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OPINION
http://maincc.hufs.ac.kr/~theargus
InterviewwiththefamousKoreanmoviestarAhnSung-ki
Editorial
Talentishiddeninyourpotential
Powerof
A
hnSung-kiisfamousasascreenactor.
His academic performance went downhill.
awarded many
commonpeople
HeisalsotheforerunnerofKoreain
Andheagonizedoverwhattopersue-college
prizes related to
the community of motion picture actors-
workoracting.
films reflecting
actress.Afterhegraduatedwithadegreein
But he could not contain his passion for
social issues. He
Vietnamese language, he performed a
acting.Heknewthathewantedtodevelope
said that actors
varietyofextracurricularactivitiesincluding
somethingenjoyableevenifitmeantalotof
should have an
W
ith the presidential election scheduled for December, the ruling Millenium
drama.TheArgusreporteraskedhimtotalk
works.Atonepoint,hetookteststobecome
interestinreallife
DemocraticParty(MDP)andthemainoppositionGrandNationalParty(GNP)
abouthispastexperience.
an employee for a large corporation but he
problem and play
seemtobeheadinginverydifferentdirections.Despiteaseriesofcorruptionscandals,
He decided to enter HUFS because he
failed. The companies he tried to get into a
by being mindful
the MDP is in high spirits thanks to the success of its ongoing presidential primaries
liked its ambience which his cousin
student who majored in Vietnamese
of the integrity of
whiletheGNPisonshakylegsduetoitsintrapartyfeud.
encouragedhimtoexperience.Healsoliked
language because south Vietnam was
Koreanmovies.
MDP’sadoptionoftheprimaryelectionsystemisfavorableamongKoreansasakind
the idea of not having to take any math
defeatedinthewar.
He is now
of political reform. Moreover, the recent Roh Moo-hyun phenomenon has turned this
examinations since he was very poor at
Afteragreatdealofthinking,herestarted
pleased that the
race around into a great popular contest following his strong performance in the
numbers. The first round of entrance tests
actingbyusinghistheatricalexperienceasa
market
share
Kwangjuprimary.RheeIn-je,currentlythefrontrunner,stillmaintainshisoveralllead
wasafailurebuthissecondattemptpaidoff.
momentum. His acting began at the lowest
Korean movies is
overRohMoo-hyun,ahumanrights-turned-presidentialhopeful,buttheRoh“wind”is
As a freshman, he was concerned about
pointplayingrolesasabusboyinaChinese
gainingpopularity
heatingthepublicsohardthatRheecannotstaycomplacent.
Vietnam and so decide to major in
restaurant while working on several
approaching that
Meanwhile,theGNPstillhasnotrecoveredpeacefromtheinternalfeudsparkedby
VietnameseheeventriedROTCbecausehe
scenarios. He worked very hard to cultivate
of Hollywood
Rep. Park Geun-hye’s defection on February 28. Lee’s intraparty opponents have
wantedtoparticipateinthewarasanofficer
his talent so that he could act in many
films. His only
demanded for major party reform, urging the introduction of a full-fledged collective
wish could not fulfilled because when he
different fields of acting. His tireless effort
disappointment is
leadership and eradication of vassal politics. On March 26, GNP president Lee Hoi-
signeduptogothere,thewarhadended.As
paidoff,ashebegantorecognizebypeople
that
movies
chang decided to resign and to introduce a collective ruling system. However, Lee’s
a result, he and his friends majoring
aroundhim.
expressing the
imagehasalreadybeendamagedbecauseofhis“luxuryvilla”episode.
Vietnameselostinterestintheirmajorstudy.
He played various part in many different
matterstruebelief
Also, public distrust of politics has been growing because of a series of corruption
Even so, he greatly enjoyed his activities
andenjoyedimmensely.Hethoughttoothat
are being ignored
scandalsrelatedtotheKimDae-jungadministration.TheoppositionGNPmountedits
at HUFS. He participated in the HUFS
accomplishhisroleineachmoviewasvery
unfavorable
effortstoattacktherulingcamponthisgroundinsteadofreflectinguponitsownpast
theatricalclubandperformedinmanyplays.
important.Hewasgladthathisactionmade
commercial
conduct.MoreoveritsleaderLeeHoi-chang’sluxurymansionexposedisappointedthe
Helikedtheclubsomuchthatoncehespent
his audience sometimes happy, sometimes
productions. And
publiconceagain.
histuitionmoneyforhisclubactivitiesand
sad and impressed at times. He said, “ I
he agreed Mun
HaKyung-hwan/TheArgus
WhileLeeHoi-changwasentangledwithhisinnercirclemembers,RohMoo-hyun
he used the prizes that he received to
always feel that I and audience sharing
sung-kun, Korean
has galloped ahead threatening Lee’s bid for the presidential election. Opinion polls
finances education .Looking back it was a
sentimentsofthesameage.”
actor’s saying that wise audiences make
person depends on his/her awareness of
conductedbythemajorbroadcastersshowthatsofarRohhassurgedaheadofLeeHoi-
recklessinvestmenthesaid.Buthesaidthat
We seem to react and respond to
goodmovies.
his/her own true interest and aptitude. He
chang,whohaslongbeenthefavorite.TheLeecamphadthoughtofRheeIn-jeastheir
the club activities eventually lead to his
comtemporaryeventsthesameway.During
When he was asked what his opinion
alsosaidthatsuccessfulperformanceinone
competitorintheupcomingpollbutnowitmustchangeitstacticstobeatRohMoo-
actingcareer.
the military years, everything in the movie
about success, he replied that standards of
task will lead to success in the subsequent
hyun.
What he found especially enjoyable was
industry was censored. People movies
successshouldbechangedbycollegewhen
tasks.
AtissueistheideologicaldifferencebetweenLeeHoi-changandRohMoo-hyunand
the international atmosphere that HUFS
refrained from making critical social
they grow older. “Nowadays”, he said,
Theimportanceofbelievinginone’sown
thesocialclasstheyrepresent.WhileRohisperceivedasareformistandthecommon
offeredThecampuswassmallbutbecauseit
comments, but he wanted to enlighten
“peopleareapttoconsiderrealsuccessasa
potentials and feeling happy about
people’sfriend,LeeisseenastheoppositeofRoh.Lee’sself-righteousleadershipwas
was small students interacted with one
audiencesbytellingthenthatcensorshipwas
worldly desire. But I think true success rise
developingthemcannotbeoveremphasized,
revealed due to the recent internal feud and his “luxury villa” revelation struck the
another frequently and closely. He smiled
wrong and that it was also wrong distort
inone’ssenseofsatisfactionregardingone’s
hesaid.
commonpeopleasincongruous.The“commonerversusaristocrat”dichotomybetween
addingthathecouldmeetallhisfriendsjust
contentsofcinemas.
own work. If we perform with faith in our
RohandLeecouldthusdriveLeeintoadisadvantageousposition.
byhangingaroundthetoilets.
In the movies he performed such as
assignedworks,wewillgetrecognitionand
AtapressmeetingheldinCheonbukonMarch21,Leesaidaboutthe“luxuryvilla”
Hestartedcinemaactingwhenhewasfive
,,
financialrewardatthesametime.
fuss,“IdonothaveanaristocratictasteandIdonotbelongtothearistocraticclass.I
years old. Although later on he had to
he tried to express his convictions about
He advised HUFSans to cultivate their
ByLeeSo-jeong
would like to appeal to the people whether I am worthy to be in the aristocratic
stopped it because of his study. He then
realistic problems. His efforts were
hidden talents and careers, adding that the
AssociateEditorofNewsSection
position.”Hisremarkmaynotrestorepublicapproval,however.
became just a regular high school student.
recognized by the public and he was
foundation of success in the life of young
There is no telling, however, if Roh Moo-hyun carry his momentum until to the
presidentialelection.GNPvicepresidentwhohailsfromtheYoungnamdistrictissure
FromtheFacultyLounge
that Lee camp could drive the battle to an ideological confrontation between the
conservativeandtheprogressivecampifRohgetshispartynomination.
Ifsuchatwo-waybattlecomestopass,thecommonpeople’schoicewillplayakey
roleintheupcomingelection.Thecommonpeoplerecognizedastheoppositeconcept
and misinformation. Which is closer to the
democracy. The Internet, they contend, can
policies and find it wanting. Plebiscitary
to the vested interest group make up the majority in our society. But their political
truth? At the risk of oversimplifying their
help to make all of us more active and
democracy, they argue, is not democratic
influence has dwindled away due to their political apathy caused by their mistrust of
positions,I’dlikesummarizebelowthebasic
knowledgeable about government. In fact,
deliberation but simple head-counting. One
politics. Therefore the gap between common people and vested interests has been
ideasandbeliefsofeachcamp.
these technologies make it possible to hold
problem, they assert, is that passive
increasing,hinderingourgrowthasademocraticsociety.Nowitistimetobreakupthe
For any democracy, information is an
national town hall meetings in which the
participationisfardifferentfromactiveand
viciouscircleandtodemonstratethepoweroftheordinarycitizens.
essential resource. On the one hand, one of
nation (or some sizable portion) meets
thoughtful consideration. Watching and
the major failings of democracy is that so
possibletodebateandcertainlytodecidethe
registering one’s vote is a far cry from the
few people actually take part in the
issues of the day. For example, it is
town hall ideal of debate and persuasion.
democratic process. One of the reasons
technologically possible (though currently
Moreover, the position that wins is most
many pundits think the public fails to
prohibitively expensive) to attach a keypad
likely to be the largest and not the most
participate is that they lack sufficient
to everyone’s television so that during a
rational. Finally, electronic democracy runs
information about the political process.
televised“issuesconvention”wecouldeach
theriskofdividinganationintosmallerand
smallerfactionsasbroadcastmediabeginto
“narrowcast” messages to specific groups.
JungGi-woong
Onemorestepinto
With media sending messages to just those
AlecturerofDepartmentofSpanish
suited to hear them, we become shielded
from ideas that we may find distasteful but
C
yberspace is one of the most talked-
cyberspace
shouldhearnonetheless.
about topics of our age. With the
At any rate, there can be no doubt that
increasinguseoftheInternet,cyberspacehas
cyberspacemayofferanewforumforvoters
come into our daily lives. This suggests
andpoliticalcandidatestointeractlikenever
some questions and, most of all, how the
Without basic knowledge about the
simply log our position pressing 1 to vote
before.Inthisrespect,thetrialoftheruling
Internetisgoingtoaffectsocietydrawsour
government,howitworks,andwhorunsit,
yes, 2 to vote no. An even more
Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) is of
attention.I’dliketotalkabouttheinfluence
people simply tune out. On the other hand,
sophisticated vision would be an on-line
great importance. Voters in the primary
of the Internet, especially on the realm of
we have the simple fact that democracy
equivalent to MBC’s “100-Minute
elections for MDP, for the first time in
politics.
thrives on information. Democracy requires
Discussion,’ where the public watches the
Korea, are using both electronic voting and
Reading through the growing number of
leaders and, hopefully, the populace to
debate and e-mails, faxes, or calls in their
Internetvotingtochoosecandidates.
works related to computers and politics, we
discuss ideas and policies affecting the
opinionsorquestions.Theexpertsandlocal
WeareneversureoftheresultofMDP’s
see that most answers fall into one of two
society. But deliberative, thoughtful
audience discuss the comments and then a
election,butallofusarecertainthatMDP’s
camps.Probablythelargercampbelongsto
discussion requires knowledgeable and
vote is taken. Either way, even today the
trialtousetheInternetforprimaryelections
the utopians, those who see computer
informeddiscussants.
technology is available to make such
castanewpossibilityofcybeprpolitics.Itis
networks as ushering in a new age of
So, utopian visionaries regards the
interactivedemocracypossible.
time that we should be more alert to the
democraticpolitics.Theothercamphasjust
Internet, which can deliver nearly unlimited
Thereare,however,afewvoicesoffering
advent of new political world? the
the opposite prediction. That is, computer
information to your monitor in mere
warningsinsteadofhope.Someconsiderthe
cyberspace.
HanSe-jung/CartoonistofTheArgus
networks will create a new age of conflict
moments, as the promise of a better
idea of instant electronic voting for public
LettertoTheArgus
DearReaders
Side-effectoncelebrities’drugabuse
Let’scastavote
ESTABLISHED1954
R
ecently many celebrities have been
youngpeoplebutolderpeoplepayattention
T
he rulling Millennium Democratic
TheArgusispleasedtoannouncethe
PublishedmonthlyexcepttheschoolholidaysbyandforstudentsofHankukUniversityof
arrested in charge of drug abuse
toeverysinglethingthattheydo.Therefore
Party’s presidential nomination race,
new 11 cub-reporters who have been
ForeignStudies.TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
including philopon, marijuana and ecstacy.
this dope scandal created a monstrous side
whichwasadoptedbynewwaystopickupa
selectedafteranexamination.
higheststandardofcampusjournalism.
Lawenforcementareplanningtoinvestigate
effect that may stimulate their desire of
candidate, are continuing excitedly during a
TheyareChoHyun-min(R-02),Heo
more than 10 celebrities suspected of this
imitation.Inthisvein,celebritiesdrugabuse
seesaw game between Mr. Rhee and Mr.
Jae-sung(H-02),JeongYoung-eun(E-
?President,Publisher
ChoKyu-chul
crime and it will have a bad influence
caneffectteenagersmorethanever.
Roh.TheissuethatParkGeyun-hye,whois
02), Kim Min-suk (BE-02), Kim So-
?Editor-in-Chief
teenagerswhoadmiresthemthemost.
Celebrities must take this incident as a
daughterofformerpresidentParkandwasa
won (FE-02), Lee Da-young (E-02),
KamEun-jin
?EducatingDirector
Drug abuse is not just limited to specific
profound lesson. They ought to watch what
strongpresidentcandidateinGrandNational
Lee Eun-kyung (F-02), Park Ji-yeon
HongJoo-hee
celebrities, it is becoming a critical social
they do and realize who they are, because
Party,gotoutofthepartyisexpectingtobe
(E-02), Park Min-shik (EE-02), Park
?Editors
KimJae-hyuk,KwonHye-mi
issue. Young college students and office
making millions and billions of money
aninfluentialfactorinelection. However,it
SunJu(E-02)fromImunCampus,and
?AssociateEditors
HaKyung-hwan,LeeJoo-hyun,
workers obtain drugs easily in rave parties.
means that they should be responsible for
istruethatmanypeoplewhoarerealheroin
Son Hye-young (P-02) from Wangsan
LeeSo-jeong,LeeSo-jung
As some teenagers and housewives take
theirbehavior.Wecannotbecomeasociety
election.Mostofstudentsdon’tthinkthatit
Campus.
?Reporters
KimHong-ran,KimYu-kyung
drugssuchasecstacyinnameofmedicineto
of drug addicts in any circumstances.
isownbusiness,solookawayfromthatkind
TheArgusexpressescongratulations
reduceweightandstayalert.Thesolutionof
Celebrities’drugscandalshouldbetakenas
of issues. But it is evident fact that these
to the cub-reporters, hoping that they
?ProfessorEditor
SungKyung-jun
this problem is needed to be furnished
agoodopportunityforustoremedythedrug
attitudescannotsolvetheproblemsofKorea
willbecomeexcellentreporters.
?EnglishAdvisor
quickly.
abuse. It’s time for government to declare
politicratherthanstrengthentothatsituation.
The Argus is accepting additional
RheeSeong-ha,ShinMyoung-sup
Because celebrities are not only spot-
waragainstdrugandweshouldgiveourfull
Let’s prepare for being a voter who can
applicants for 69th cub-reporters in
lightedaspublicpersonbutalsoarolemodel
supporttothethem.
castaballotstatelyinDecember.
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