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http://maincc.hufs.ac.kr/~theargus
theworkwastoodifficultandthepaywas
corporations,” said the teacher. “It is
sounfair.Icouldnotfeeltheneedtowork
problem of students’ will. Teachers can
6 months in such a job that would never
contact them with companies, but we
developmyspecialty.”
cannotmakethemwork,”hecontinued.
ThoughJin-gwanquitthejob,buthedid
The reporter met another student from a
Foreconomicjustice
notgotoschoolbecausehecouldgetmore
commercial high school. Son Ae-ree who
certification stamps from the company
graduatedlastyearwasworkingatthesame
whereheworkedfortwomonths.Hechose
placewhereshedidtheapprenticeworking
toenteracollegeandrefusedtostartwork
program. It was a very good opportunity,
directly.
but she recalled it was very difficult to
It is another serious problem that many
endureit.
Everyday,avarietyofeventsoccurin
students make fake certificates and hand
She grumbled, “The company did not
our society. As the society is getting
them to their teachers because they can
follow the contract with me and changed
exceedingly complex, more and more
ignore the school classes if the apprentice
the amount of pay on their own authority.
conflictsarearisinghereandthere.The
working is proved by documents. The
Myfirstjobhadsuchalowpaythatitwas
Argus has planned interviews with
students get stamps from their father’s or
verydifficultforme.”Studentsmustremain
experts who can provide advice about
relative’s office and look for another part-
in the workplace whether the treatment is
these social matters. The “Social
time job that can make more money.
fairornot,togetcareerexperience.School
Compass”willlistentoheartheirvoices
can do nothing in this situation but to tell
andshowtherightway.
...Ed.
theirstudentstoendureit.
Ae-ree continued, “I think apprentice
E
“
workingsystemisessential,buttheschool
xcuse me for a second, I’d better
should guarantee more for the students. I
shave myself.” He said smiling
TheStampis
wish no more students suffer from low
brightly. This man is Shin Chul-young,
paymentorenteraweirdcompanythathas
Secretary General of Citizen’s Coalition for
nofuturevision.”
EconomicJustice(CCEJ).Twowrinkleson
TheManufacturingindustryinacountry
hisfaceseemedtoreflectasliceofhislife.
isabasisofitseconomy.Butthefutureof
theKoreanindustrywillbegloomyifallof
Reporter: Can you explain the
notthetruth
the students evade working in a factory.
background of the inauguration of the
ShimHye-jin/TheArgus
The authorities must reflect on the reason
CCEJ?
ShinChul-young
why the number of technical high school
Shin Chul-young: In the late 1980s, the
studentsaredecreasing.
society has been pervaded by real estate
speculationandthecollusionofpoliticsand
business. Escalating discontent about unfair
But one is working for Samsung. And
distribution of wealth has rallied public
anotherisworkingforsmallcompany.Then
T
he reporter first met a technical high
Actually, many companies did not prove
opinionbehindtheneedforasocialremedy.
they get different wages. My contention is
school graduate Kim Jin-gwan who
thatthestudentsonpaperwereworkingin
But the pace of democratization was still
that,theenterpriseunionshouldbechanged
Korean Teachers and Educational
graduated from Seongdong Machine and
theircompanyornot.Itisdifficulttoknow
tepid. Most movements for remedy used
intoindustrialunion.Laborerswhohavethe
Worker’s Union and the People’s
TechnicalHighSchoollastyear.Hehadan
whether the form is fake or not, but it is
violence. Under these circumstances, the
same kind of job should bring about a
Solidarity
for
Participatory
experience of the apprentice working
verydistrustful.
CCEJ inaugurated to pursue peaceful and
coalitiontogether.
Democracy(PSPD)onceconducteda
system.
A technical high school teacher, who
rationalmovementtojustifytheeconomyin
survey among 755 technical high
The graduated student got a job after
refusedtorevealhisidentity,confesseditis
1989.
R:Whateffortsdoyouthinkshouldbe
school students and graduates about
summer vacation, and worked only for 2
verydifficulttopickoutfakeonesfromreal
givenforEconomicJustice?
the apprentice working system.
months and the quit. He reported at the
ones. Out of 500 perfectly formed papers
R:WhenandwhydidyouenterCCEJ?
S:Bankreformisonething.Upuntilthe
According to the poll, 36% of the
office8inthemorning,andfinishedwork
only 100 of them are not forged. There
S:WhenIwasastudent,Iparticipatedin
present, the government has handled the
technicalhighschoolstudentsworked
at 7 in the eveing. Sometimes, he worked
were not very many papers yet because it
thestudents’movement.Afterthat,Ijoined
banks. Look into the bank account system,
10hoursadayand35%inajobthat
overtime. Moreover, the main task of the
was summer vacation, maybe about a
inthelabormovement.ButIrealizedthata
banksarenothingbuttheirpuppet.Oncethe
payedlessthan600,000wonamonth.
office was just setting up some security
hundred. But among those, the reporter
movement resorting to violence cannot
government direct banks to support a
Moreover, 50% of the students
devices,whichwasnotrelatedtohismajor.
couldeasilyfigureouttheclumsilywritten
arouse public responses. Social movements
specific enterprise, they must do it, without
answered that the job was not
Thepaywasonly600,000wonamonthfor
ones.
should be always rational in order to
being anxious about or finding out whether
PSPD made a site “Uridoo.net” for
corresponded with their major in
hishardwork.
“Every student do not want to come to
persuade the people. That makes sense,
thecompanyissoundornot.
sufferingapprenticestudents.
school.Thisreportisabouttheactual
Accordingtothestandardagreementnote
schoolintheirlastsemester,soallofthem
doesn’t it? In this regard, I decided to be a
That resulted in the collusion of politics
condition of technical high school
aboutapprenticeworking,teenageworkers
try to prove that they are working and
memberofthisNGO.AndI’vebeenworked
and business. By repeatedly supporting the
students.
...Ed.
can work 7 hours a day maximum. And
learning from the working place. But in
forCCEJsince1993.
weakplayersintheeconomy,ithascreateda
ByLeeJun-gul
overtime work must be payed more. Jin-
fact, almost of them are fake or students
moral hazard: Managers are free to go on
ReporterofNationalSection
gwan complained, “I quit my job because
who quit their jobs except those in big
R: What are the achievement that
making mistakes because they know the
CCEJthathavebeenmade?
government will ultimately come to the
S:Well,theprojectsuchas,therealname
rescuethroughotherbanksorbytaxmoney.
MigrantworkersaresufferingfromEPS
financial transactions system, the policy
That’sthereasontheyhadahardtimewhen
controlling real estate speculation, the
the economic crises came up in 1997. The
campaign for a clear election. At that time,
government’s strategy of maintaining the
“
W
e want labor rights! We want
irrationalaspectsaboutEPS.
“WeworkforKorea,butactuallywedo
performance,fivemenwithblackcapeand
real estate prices were soaring. While the
statusquocomesatacost.
legalization!” A crowd of
According to ETU-MB member on the
not have any rights in Korea”, said
big knife entered and attacked migrant
richwhoownedmorethantwohomeswere
In order to avoid the same mistakes and
migrant workers shouted. On August 17,
stage, some 227,000 illegal migrant
Mahbub,amigrantworkerwhoworkedin
workers.TheysymbolizedEPS,employers,
getting wealthier, the poor who were not
enhance crisis management abilities, the
Equality Trade Union Migrant’ Branch
workerswhoselengthofvisitexpiredwere
Korea over 4 years. He complained, “I
government,andsoforth.Migrantworkers
home-owners suffered a fatal blow. That
nation better let the banks stand for
(ETU-MB) held an assembly in
concerning of being deported soon by the
workedveryhardforKorea12hoursaday,
fought against the suppression and finally
contributedtothelargeincreaseofsuicides.
themselvesandgiveachancethemtojudge
Myungdong.Theygatheredagainstthenew
EPS. They should stay away from South
6 days a week. If migrant workers are
won. After the performance, gathered
Nowthereisalawtostrictlyregulatereal
whichcompaniesarethestronger.
bill regulating the employment of migrant
Korea more than a year to be employed
illegal, then the Korean economy which
people started to march to Park of Seoul
estate speculation, but it was changed 35
workers, allowing the simultaneous
again.Moreover,evenifafterayear,there
illegal workers work for is illegal too. I
Hunlyunwon. About 200 people
times after the economic crisis in 1997.
R: Is there anything else you want to
implementation of a new Employment
isnoguaranteeforthejob.Andevenifthe
wanttoworkherelegally,”hecontinued.
participatedintheassembly.
That’s the reason why the matter of real
mention?
Permit System (EPS) along with the
workers who didn’t expire their length of
The assembly started on 2 o’clock p.m.
estate speculation always comes up in the
S: I think students’ movements have
existingIndustrialTraineeSystem(ITS).At
visitdonothavetherightofchangingtheir
At 4 o’clock, there was a performance
table.Andthereal-namefinancialsystemis
decreased. And I think this shows that our
ByLeeJun-gul/TheArgus
the same time, the union mentioned
workingplace.
about suppression to workers. In the
oneoftheimportantaccomplishmentsofthe
society has improved for the better. But a
CCEJ.Inthepast,itwaseasiertobedeeply
morerationalwayofthinkingisneeded.As
involved in underhand financial dealings
you see, Hanchongryon’s recent actions
thannow.
drew criticism. They burned U.S. flags and
climbed onto a military armoured vehicle
R:Thelabor-managementdisputeover
engagedinatrainingexercise.Idon’tthink
the pay increase is one of the serious
theirintentionwasbad,buttheirmethodwas
matters, needless to say proplems of
a mistake. If they really wanted peace in
Pressstirsuphatredagainstactivists
temporaryworkers.What’syourreaction
Korea, they should have persuaded the
tothismatter?
public by elaborating on the situation by
S: Well, even among laborers, there
includingenoughdiscussions.
clearly exist discriminations. The laborers
And this rule is applicable to all cases.
the US Army’s “Stryker Brigade Combat
incomprehensiblethatthegroupwasgiven
not flamed into diplomatic conflict. Yet
whoareworkingforlargeenterprisesgoon
Conflict should be solved by conversation.
Team” was deployed, the South Korean
permissiontorallyoutsideaU.S.base.”
these rallies are a blow to our sense of
strike less frequently. And people in the
The Saemangeum problem is also similar.
public has reacted with massive outcry.
And of course the papers used the issue
nationalsecurity,anditisincomprehensible
lower-incomebracketarevoicingcomplaints
Accurate statements must be given; what
Many here, especially young people, see
for to blame the government for not doing
that no one in the government is claiming
demanding for higher wages. My point is,
kindsofdangerexist,whattechnicallevelbe
thesedevelopmentsasincendiaryfirststeps
enough for to crack down on so-called
accountability.”
thatthemethodofformingaunionshouldbe
canreached,andwhatkindofcompensation
of the neo-cons in Washington toward
radicalism. The supposedly “more liberal”
The activists are right in saying: “The
changed. In fact, our organization of trade
mustbegivenfordisadvantage.
provocation. The DPRK makes a mistake
Korea Times wrote on August 12: “The
U.S. claims that Hanchongryon activists
unionsarebasedontheenterpriseunion.
and the US conveniently takes the
government needs to double its efforts to
threatened the lives of U.S. soldiers is a
It means, their wages depend on which
opportunity to strike back - deathly
root out their (Hanchongryon’s) illegal
obvious lie. It is the U.S. soldiers
company they are working for, not on their
ByShimHye-jin
definitely.
activities, many of which are expected to
themselves who are threatening peace on
workitself.Suppose,therearetwolaborers.
ReporterofNationalSection
It’snowonderthatthepublichereisvery
take place around Liberation Day this
thepeninsula,”thegroupsaid.KoreaTimes
They are working on the same kind of job.
scared about a possible new war on the
Friday,soastohelpthepubliclivewithout
reportedAugust11fromapressconference
peninsulaandwanttodefendthepeacefor
worry.”AndmorefromtheChosunIlboon
givenbyactivistsofHanchongryon.
Fusion,theenergyforthefuture
Koreans!Sostudentsandantiwaractivists
August12:“TheRohadministration,which
All in all, in South Korea, the English
ChristianKarl
have not only rallied in front of USFK
has proved itself reluctant to give up on
language press seems to be - contrary to
Thewriterisanactivistandareporterof
bases here in Seoul but also in Gyeonggi
Hanchongryon, needs to wake up from its
many Korean language media, newspapers
Base21.org
R
province. On one occasion, they entered
unrealistic dream. It needs to wake up for
like Hankyoreh, internet news like
esidents living nearby nuclear power
production, in particular electricity
Rodriguez Complex, a USFK base (the
the good of the country and to assure the
Minjung-uisori,Jinbonet,evenOhmyNews
plant, raise your glasses ? an energy
generation,”heexplained.
Stryker Brigade is stationated here) near
people.”
-totallyonthesideoftherulers,insideand
source for the future energy has been
The exhibition is composed of twelve
There are so many newspapers,
Pocheon,occupiedanarmoredvehicleand
AftertheincidentinPocheon,theUSFK
outsideofSouthKorea.
developed. It was verified that there are no
displaypanelswithshortexplanatorytexts,a
manyopinions.However,asajournal
shouted slogans like “No war on Korean
demanded from the Roh administration an
Meanwhile New York Times reported
harmful by-products. It is so called Fusion.
videopresentationandamultimediastation.
of university, The Argus requested
Peninsula!” a legitimate stance you would
immediate and strongest possible
August 18 that the US-administration is
The Fusion Expo is going to be held from
Theexhibitionoffersanoverviewoffusion
Christian, who is an activist and a
think.
punishmentofthosewho“threatenthelives
steppingupmilitarypressurewithplansfor
August26toSeptember7,freeofcharge,at
research in European laboratories, on the
reporterofBase21.org,towriteacritic
ButnotfortheSouthKoreanpress.Like
of US soldiers.” Almost reflexively, Roh
ajoinnavalexerciseinthismonthtotrain
COEX to provide information about the
challenges, the achievements and the
column.“Mediascope”istofigureout
the Chosun Ilbo, all English language
immediately knuckled under to Big
for interdicting at sea arms and other
energy. A German scientist described this
outstandingissuesinthedevelopmentofthis
which article is wrong from diverse
newspapers here have stirred up hatred
Brother’s (B.B.) demands and publicly
material being transported to and from the
sourceofenergybyshowingfusionmodels.
new energy source. Last, but not least, the
ones. The subject is not limited, the
against the activists. Chosun Ilbo, August
announcedanechooftheUSFK’sdemand.
DPRK. And of course South Korean
“Fusion is opposite of fission which is
role of international cooperation in fusion
content will be a criticizing thing of
11:“Nowtheyhaveunlawfullyenteredthe
And not a soul recalled Roh’s campaign
newspapers, neither Korea Herald nor
producedbysplittinganatom.Fusion,which
research and development is highlighted.
multitudearticlesofothernewspapers.
shooting range of a U.S. Army base, and
promisestobemoreindependentfromB.B.
Chosun Ilbo wrote until now about it,
powers the sun and the other stars, makes
ThereisadescriptioninparticularofITER,
...Ed.
threatened the alliance between South
Demonstrating this plague of amnesia that
because this is a clear provocation in the
energy by combining various gases such as
an experimental fusion reactor currently
KoreaandtheUnitedStates.”
seems to have stricken the media, the
direction of Pyeongyang, and nobody will
helium and plasma.” “The Fusion process
being designed together by the EU, Japan
Likewise, JoongAng Ilbo, same day:
JoongAng Ilbo wrote on August 11:
beabletodefendithere.
couldresultinasafeandvirtuallyunlimited
and Russia. The provision of power by
S
ince OPLAN 5030, the Pentagon’s
“BeforemountingaU.S.armoredvehicleat
“Thanks to prompt measures taken by the
source of energy with no environmental
fusion energy would be an essential aspect
newest plan for dealing with the
the base at Yeongpyeong, the students
government after the rash of illegal rallies
damage such as “greenhouse” gases, acid
forthefutureofmankind.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
threw red paint at the base and held anti-
outside U.S. military bases by the radical
rain, or radioactivity matter. It can make a
ByShimHye-jin /TheArgus
(DPRK, North Korea), was published and
American rallies. It is absolutely
studentgroupHanchongryon,theissuehas
large contribution to world energy

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