedthathehadaremarkable
environmentcomparedwiththeblue-collars,
suchlawsasallowtheirlaboruniontoclaim
union, one question needs to be explained:
actions.ButbeforethatthepeopleofKorea
experience while staying for about a month in Korea, that he saw and learned many
more general definition of the term
what they need. For example, Korean law
Aretherestofthesocietyclean?Thescandal
need to change their biased views on the
advancedthingsofKorea.
“laborer,” and yet they strike against the
prohibits any laborers related to hospital,
wasnotsolelydonebytheunionworkersof
labor union. The term ‘labor’ may sound
Due to the appointment that President Roh Moo-hyun in January appointed former
management for pay raise and for less
including the janitors, from going on strike,
KiaMotorsCorp.,butitwasajointplotset
disgraceful to many, but the correct
Finance and Economy Minister Kim Jin-pyo as a minister of Education and Human
working hours. These people argue that the
whereas in Germany, only the doctors at
by the government officials, bankers, and
definition of labor is ‘anyone who works.’
Resources Development, civic groups and educational organizations are strongly
laborunioninconglomeratecompaniesisof
certainfieldsarerestrictedfromstrike.“The
somecivicorganizations.Moreover,judging
European countries have taught this since
opposingtheappointment.
nouseforoursociety.
only weapon the union has against the
from the prosecutor’s investigation, the
people were in kindergartens and in
However, seeing above, the lack of experience in educational field that educational
managementistostrike,andeventhatonly
scandal doesn’t deal much with the union.
elementary schools. Their text books
organizations worry about the new minister may not matter if the new minister is
LeeJun-gul/TheArgus
weapon is excessively regulated by the law
What has always been there is not the
emphasizethedefinitionandtherightsofthe
seriously concentrated on better education. Open mind and seeing the exact need of
in Korea. This causes the illegal strikes,”
possibility of the scandal, but the
labor.”
students might be more important. In that point of view, the conception that the new
saysHa.
discriminationofthemanagementwhoonly
Mr. Ha, above all, points out the social
minister picked up is making contrast with what the students really need. It is a
Another refutation is that most of the
tries to hire someone outside of the union’s
welfareandthesocialinequalityasthecore
completely wrong order to grow every university students as sufficient men for
foreigninvestorsdonotthinkofKoreaasan
reach. The ratio of the union members is
problemofoursociety.“Sofarmostofthe
business. The order have to be changed, so enough and multilateral growth from
unstable nor a leftist country. The president
abated,andthepoweroftheunionisgetting
social welfare programs in Korea were run
elementaryschoolshouldbeonfirstforstudents,andthebusiness’sneed,thenext.That
ofTheAmericanChamberofCommercein
weaker. Naturally, the union had no choice
by the donations from the public, whereas
kindofeducationcouldbeexecutableafterpubliceducationreformationsisdoneupto
Korea, William C. Oberlin said that the
but to get involved with the personnel
most of the advanced European countries
a certain point. Correspondently, companies that need manpower of good quality are
majorproblemwithKoreaneconomyisnot
division, trying to draw more people in the
have social welfare programs protected by
goingtopreferthelatter,ratherthanpeoplewhohaveonly“employment”intheirhead.
thatthelaborunionstrikesaretooviolentbut
union.“Itstillisanundeniabletruththatthe
thesystemoflaw.Asforthegovernment,it
For better or for worse, the minister’s term has started, and as the President Roh’s
that the Koreans lack self-assurance. The
labor union in our country has problems,”
needs to study their system and apply them
commentonappointment,thechangeofministerisnotveryparticularinlongdriveof
violence level of the labor union and what
says Mr. Ha, “But the problem isn’t just of
to ours,” Ha added, “That means to attain
education policy. Therefore, the best way to drive well our education will be
theyrequireofthemanagementisnotabig
theunion,theproblemisalsoofoursociety.
social welfare which at least guarantees the
affectionate caring and continuous communication within teachers, students, and
dealcomparedwiththeothercountries.
Itisthesocietythatneedsthemajorchange.”
minimum human rights because democracy
parents.
Thirdly,peoplemightsaythatthereisno
can only be achieved when ‘everyone’ has
hopeleftforthelaborunion.Someevensay
Eachhashisownparttoplay
thesamestartingline.”
ByLeeJun-gul
that there has always been a possibility of
Tothepeoplewhoseetheissuepositively
PlanningDirector
scandal, or it has been happening all along,
itensuresthatthisistheturningpointofthe
ByKimHan-sem
because the labor union has been morally
labor union and the society. “Our social
ReporterofNationalSection
HaJong-kangattheinterview.
corruptingsince1997,thebreakoutofIMF.
structure is now slowly following the
Buildinghousewithlove
ProtestagainstNSLgoeson
I
t was all white and the weather was
“I
t’s like throwing an egg against a
extending the expiration date after each
lastedforaboutonehour.
freezing. It is the time the mountains of
rock in hope to break it,” a member
demonstration. On the February 26 rally,
“I know it was a fairly small sized
Taebaek reach the peak of their beauty.
of Social Solidarity for Abolition of
about200peoplehavegatheredbeforethe
assemblywehadtoday,”attheendofthe
Mountainsarecoveredwiththicksnow,and
NationalSecurityLaw(NSL)KimChang-
newGNPconferencehall.Itwasn’talarge
meeting Kim commented with a sense of
the children are sledding down the hills.
ju (28) described the atmosphere of the
number compared to the past anti-NSL
confidence in his voice, “But today was
Most people can easily recognize the place
assemblywhichtookplaceonFebruary26.
movements.
meaningfulbecauseitgaveusachanceto
bythefamouscasinoKangwonLand,along
“But the important thing about our effort
“The Uri Party, last year, has promised
organize what we have done so far and
with the ski resort and the snow-flower
is,” he went on, “That it still is worth
beforethepeopleofKoreatheabolitionof
what we need to do next. This will be the
railroadtripofKORAIL.
getting the rock dirty.” There have been
NSL.Butwithconservativebehavior,GNP
newstartingpointfortheanti-NSL.”
But all of these can merely represent the
numerous demonstrations throughout the
hasbeenagreatobstacletolayingthebill
Coinciding with the demonstration, the
outward Taebaek. Taebaek was originally a
yearof2004againstNSL,buttheNational
attheNationalAssembly.Thelayingofthe
SocialSolidarityforAbolitionofNSLhas
coal-mineareawhichhasbeencloseddown
Assembly has not shown any effort for
billhasbeenpostponedtobetakencareof
been holding an anti-NSL contest “Adieu!
since1989,whenthegovernmentannounced
reformation so far. Kim’s depiction of the
at the temporary session of the National
a National Security Law Contest.” The
“coal-mine industry rationalizing policy.”
demonstration gives a hope of possibility
Assembly in February. So far, they have
contestisopenforanybodywhohasagood
Theregionhasbeendepopulatingeversince.
for something that seems unattainable to
donenothing.WeareherebeforetheGNP,
idea for creative works ? including
Althoughthegovernmenttriedtorevivethe
many.
not in a hope of completing the abolition,
parodies, public advertisements, satire
community by installing the casino and the
The demonstration was organized in the
buttocompletetheabolition!”Themeeting
comics, cartoons, flash, and videos ?
ski resort, these couldn’t support the whole
effort of censuring the conservative Grand
started with the amplified voice of Oh
which criticizes the injustice of NSL. The
region of Taebaek and gave them more
KimHan-sem/TheArgus
National Party (GNP) for their anti-
Jung-ryul, the president of National
contestissponsoredbyOhmyNews,NGO
negative images in the society. This is the
ChoiSung-yulatTaebaekHabitatvillage.
reformation movements against the
Alliance for Democracy and Reunification
Times, and DC Inside. The deadline for
time when Habitat Humanity Taebaek first
abolition of NSL. It was actually over a
of Korea. After the speech, the central
submissionisFebruary27,andtheresultof
steps into the community. Habitat, a
getthejobbackasatruckdriversinceIam
volunteersfromalloverthecountryshowed
month-long demonstration rally by the
practicecommitteeofSocialSolidarityfor
thecontestistobeannouncedon28ofthe
Christian organization dedicated to
anexperienceddriver,”commentsChoi,“So
up. Of course many of them are college
central practice committee of Social
AbolitionofNSLtiedredribbonsalongthe
month.Moreinformationscanbefoundat
eliminating poverty housing, builds houses
IthoughtIwouldgiveitatry;Idecidedto
students.Evensomeforeignerscamehereto
SolidarityforAbolitionofNSLduringthe
fence of the new GNP conference hall.
http://www.actioin.or.kr.
for the ones who can’t afford to pay for
dothe500hours’work.”Buttherealwork
help. It was very touching.” Choi adds, “I
monthofFebruary.Itisuncertainwhenthe
Each ribbon read either “abolish NSL” or
regular homes. To become a resident in
beganwithahumongousproblemathands:
accidentallysawagroupofcollegestudents
rally will be over; they are currently
“democratic reformation.” The assembly
ByKimHan-sem/TheArgus
Habitatcommunity,theapplicantmustfulfill
nobody knew how to build the houses. A
having a meeting about the preparation of
the requirements such as status of income
fewpeoplewentdowntoCheonandivision
August festival. The college students I was
and 500 voluntary working hours building
to learn how to make internal and external
watchingweretotallydifferentfromtheones
Shot On Spot
Habitathouses.Habitathas13branchoffices
walls.ThentheycamebacktoTaebaekand
in my mind. It is then that I decided to
all across the country, and each Habitat
made what they learned. When they faced
becomeacollegestudentmyself.”
branch office is run by the managers, or
anotherproblem,theywentbacktoCheonan
Busy during the day working with the
gansanim.
division.Theyhadtorepeatthisprocessover
volunteers,busyatnightstudyingatschool,
Anti-Mibalchulaw
Choi Sung-yul, a manager of Habitat
andover.OncetheyinvitedanAmericanas
hehassuchpassionforeverythinghedoes.
HumanityTaebaek,hasalittlespecialthing
aninstructor.“Icouldn’tunderstandathing
He also gives this credit to Habitat. “I like
to say about Habitat. It’s because he’s not
he said,” Choi remarks, “But somehow I
the group because it encourages the people
Astudentwhoismajoringineducation
just a manager of the group, but he is also
understood what he meant. There must be
never to give up, giving them hope to live
relatedfieldisbeinginterviewedatthe
one of the residents at the community. His
something special about man-to-man
on.” The time he enjoys most at Habitat
anti-Mibalchulawdemonstration.
jobistooverseethewholebuildingprocess
relationship,thatis,theunderstandingofone
community is when a house is completed.
Mibalchulawwasproposedinthe
whilethevolunteersfromallovertheworld
another goes beyond the barriers of
Thisisthetimeherealizedthetruemeaning
NationalAssemblytosecurethesocial
comeandwork.Itisalsohisresponsibilityto
language.” And it is somewhere along the
of“houseoflove,”ahousethat’sbuiltupon
statusofthepeoplewhohave
take care of the lodging of the visitors and,
wayhefellinlovewiththeconstructionand
the love of volunteers. A dream of a
graduatedfromthepublicteacher’s
being a resident himself, to watch over the
architecture. Currently he is majoring in
gansanimwhoknowshowtoenjoythework
collegegraduatesintheyear1990,
currentresidentsforsafetyreasons.
architectureataneveningschool.
is simple: to go out to the world and build
when“teacherselectiontest”wasfirst
“When I first heard about the ‘house of
“I couldn’t believe when the managers
houses for the poverty struck places with
introducedbythegovernment.Theanti-
love’ through my wife, I thought of
told me that about three hundred college
HabitatHumanityInternational.“Lifeistoo
Mibalchulawgroupisplanningon
something like homeless shelter or
students come here to help every year. I’ve
shorttolivejustformyself.Knowinghowto
havingalargeassemblyonFebruary
something of false religion,” says Choi.
always had negative views on college
enjoy the work and helping others are the
28,infrontoftheNationalAssembly
Never hearing of Habitat Humanity before,
studentsbecauseIthoughtalltheyknowisa
keytohappiness,”headds.
hall.
hewassuspiciousandthoughtofthegroup
loudandshallowactinfrontoftheelders.So
as a bunch of swindlers. At the time, it
I didn’t expect much from them. I mean,
ByKimHan-sem
LeeJun-gul/TheArgus
wasn’tlongafterhiscompanyfailed,andhe
theyarenotevenrelatedtomeoranybody,”
ReporterofNationalSection
was working as a truck driver. “It’s easy to
Choi says, “Then, a large number of

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