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OPINION
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InterviewwithParkJi-hye,asecretary-generalof2000Asia-EuropePeople’sForum
BringASEMtoOrdinaryPeople
ESTABLISHED1954
TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
higheststandardofcampusjournalismandacademicexcellence.
T
he Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) was
society such as a human right, environment
?President,Publisher
heldinSeoulonOctober17-21.Itwas
problem, gender equality. Of course,
ChoKyu-chul
attended by heads of state from Asia and
concrete product is not exist yet and the
?ProfessorEditor
LeeSun-woo
Europe. This ASEM forum marked the
forum is only summit meeting without
?EnglishAdvisors
TimothyWatson,LindaFitzgibbon
beginning of a historically unprecedented
participatingparliamentsofeachcountryand
?HeadEditor
KimJin-young
relationship between Asia and Europe, and
NGOs. That is the reason to protest the
?EditorialConsultant
KimYun-jung
formalized the transition from a colonial
meeting,thepeople’sforummakeupforthe
?Editors
JeonKyu-man,KooSung-chan
power relationship to one of partnership. It
weakpointsinthecurrentASEMdirectly.
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HongJoo-hee,SongHye-min
alsoemergedinresponsetothedevelopment
?Reporters
R:WouldyoutellmeAEPF’sagenda
ofotherregionalblocks.
KamEun-jin,KimNa-hyun
The NGOs of Asia and Europe strongly
anddirection?
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Park: ForNGOsofAEPFprovidebotha
rejectedthepurposeoftheASEMforumof
neo-economics. The media, farmers,
challenge and opportunity for direct
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official forum and called for a “people-
The first agenda is to advocate for a
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transparantandaccountableASEMprocess,
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equitable, ecologically sustainable,
with possibility for civil society
politicallyparticipatoryvision”.
participation.And,secondagendaistobring
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As a result, the Asia-Europe People’s
togetherrepresentativesofcivilsocietyfrom
Forum (AEPF) was established by the
eachASEMcountrywithinthemeetingand
JeonKyu-man/TheArgus
NGOs of Asia-Europe. The Vision Group
to establish consultative and participative
presentedtheso-called“APeople’sVision-
mechanismsforstrengtheninginputintothe
resolve the one-sided pressure of powerful
Forum can present the opinions of the civil
TowardaMoreJust,EqualandSustainable
meetingprocess.
country and gain some degree of demands
society to the various levels of the ASEM
ParadoxofProsperity
World”,andurgedthegovernmentleadersto
Also, AEPF suggest to provide
throughoutgeneraldebate.
process on the various issues being
seriouslyconsidertheirrecommendations.
information and analysis on the emerging
The second suggestion is to establish the
considered, undertaken, or promoted by the
AEPF was also staged at Konkuk
policy issues which are being shaped by
“SocialForum”ItisavisiongroupofAsia-
official process, while ensuring that the
University at the same time as the ASEM
ASEM and to accelerate the process of re-
Europe civil society as a partner of ASEM.
ASEM process will develop policies that
forum. In an interview, the secretary of the
thinkingthemajorchangesthatareshaping
“SocialForum”willfacilitateandcoordinate
respond to the multi-dimensional needs of
I
nthemiddleofOctober,theNobelInstituteissuedastatementannouncingtheNobel
preparation committee, Park Ji-hye, spoke
bothAsiaandEuropeandtodevelopamore
the participation and engagement of civil
thepeoplesinAsiaandEurope.
Committee’sdecisiontoawardthe2000NobelPeacePrizetoKimDae-jung“forhis
aboutthepurposeandvisionoftheforum.
strategicresponsetoASEMonapeople-to-
society organizations in the ASEM process
The participation of the civil society
workfordemocracyandhumanrightsinSouthKoreaandinEastAsiaingeneral,and
people.Inthispart,socialorganizationstake
by organizing the participation of civil
throughthe“SocialForum”willenhancethe
forpeaceandreconciliationwithNorthKoreainparticular.”Kimtoldreportersthathe
Reporter: What do you think about
anactivehandas“criticalintervention”.
society representatives in the meetings and
ASEM process to meet its stated goal of
the ASEM’s distinguishing mark with
would give top priority to the pursuit of harmonious politics and the promotion of
programmes of the various levels of the
“reinforcingthepartnershipbetweenEurope
“democracy”andhumanrights,whilestabilizingthedailylivesofthepeople.Onlya
suchWTO,APEC?
R: So, what is the “critical
ASEM process to present the views of the
andAsiainthepolitical,economic,cultural
ParkJi-hye:Inthemeetings,thepartner
intervention”concretely?
fewdayslater,however,someforeignprogressivecivicgroupswhoplannedtoattend
civilsociety.
and other areas of cooperation” by
the ASEM 2000 People’s Forum, according to democratic procedure, were denied
governments
promote
economic
Park: There are several suggestions of
enhancing “mutual understanding and
R:TheKCTUandothergroupshave
entrancetoS.KoreawherethethirdASEMwasheld.
cooperation, and engage in political and
AEPF, two of them are very important. At
awareness through a process of dialogue”
About200NGOs,internalandexternal,includingstudentsandcitizensheldastreet
security dialogue. The forum, also,
first, each parliaments of ASEM member
a rally against the ASEM. Does AEPF
between peoples and governments of Asia
hasadifferentpositionwiththegroups?
demonstration,“theASEMSeoulDayofActionAgainstNeo-LiberalGlobalization”to
consolidate cultural links between the
country have to participate in ASEM. A
andEurope.
foil ASEM’s attempt to infringe on the economic sovereignty of Korea and people’s
peoples of both regions within its
diplomatic negotiation needs the public
Park: The recognition of present state is
righttolive.Buttheiropinionwasnotreflectedintheconferenceatall,andtoholdback
framework.Theworkintheeconomicpillar
confidence, however, Korea and weaken
notdifferent,onlydifferentviewisafuture
thedemonstratorsandprotectthepremiers,thegovernmentlaunchedthegreatestaction
hasbeenthemostprominentandprevailing
countries gave in to demands of strengthen
of ASEM. We think that ASEM is able to
inhistorywithanarmyfortythousandstrong.
thrustoftheASEM.
country in such cooperation conferences as
distinguishonWTOandAPEC,because,we
ByJeonKyu-man
Thedemonstrationisinlinewiththeinternationalwaveofanti-globalizationthathit
The meeting, however, have a concern
WTO.
suggest to our demand as People’s Vision.
EditorofNewsSection
Seattle late last year and Prague last month, where meetings of the three biggest
about another issue among Asia-Europe
So, participation of parliaments will
And,keypointisabout“SocialForum”.The
“globalization promoters” - the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International
MonetaryFund(IMF)andtheInternationalBankforReconstructionandDevelopment
Teacher, oh My Teacher
(IBRD)-wereheld.
Whyarepeopletryingtoblockthetrendtowardglobalization?Inaddition,thereis
somedoubtastowhytheactivistswereplanningtocometothispeacefulnation,whose
“EducationLeadsLaborerstobeOwnerofHistory”
president is the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, in spite of the inhospitality of its
governmenthavingtopayforitsownexpenses.
Globalizationwasthesymbolofthepioneerspiritandmarketexpansionenrichingthe
country.MostKoreansbelievedthespreadofglobalizationwouldhelpthecountrytobe
depressed, they are much better spirit soon
andcheerupeachotherbetweenmembersin
aheadofthetimesandleadthetimes.
SongHye-min/TheArgus
abigpower,butthisperceptionhaschanged,particularlywhenKoreawashitbythe
throughtheseopportunities.Thisishislarge
a Labor Union and the members in the
Andprepareforhislectureinauniversity,
worst financial crisis in its history. Many citizens and NGOs began to regard
pleasureineveryscene.Howeverinthecase
Korean Teachers Union, was so impressive
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
globalizationandneo-liberalismasanegativephenomenon,claimingthatitendangered
that a struggle is not successful, he feel so
to him. A discussion on the education of
readingbooksandmakingstudentspapersor
laborers and people’s rights in general and accelerated the polarization of wealth.
sorry and often go any place to cheer up
children between them gave so helpful
editing his slide in person. The students of
Behindtheseeminglybenignfaceofglobalizationiscorporategreed,whichmakesthe
them.
informations to the laborers. He added that
his two classes on Wednesday are so
poorpoorerandtherichricher.
In 1970s when he was a student of
they were so needed people in this society
satisfiedwiththelectureshowingthephotos
Twentyeightbillionpeopleinthisworldmakealivingoftwodollarsaday.Onefifth
university, generally, he had been in the
for the better society. In this aspect, he is
using his slide and video and listening the
oftheworld’spopulationarefed,clothed,housedandeveneducatedwiththismeager
agonywhetherhecontinuedtostudyoneself
worthy of his lectures to lead them
musicthatreflectsthesituationofthetimes.
amountofmoney.Ontheotherhand,thethreerichestpeoplepossesspersonalwealthin
or used his knowledge practically with
encouraged. To continue his working for a
Park Joon-sung, he lives a busy life to
excess of the 43 lowest level countries’ GDP, and the 200th wealthiest people in the
laborers. His seniors visited him to join in
longtimeandperformwell,hetrytotakean
create an enjoyable society studying and
ParkJoon-sung
world have more than the poorest twenty percent in terms of income. Of course,
the night school as a teacher of history and
excercise,Geecheon,twiceaweek.
teachingourhistory.Withoutanycalculating
LecturerofGeneralStudies
globalizationisnottheonlyreasonforthisabsurdcontradiction.
he decided to accept such suggestion.
He is also a member of an Institute of
theprofitsandlosses,heenjoyshiswork,a
However,globalizationincitesinequalityinthedistributionofwealth,anditistrue
Sharing his knowledge of history with
StudyingofHistory.Hestudiesandpublish
challenging and a worthwhile job.
W
thatitisn’tconcernedaboutlookingforasolutionfortheresultinggap.Consideringthe
e might have met this person, Park
laborers,theheroandheroineinthehistory,
some books with the company. There, he
Occasionally,heisworryofhisworkstodo
factthatabout80countries’profitshaveplungedincomparisonwiththatoftenyears
Joon-sungbeforewherethelaborers
canmakethemawareoftheirhistory.
often writes his column on the historical
andwaveredlookingathiscompanysettling
ago,thetrendwas“globalizationofpoverty”.Somepeoplesaythatintheconstruction
are.Hehaswenttohereandthereinallthe
He emphasizes that they must have the
labor movement of the newspaper of
down because of his hard and tired life,
oftheextremesociety,whichiscomposedof20%oftherichand80%ofthepoor,the
country by train or bus without any
right historical consciousness of the elder
Hyundai Labor Union. In the institute, he
however,hetellshimselftotakecareofhis
lowest 80% of people can survive while supporting the highest 20%. However, the
hesitation.Foran1-2hourlecture,hecome
laborers, therefore, they are able to know
organized a team of mountain-climbers,
mind. This person who has a tranquil mind
chosenfewarethepeoplewhohaveestablishedtheirpositionbytramplingdownother
totheplacealthoughhespenthismuchtime
theirlivesinthecurrentofhistory.Alsohe
Mountain Shouldering the History, to visit
and shining eyes breathing with the healthy
weak80%ofpeople.
in a bus or train going and coming. His
advised the laborer political activists to be
and study the historical mountain and the
popularpeople,isjustapeoplewhomakea
Whatthedemonstratorsopposedwasnotthesortofnaturalglobalizationwhichleads
lectures with seeing the photos through the
interestedinthesocietyandthethemselves.
surroundings.
history.
to international reconciliation and global harmony like the harmonized symphony of
slide and following the songs, encourages
Following his word, they have to be the
Oneoftheiractivitiesishelpfultolaborers
Schiller’spoemsandBeethovens’beautifulmelodies.Onthecontrary,theNeo-Liberal
them tracing the history of laborers’
mainbodyinourhistory.
whocannotgenerallyusetheirsparetimeon
Globalization has caused a situation in which ultranationalistic financial capital
movement.
At the same time, he says that he learns
weekend. They suggest the climb of the
collapsesnations’economies,andlaysoffworkers,cookinguptheexcuseofimproving
His lectures in every scene of struggling
many things from them more than his
beautiful and historical mountains to them.
competitive power. Globalization is a natural phenomenon, but globalization that
let the laborers desirous to accomplish their
lecture. Many scenes in the struggle touch
In addition if they work for only five days
BySongHye-min
infringesupontherightsofordinarypeoplecannotbetolerated.
demands for fundamental rights. Although
himandstimulatehim.Afterastruggle,that
soon, their experiences become so valuable
AssociateEditorofNewsSection
their hard and painful struggles make them
exchanginganagonyinthewearisomedays
recommendingtothem.Theyareobviously
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