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OPINION
BlueprintofKoreanArmyunveiled
Editorial
Hardway
Scientifictechnologysupportsthereductionofarmy
country.Koreaistheonlydividedcountryin
todemocracy
ByYangEun-ae
the world, so as you know, it has special
AssociateEditorofCampusSection
securityconditionsasmuch.
First, it is necessary that whole nation
T
he Ministry of National Defense
should comprehend the importance of the
W
hen the writer conversed with a freshman student, he complained about the
(MND)openedtothepublicablueprint
national defense and this reform bill above
GSC’s hard acting or labor union’s strike that caused inconvenience in using
of Korean army last month. According to
all because soldiers exist to protect us if a
schoolfacilities.Healsosaid,“Onlytheprofessorsknowthepresidentialcandidates,so
this bill, maldistribution of Korean Army
war breaks out. Secondly, members of the
itnaturallyfollowsthattheyselectthepresident.”Thewriterquestionedthefreshman,
which lasted for five decades will be
National Assembly have to recognize the
“Ifyouwereahighschoolstudent,wouldyouagreethatsincetheteachersknowwell
reorganized immensely. It reduces current
necessity of increasing national defense
about the students, only the teachers are entitled to discuss and select the student
680 thousand troops to 500 thousand until
expenditure. China spends approximately
representative?”Theanswerwas“No”withoutanyhesitation.
theyear2020,integrates3troopscommand
three times more to our government’s
WiththenewpresidentelectionforthcomingnextyearinJanuary,thecampusisina
system,andcombinesthemilitarydraftwith
expenditure for the national defense, which
loudmood.Atfirst,theadversecriticismonthePresidentAnhByongMan’sBusiness
recruiting soldiers. As final official
is 180 hundred million dollars, and Japan
Promoting Fees started to appear early in the last semester as well as the method of
announcement about the reformed national
backups 490. And thirdly, the president of
electing the president. At present, only the Faculty Council (FC) which is the
defense bill is impending, controversy that
South Korea must recognize “the national
representativesofprofessors,hastherighttoparticipateintheelection.However,asa
surrounds the future of the defense begins
defense,” one of the important policies like
constituentoftheschool,StudentCouncilandstaffworkersalsoinsistthattheyhaveto
earnestlyfromnowon.
politics and diplomacy. Finally, MND
YangEun-ae/TheArgus
joininthepresident’selection.Forthatreason,thesedays,StaffUnion(SU)ishavinga
Particularly, the first reserves and army
should make an estimate per year
ParkYoung-juneisreferinghispositionontheissue.
strikeandtheGSCacthardfortheelection.
experts argue that the reduction of army is
economicallyandspenditefficiently.
SomestudentscriticizeandcomplainthatHUFSdoesnotcareforthestudents.They
premature to carry out under fluid national
Untilnow,therehasbeenshortofthemost
R : It will give a state of disorder to
saythattheissuewehavetoconcentrateonisthevalueofeducationandwelfare.They
security condition. However, the other side
advanced computer technology and the
grown-up young men who have to do
R:Whatdoyouthinkaboutreducing
saythatnextmonththerewillbeanevaluationofuniversitiesandinthissituation,strikes
demands high level of reformation, saying
science of information in South Korea. So,
theirdutyonmilitaryservice.Isthereany
soldiers on service in headquarters of
andotherhardactionswillaffecttherankingresultbadly.Withsuchreasons,theyblame
“Thereductionisbasedonintensivemilitary
weneedtobuildupthemilitarystrengthby
suggested solution to figure this problem
MNDandsettingciviliansthereinstead?
theSU,andinquirebetterandmoreconvenientservice.Otherstudentshavenointerest
service!”
using limited financial resources and to
out?
Park : I will approve of the plan if it
in the issue. They just feel uncomfortable because the papers informing strike and
Atthispoint,TheArgusmetParkYoung-
backupsuchtechnology.
Park : For more substantial force,
increases efficiency and develops national
election for the president on the wall all around the school make the atmosphere in
june, Assistant Professor of the National
specializing soldiers is the subject of the
defenseadministration.Becausesoldiersare
disorderandevenarouseahorriblemood.Theydonotknowmuchabouttheissuebut
Security College in National Defense
R:Ifweshrinkthearmy,isithardto
reform bill. But the number of soldiers
abletobespecialassoldiersinthestrategical
getonlysomemeagerinformationfromshortchatswiththeirfriends.
Universityandaskhisopinionontheserious
balance between Korean force and 1.17
wouldhavebeenreducedin2020ofitself.In
aspectandcivilianscanbudgetforexecutive
In this chaotic situation, what is the truth? HUFS had a problem related to private
nationaldefensereformation.
million standing army of North Korea
my personal opinion, it has to maintain the
taskwell.Itisbetteriftwoareharmonized.
school foundation’s corruption. In 1998, professors, students and staff workers got
withpossibilityasanuclearnation?
conscription system for men to take on a
togetherandtriedtoputthemoutoftheschool.Asaresult,anewfoundationgivento
Reporter : Will this reformed bill
Park : N.K. leans against outdated
dutywithoutclassdistinctionaslongaswe
Today the world is going in a new way,
public management launched again. Those days they tried to achieve a goal with
towardstrengtheningthenationaldefense
weapons and has poor economic
standfacetofacewithN.K..Next,thearmy
reducing troops and modernizing the army.
harmony.Thisconfusionrelatedtothepresidentelectionalsostartswiththethoughtthat
beabletotakeeffectnextyearinKorea?
backgrounds.
shouldguaranteesoldierstheirbasicrightsto
Inaccordancewiththistrend,itisdesirable
HUFS’mastersarestudents,professorsandstaffworkers.Withpresentregulationson
ParkYoung-june:Itseemsthatthetime
Then we are able to get rid of menace
realizepotentialityandimproveanarmylife.
that Korea tries to modify the national
the president election, the problem reveals itself. On current regulations, the president
is not quite mature for taking action on the
from that type of forces. And I think N.K.
Arippleeffectwillbefollowedbychanging
defense law. Hereafter, MND will continue
electionisprogressedbyFConly.ThenBoardofDirectorshastorecognizeit.Forthat
plan. Then it has difficulty making people
has a real nuclear weapons yet. To oppress
army culture; higher fighting spirit, for
to pay careful attention to the trend of the
reason, the president elected with professors’ opinions may command with a leaned
understandaboutthelaw.Butitisimportant
the former weapon, we need concentrated
instance.
public opinion, appeal to a nation for
direction.
for us to guard South Korea against the
missile attack and should compose an
nationaldefensereformationandpresentthe
Althoughprofessorscanexpertlyrecognizethepresidentbecausetheykeepcompany
attackfromNorthKoreaandkeepthepeace
independent corps. Once MND has decided
R : Does the government have enough
bill at the National Assembly in early
withhim,evensuchpointshavebroughtseveralproblemssuchasinthepoliticalfield.
in Northeast Asia. Therefore, MND will
to reform national defense law, we need to
backupscientifictechnologytostrengthen
November. But there are many obstacles to
However,presentregulationswithonlyprofessorrepresentativesarecriticizedbyother
introduce the new bill to the government
make “able to win” army, otherwise we do
thetroopsinspiteoffinancialdifficultyby
take a step forward. It is our turn to think
members of HUFS. The president of HUFS has to be elected by all the members not
benchmarkingthatofFranceinthedirection
nothavetomodifythebill.Forthepurpose
thistime?AndwhatshouldKoreado?
about what is a correct plan to revive
only professors. In a school which educates democracy, how will a democratic leader
of not unconditionally reducing the military
ofthisreform,theguidedmissilecommand
Park : That is what I would like to say.
powerfularmyofthe21stcentury.
electingprocessbeprogressed?Isn’titclearwithoutthinkingtwice?Onlyassertingthe
powerbutbalancingit.Thereformbillmust
post will be formed in Republic of Korea
Until now, the government has supported a
existinghabitualpracticecanbeunderstoodasauthoritarianismorconservatism.
strengthen the national defense anyhow.
Armythistime.
little national budget in defense of our
bonobono86@hufs.ac.kr
ThewriterhasawishtowardotherHUFSmemberswholookattheaffairsrelatedto
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the next president election with indifference or cold heartedness. This is not other
people’s business but your democratic right as HUFSans. In addition, electing a
representativeisconnectedwithalltheconstituentsoftheorganization.Ifjustachieving
ademocraticelectingprocessbringssuchanoise,theroadtodemocracyseemstobea
IsCoalitionPoliticspossible?
longwaytogo.
proportionally representative for several
electoralseatsunitedinacoalition.Buttwo
control a majority of the seats in the
political parties. It is known that a coalition
major parties with different ideological
legislature).
government often leads to more consensual
orientationstendtodifferonpolicyissues,so
However, President Roh’s call for a
politicsandbetterreflectsthepublicopinion
theyusuallyfinditmoredifficulttoagreeon
coalition government was in opposition of
than a single-party government. On the
a common direction. In the end, they are
the Democratic Labor Party and the
contrary, under presidential systems,
almost always at odds, and nothing is
Millennium Democratic Party. They have
president organizes a cabinet for his own
accomplished.
madeitclearthattheydonotagreetoRoh’s
backedbyasinglerulingparty.
Especially, a grand coalition with more
proposal. Therefore realistic alternative is
PresidentRoh’srecentproposalofagrand
thantwo-thirdsoflegislativeseatsaimingto
thattherulingUriPartysearchesforapolicy
coalition, therefore, is unprecedented and
reform an electoral system or to revise the
cooperation different from a coalition
exceptional.Whenacoalitiongovernmentis
constitution can be regarded as a political
government which shares cabinet ministers.
established, a strong prime minister and
strategyinthenegativesense.Inaddition,a
When the ruling party finds a political
AhnSeung-gook
somecabinetmemberswillbeappointedby
grand coalition is exceptional in
partner, there are many issues including
theoppositionparty.
parliamentarysystems.Thatis,majorparties
political reform on which it could make a
This suggestion, however, still has a
in most parliamentary-system countries
compromisewiththeoppositionparty.
I
thasbeenamatterofgreatconcern-both
problem that it ignores and distorts
usually prefer to associate with minor
It may be necessary to form a coalition
to politicians and ordinary citizens-that
voters’mandate. Actually election is one of
parties. Consequently proposal of a grand
government to resolve decades-long
President Roh Moo-hyun proposed to
the strongest methods to express
coalition is hard to get people’s sympathy
regionalism and the politics of divisiveness
establish a coalition government with the
electorates’intention. Therefore, present
andsupport.
in this country, but a coalition government
major opposition Grand National Party.
politicalstructureistheresultofthepeople’s
If it is inevitable to form a coalition to
shouldnotbeestablishedthroughtheprocess
Roh’s suggestion seemed to be sincere but
choice and should carry out their intention.
reform an electoral system, another
of one-sided negotiation from the people is
Park Geun-hye, chairwoman of the Grand
Thus, cooperation between the ruling party
possibility is a narrow coalition between
excluded. Hence what is needed is, at this
NationalParty,officiallyrefusedtoacceptit.
and the opposition party to seek
parties with closer ideological orientations.
pointofthetime,togivecarefulattentionto
Coalitiongovernmentsareusuallyformed
parliamentary majority can be seen as
That is a coalition with one of two minor
thetrendsofpublicopinionandtotalkabout
when any single political party can not
betrayalofvoters’choice.
opposition parties can constitute a minimal
thepoliticsofcompromiseanddialoguefor
secure an absolute majority of legislative
Moreover,acoalitiongovernmentwiththe
winning coalition (a coalition which is
cooperationamongparties.
seats in parliamentary systems. Such multi-
Grand National Party is unnatural. What is
characterizedbythefactthatifanymember
partyarrangementsarecommoninWestern
called a grand coalition usually means that
leaves the coalition, the coalition loses its
ThiswriterisalecturerofDepartmentof
democratic regimes where the parliament is
the two major parties have roughly equal
winning status in the sense that it ceases to
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interested in social issues and other things
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the world reach a consensus on the
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