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02 Editorial
Real Change Comes
from Right Recognition
A
wave of change has swept across South Korea’s two allies. In Japan, one of the
country’s closest neighbors, the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
trounced the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the August general
election, ending the latter’s rule of more than 50 years. The LDP’s defeat was fueled by
theparty’sinherentpoliticalfactionalism,unsavorypolitical-businessrelationsandarigid
bureaucracyintransigenttoeconomicreformsandchange.
IntheUnitedStates,SouthKorea’smainally,PresidentBarackObamahasspearheaded
amovetooverhaulahealthcaresystemthatcurrentlyleavesupto47millionAmericans
uninsured.
In a similar vein, South Korea’s Lee Myung-bak administration and the ruling Grand
National Party (GNP) have begun to recast their image as more in tune with the average
voters. Such efforts follow the earlier criticisms that the Lee’s GNP represented the
interestsofonlythebigbusinessesandthewealthy.
AspartofarecentCabinetreshuffle,LeeappointedeconomistandformerSeoulNational
University chief Chung Un-chan as new Prime Minister, also naming six new ministers.
Yetinspiteofthegovernment’sefforts,ithascontinuedtocomeundercriticismasbeing
insincereinitspoliciesandnominations.
Amongthecriticsareagrowingnumberofuniversitystudents,whohavelaunchedavote
ofnoconfidenceagainstPresidentLeeMyung-bakandhisgovernment.
According to the National University Meeting, a gathering of university students from
around the country, student representatives from 62 universities have joined a movement
toexpresstheirdisapprovalofthegovernment.Inaddition,anationwidepollofuniversity
studentsonSept.29showedthat38,032saidtheydisapprovedofthecurrentgovernment.
WhydoesthissurgeofangerriseatPresidentLeeMyung-bakdespitethegovernment’s
newpolicies,includingtheprovisionofstudentloansandloweredtuitionfees?Theanswer
isalackofsincerity.
The roots of real change lie in recognizing this fact. The government needs to have
sincerity, which will only come about when the government listens to the voice of
universitystudentsburdenedbyeconomicinsecurity.Onlythenwillrealchangeoccur.
Editor-in-Chief
ParkHyun-chul
www.theargus.org

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