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OPINION
http://maincc.hufs.ac.kr/~theargus
Interviewwithaninventor,ShinSuk-kyun(R-54)
Editorial
Bringgoodthingstoourlife
FortheN.K.project
T
he name “Thomas Edison” might pop
cup.Andthisevolvedintothecartonofmilk
A
ll the people in Korea was shocked by the sudden suicide of Hyundai Asan
up,whenyouheartheword,theKing
thateverybodyisusing.
chairmanChungMong-hunlastmonth.Intheend,theleadingmanagerofNorth
ofInvention.InKorea,thereisa75-year-old
Besides this folding paper cup, he has
Koreanprojectchosethelastexittogetoutoftriplehandicaps:illegalremittancetothe
man who is called the “Thomas Edison of
invented in 15 fields including electricity,
North,investigationonthehiddencapitalandfinancialdifficulty.Withhisdeath,many
Korea.” Shin Suk-Kyun (R-54), who is the
electronics, instruments, medical science
peoplehaveexpressedconcernedabouttheproject.
chairman of the Korea New Invention
and optical science. His inventions include
Sofar,HyundaiAsanledtheprojectalonewiththegoaltobringNorthandSouth
Institute,isproducingnewideaseventoday.
thesolarradiocap,thebiorhythmcomputer,
Koreaclosetogether.Asaresult,itplayedanimportantroletomakeKoreanPeninsula
The Argus met him at his small office
the stereo multi-vision, an instrument for
peaceful.However,itusedupthewholecapitalabout450billionwonanditisaboutto
located in Jongro-Gu. His office shows us
measuring battery for blind people and so
gobankrupt.EvenHyundaiAsanPresidentKimYoon-kyushowedregrettothepeople
thehistoryofhiscareerataglance.Allthe
on. How could a Russian major invent all
whoexpressedtheirdesirestoassisttoolatebysaying,“Theyshouldhavehelpedwhen
spaceonthewallsofhisofficeisfilledwith
these things? The answer is that this was
hewasalive.”
the certificate of patents, certificates of
possibleduetohisinterestinthesefieldsand
Despitethisconfusingtimes,theprojectmustbekeptgoing.Therearesomeimportant
merit,medalsandappreciationplaquesofall
by studying elementary knowledge of
pointsforthebusinesstoprogresssmoothly.Firstofall,theviewpointandmethodofthe
kinds. Shin has invented more than 5,000
science in school. His special field was
Mt.Kumgangtours,thecoreoftheproject,needtobechanged.Sincethesolecredible
items, and he has about 1,000 items of
electricity in Nakyang Technical High
channelhasdisappeared,thepeopleofthenationandothercompaniesshouldtakeover
patent on new devices both inside and
School. And before entering HUFS, he
theroleseparatingitfrompolitics.Inotherwords,it’stimetosharetheburdenwiththe
outsideofthecountry.
studiedzoology,botany,organicchemistry,
people and other companies. Some politicians suggested that the tour should induce
He has much enthusiasm for life and
inorganic chemistry in the College of
peopletoparticipatebyraisingfundsorbuyingthestocksofHyundaiAsan.
socialactivityforhisage.“Ioftenstayupin
Agriculture at Dongguk University for a
Also, the government and politician have to understand the meaning of the project.
my office till 11 at night.” His energetic
year. In addition, after graduating from
EconomiccooperationbetweentheNorthandSouthiscloselyconnectedwithpolitics
voiceshowedhisactiveandbusylife.Shin
HUFS, he became a graduate student of
KimKyu-young/TheArgus
andtheNorthKoreanuclearissue.NothingcanrelievethetensionofKoreanPeninsula
isgivinglecturesatmanyresearchinstitutes
YonseiUniversityandstudiedengineering.
He has been keeping his invention notebooks, in which he has recorded new
and advance unification but economic cooperation. The only solution for the North
of conglomerates as well as devising new
Wheredoeshisgreatcreativetalentcome
inventionideaseverydaywithoutskippingforthepast20years.
Korean nuclear issue is economic cooperation. The two issues can’t be divided.
thingseveryday.Alsohehasvisitedvarious
from?Hesaid,“Onewhohasgreatcuriosity
Therefore, the officials and politicians should realize importance of the project in the
countries to attend international invention
about one’s field of interest and a basic
presentcrisisinbringingaboutpeace. Especially,theGrandNationalParty(GNP)must
conventions. In March, at the Singapore
office,andheworkedwith6reportersthein
wasacarton.Itwasthefirstonetousepaper
knowledge of science is able to create an
stop criticizing the project and help it. It already left a blow to the 2000 inter-Korean
International Intellectual Assets Exhibition,
eveningtime.Shinworkedfor5moreyears
for containing a beverage. Today, all the
invention.”Headdedthatinventorobserves
summit with the independent counsel. Besides, the GNP always criticise the Peace-
heearnedtheprizeforinventingthedevice
after his graduation. “If children grow up
people in the world are using the carton
things and thinks about them differently
ProsperityPolicyasone-sidedsupportwithoutanyreturn.Thepoliticalstrife,however,
thatcandiscriminatecounterfeitnotes.
without being close to nature, they would
which contains dairy products like milk in
from other people. Shin also said that
endangering the trust of two that Koreas which have been built through economic
Asyouwouldexpect,hiscampuslifewas
become impatient,” he stressed the
their daily life. This simple but epochal
inventorsneedtochallengethemselvesagain
interchange should be stopped. It would bring about a retreat in history. So, it is
also something out of the ordinary. In his
importanceoflivinginnature.Hespenthis
inventionwascreatedwhenhewas23years
and again despite failures. He adds, “The
necessarythattheGNPshowsbroad-mindedattitudeovertheNorthKoreaproject.
university days, he studied during the day
childhood in the countryside of Pyungsan,
old. After the war, western culture was
history of humanity is the history of
Lastly,peoplehavetohelptheprojectbothmateriallyandmorally.Allthepeoplehas
time and worked a tutor early in the
whichislocatedinNorthKorea.
spreadbytheU.S.militaryinKorea.Oneof
invention. Invention is essential for the
torecognizethatifwearegoingtosucceed,it’snottheirjob.Itisnooneelse’sjob,buta
morning. He taught a middle school boy at
Thankstohisaffluentfamilybackground,
the products of the culture was a pill that
progressofcivilizedsociety.Iamascientist
jobforallofus.Inaddition,wehavetobepreparedtoputourtaxestothatmissionand
his home for about 5 years. As a tutor, he
hewasabletoenrollinkindergartenunlike
tasted like orange. People drank orange
and inventor. I am making my inventions
wehavetobepreparedtohaverightspirittosupportthosekindofbusiness.
realizedthatthereisnoguidelinesforhome
many of his other friends. His life as an
flavoredjuicebymixingtheorange-flavored
withpride.”
Response of Korean people on the project is very cold nowadays. Young people in
educationforparentsatthattime.Therefore,
inventorstartedfromthattime.Whenhewas
pillwithwater.“Iwantedtodrinkthisjuice
He is planning to establish an Invention
Koreadonotnecessarilysupportitbecausetheyaretoobusywiththeirownlives.And
with the help of the boy’s father, he
7 years old, he came up with the idea to
that was mixed with the clear water of the
Universitynow.Andevenintoday’spageof
most of the older people in Korea are not favored towards it perhaps because of the
published the monthly magazine “Home
invent his first work, “Umbrella with A
outsidestream.Butbackthen,therewasno
his invention notebook, unrecognizable
painfulmemoriesoftheKoreanwar.Whatisworse,theyexpressedtheirhostilefeelings
Education.” At that time, even weekly
SmallWindow”whileridingabicycleona
container that could be filled with this
codifiedideaswouldbescribbleddown.
byburningthenationalflagofNorthKoreaontheLiberationDayofKorea.
magazines were uncommon in our society.
rainy day. “It was not an invention at that
liquid.”Atthattime,therewasakindofoil-
Both the generations should change their way of thinking. They need to have a
Asauniversitystudent,heneededtoobtain
time,itwasjustforfun.”Sincethen,hehas
stained paper that was waterproof for more
ByBaekMi-sun
positiveattitudetowardstheproject.It’stheonlywaytobringearlyreunification.
aspecialsanctionforpublishingamagazine.
createdremarkableinventions.
than 10 minutes. Shin folded the paper and
AssociateEditorofCampusSection
Afewdaysago,goodnewswasheard.HyundaiAsanwillopentheNorthKorea’s
Atlast,hewasallowedtoopenthemagazine
Oneoftheglobalinventionshehadmade
made a container which could be used as a
Gaeseong Industrial Complex for domestic small and mid-sized companies ahead of
scheduled.Thenumberofapplicantshopingtomoveintothespecialzoneisincreasing
anditisalsoexpectedtoattractsforeigninvestors.ItreflectsthefactthatNorthKorea
FromtheFacultyLounge
hasstartedtohaveapositiveattitudetotheprojectthanbefore.
Sometimes,badluckoftenbringsgoodluck.Likethesentence,economiccooperation
with North Korea is gradually being established. Thoughtful consideration and
W
concessionscanmakeharmonyinKorea.
hatisthesignificanceofthecurrent
restructuringordismissalofworkerscannot
Despitetherecentexpansionoftheinternjob
government and other key parties. In this
level of the youth unemployment in
be implemented properly to improve the
holders, any institutionalized transfer of the
respect, the government already formed
Korea?Thefactisthatoverthelastyearsit
financial situation or the market position of
internpositiontomorestabilizedoneswithin
several special committees. Most recently,
remains a serious social problem which we
theindividualfirms.Asaresultofthis,most
companies still has not been made yet. The
under the responsibility of the Prime
need to resolve quickly and properly. Since
firmsinKoreaareforcedtomaintaincertain
job research service has also never been
Minister a special committee for the
theIMFcrisis,theyouthunemploymenthas
organizational size at the risk of their own
carried out under the supervision of any
resolution of the youth unemployment has
increasedcontinuously.
benefit. There will be no hope for the
genuineandcentralizedauthorityatnational
been established to overcome the current
There are several reasons why this
difficulties.
happens. A systematic unbalance between
It is also pivotal that a social safety net
LeeSang-woo
labor supply and demand is one of these.
should be formed more firmly to make the
The current economic uncertainties are
policies work in real sense. It will actually
forcing companies to scale back hiring or
function to reduce uncertainties which most
scrapping their hiring plans. However, due
Theseriousnessof
job seekers may feel under the current
totheincreasingnumberoftheuniversities
circumstance. As a part of the solution for
from the 1980s the total volume of the
this matter, the promotion of the venture
university graduates immensely increased.
industry might be another alternative which
youthunemployment
This incompatibility has resulted in supply
wemustnotignore.Inthepasttheindustry
exceeding demand to a great extent. It is
accepted lots of youth people despite of its
generally assessed that this mismatch arose
current slump. If the industry is properly
fromtheabsenceofanysystematicanalysis
managed to remain financially strong
of the actual labor market situation. In this
reductionoftheyouthunemploymentinthe
level. What is actually happening is that
enough, no doubt its second contribution is
respect the government is never free from
forseeable future without the guarantee of
several untrained and unauthorized local
easilyexpected.Ahughchunkofyoungjob
anycriticism.
thelabormarketflexibility.Thegovernment
agencies are at the center of the job search
seekers were disappointed with the current
Far from such quantitative mismatch,
recentlyputforwardseveralpoliciesforthe
service. It is real nonsense that such
favorable job market and many of them
qualitativemismatchisalsofound.Thepoint
resolution of the matter. These include the
unqualifiedpartiesareresponsibleforsucha
virtually dropped their plan to work. To
isthatthequalityoftheeducationatthelevel
application of the intern position, the
immenselyimportantjob.
avoid any further decline in the youth
of the universities or colleges are lagged
extensiveusageofthevocationaltrainingin
Weexpectthatforproperworkingsofthe
unemployment, this issue should be at the
behindthegeneralstandardofwhatfirmsin
the IT area and the assistance of job search
above-mentioned policies various actions
topofthenationalagenda.
Koreanormallyrequire.
fortheyouth.However,theresultisfarless
should be implemented such as a required
Since 1987, Korean labor has hugely
thanwhatwasoriginallyexpected.
immense further budget but in combination
accumulatedtheirownpower.Varioustype
The institution of the intern is subject to
with more efficient and effective manage-
Thewriterisaprofessoratthecenterfor
of strong resistance to capital are still
severe criticism due to rare transfer of such
ment as well as a close and continuing
InternationalAreaStudies
maintained.Inthelightofthis,anynecessary
temporary position to permanent one.
supervision of the policies by the
YangYoung-chul/CartoonistofTheArgus
LettertoTheArgus
Whatisrealpatriotism?
Usefultipsforjournalists-to-be
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saw a quite attractive article on The
and products flowing. The advert of new
hmyNews” has been continue to
noexplanationorlittleforOhmyBooksand
PublishedmonthlyexcepttheschoolholidaysbyandforstudentsofHankukUniversityof
Argus in its June edition. The article
challenges the product markets are
cause many sensations since its
OhmyThoughts. Kim Dang’s ideas and
ForeignStudies.TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
encouraged youth patriotism on the
endangeringgeographicalborders,withthe
first publication. It is the first internet
thoughts are ambiguously expressed. For
higheststandardofcampusjournalism.
occasion of 50th anniversary of “The
result that we are facing a bloody war
newspaper in Korea and it has played a
instance, he said, “Korean people tend not
Korean War,” in the total context. The
amongallparticipators.
leading role in internet journalism. So, the
to think. We should keep a sharp lookout
?President,Publisher
AhnByong-man
interesting point is that the editorial
Underthesecircumstances,itisreported
interview with the managing editor of
forthis.”However,itwouldbemuchbetter
?Editor-in-Chief
ParkMin-shik
criticizes a student who favored Japanese
that textile industries in Korea and
OhmyNews was quite timely and
ifhegavegoodexamplesofemotionalism
goods. But I started to wonder whether
Hongkong have knocked out similar
interesting. In particular, the reporter
against rationalism. He gave an excellent
?EditorialConsultant
KooSung-chan
negativecommentwasreallyreasonablein
industriesintheU.S.,andtheironbusiness
covered well Kim Dang’s university life,
solutionwhichisreadingbutdidnottellthe
?Editor
SeoEun-jin
the present circumstances, so I was forced
sectors around the world are more than a
his everyday routines as a journalist and
readers when Korean people become so
?AssociateEditors
BaekMi-sun,KimKyu-young,LeeJi-yong
topickupmypen.
little worried with POSCO. Several
some of his remarkable achievements. At
emotional and forgot rationality. In
OhSae-hoon,YeoHee-soo
Shesaid“IuseJapanesestationarygoods
shipbuildingplantsinEUarereceivingalot
theveryendoftheinterview,hegavealist
conclusion, this is a very impressive
?Reporters
becauseitsqualityisbetterthanours,andI
of pressure from Korea and Japans’
of some good books, together with an
interviewbuttherearesomethingsmissing.
JoHyun-mi,JoJae-hyoung,LeeHyae-myung
think it has nothing to do with patriotism.
technology.Ithinkitwouldchieflydisturb
importanttip-“intellectualcuriosity.”That
LeeJun-gul,ShimHye-jin
We are living in a fair democratic society
market efficiency if we tried to purchase
advice should be very useful to many
?ProfessorEditor
KimHyun-taek
which based on capitalism.” Although the
only Korean products as an gesture of
journalists-to-be.
LeeJoo-hyun(S-01)
?EnglishAdvisors
ChoSung-eun,ChooSuk-hoon
paper decried her unpatriotic, I think it is
Patriotism. It would bring unexpected
Ithinkthatanybodycanreadthisarticle
naturalaswellasmorehelpfultoournation
results much different from what we
easilyandcomfortably.Ontheotherhand,I
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After reading The Argus, please
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