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AnotherWorldisPossible
REFLECTINGTHEGLOBE
Thevideointhistimetells
WorldSocialForumstrugglesforanti-WorldEconomicForum
thehumanrightsinIraq
ByCheaDea-chul
GuestReporter
T
hehumanrightsofIraqhasnotbeenfocusedforyearsbecauseofallthepolitical
change, the guerilla war and terror. Especially in these times the iraqi prime
L
ast January 25 through 29, the World
ministerhaveelectedonFebruary13,sothealmostallthemediahadpublishedalmost
EconomicForum(WEF)alsoknownas
allpageswiththisstory.ThetapethatcapturedthesceneofsomeBritisharmybrutally
DAVOS Forum was held in the Davos,
beatayoungwhocouldnotresist.Thistapehasbeenreleasedby‘NewsoftheWorld’
Swiss. At the same time World Social
whichisoneoftheBritishmedia.TheviolationhumanrightsonIraqibythealliedforce
Forum (WSF) was held in Caracas,
is not the first time. This makes the voice of the allied forces should be withdrawal
Venezuela. What is WSF and why was it
strongerintheworld.
VS
held at the same time with WEF? In Korea
AbuGhraibprisonwhichwasestablishedon1960sbySaddamHusseintotorturethe
Some of the citizens had awkward chances
politicalenemieswasusedbytheAlliedforceaftertheApril2003fordetaintheIraqi
to see the famous screen actors with picket
who were arrested by the police questioning. Next year, this facility’s name will be
on the streets. Last December, There were
notoriouslyspreadedouttotheworldknownastheplaceofabuseonprisoners.U.S.
some of farmers who are in the Korea
forcehavedetainedabout8,000foroneyear.95%ofthemwereprisonedbecausethey
Farmers Union have protested against the
have helped the attack on allied force or the potential of that. However, they were
meeting of World Trade Organization
sexuallyabusedortorturedbytheAmericansoldierswhohadthemissiontokeepthe
(WTO) executives in Hong-kong. These
parameteraroundthefacility.
www.muslimwakeup.com
Participants at the opening of the World Social Forum. Mumbai, Jan. 2004. (Left) Bill Gate, Tony Blair, Nelson Mandela and
actions are on the line with the anti-
Picturesofthepilednakedprisonersarewellspreadthroughtheinternetandthenews
BonoattheWorldEconomicForuminDavosin2005.(Right)
internationalization. This is why these anti-
inthattime.Thispicturesweretakenfromthesoldiersforsendingthemtothefriends
internationalization movements are seen in
overinU.S.ThismadethewholeworldblametheU.S.Duetothissomesoldiershave
oursociety.
representing world civil society. The World
thisforumalsohostsalmosteverysecretary
should not proceed the negotiation without
beensentencedwithseventotenyearsinprison.However,thefundamentalsolutionhas
World Social Forum is developed in the
Social Forum is not a group nor an
of the Foreign Affairs from the countries.
the agreements from every constituents of
not developed. After this has happened the international red cross held the press
PortoAlegreofRioGrandedeSulinBrazil
organization. This WSF has been hosted in
What they would discuss is guessable. The
society.TheNGOgroupshavetheirmeeting
conferenceandsaidthattheywarnedU.S.tostopthisabuse.Theyalsoinsistedthatthe
with the movement of anti WEF. Reason
thesameplacefromthefirstbutinthissixth
cash flows in the world and how to flow it
on January 24 who are from Korean
abuseisnotonlyhappenednotonlyintheAbuGhraibprionbutalsomoreprionsin
whytheyprotestonWEFarethattheythink
WSFisplannedtobeheldinthreedifferent
not to change it. In contrast, Social activist
Advanced Farmers Federation (KAFF) and
Iraq.Theysaidtheycontactedtotheofficialstosolvethisproblemseveraltimesandthe
the forum does not listen to the third world
places. During January 19~23, Bamako the
aregatheringaroundfromcountriesinWSF
Korean Peasants League (KPL) with the
officialssaidpositivelytothatrequest.Althoughtheresultcameoutnegatively.
anddevelopingcountries,whichresultinthe
capital city of Mali and January 25~29
withthesamethemeofthat“AnotherWorld
groupwhoareagainstthescreenquotatobe
TheabuseonthedemonstrationmarchbytheBritisharmyhasrevealedbythevideo
forumofonlycountrieswiththepower.The
CaracasofVenezuela,March24~29Karachi
is possible.” As you see above its subjects
decreased. In these days, the media focuses
whichwastapedinearly2004.Thevideo,filmedintherestivetownofAmarainthe
World Social Forum is an open meeting
ofPakistanarethestagesoftheWSF.
theyareagainsttheanykindofimperialism.
onthescreenquotadiscussionhowever,the
Maysan province, just north of Basra, in January 2004 appeared to show defenceless
place where social movements, networks,
With the leading of the Chavez the
Theyalsoprotestagainsttheincreasinggap
real problem is the FTA negotiation. Korea
youngIraqisbeingkickedandattackedwithbatons,totheapparentamusementofthe
NGOs and other civil society organizations
Caracas VI, the president of Venezuela,
between the rich and the poor, and they
have accepted the demands of U.S. even
cameraman. This tape is seemed to be photographed during the protest for the right
opposed to neo-liberalism and a world
WSF had 7 million applicants from Non
researchwaystoimprovetheproblem.
before first negotiation in four areas which
payment.TheBasraisthecitythatapproximately8,000britisharmyremain.Oneofthe
dominated by capital or by any form of
GovernmentOrganization,Anti-Wargroups,
are Screen quota, beef, vehicle, medicines
citizenoftheBasraMuhanadAlmusayinsisted“Theviolencewhichisshowedinthe
ThemovementsfromtheKorea
imperialism come together to pursue their
in the same time the WEF had 2,340
according to Seoul Economics There was
videoishappeningeverydaytherearemoresevereviolences,”accordingtoAssociated
thinking,todebateideasdemocratically,for
applicants from the 89 countries executive
Last Decebmer 18 the Korea peasant
public hearing on this FTA problem on
Press.
formulate proposals, share their experiences
people. In our country Ban Ki-mun,
groups have organized the protest group of
February second. However, with the
TheHumanrightsoftheforeignersisworsethantheIraqi.Thereweretimethatthe
freelyandnetworkforeffectiveaction.Since
SecretaryofForeignAffairs,attendedonthe
about 1400 people to demonstrate against
physicalprotestoftheparticipantsmadethis
carwheretheforeignersrodewasaccidentlyattackedbythealliedforce.Andthereare
thefirstworldencounterin2001,ithastaken
WEF. On the WEF the theme is Creative
WTOexecutivesmeetinginHongkong.The
hearingclosedafter20minute.
possibilityofkidnappingbytheterroristsandthemurder.Thelateriswellknowntous.
the form of a permanent world process
Imperative. Under that theme 244 sessions
groups will keep in touch with the Via
For the reason of the Iraq war, America mentioned the human rights of Iraqi.
seeking and building alternatives to neo-
are held. Among them half of their subject
CampesinatoprotestonDohaDevelopment
Anti-internationalization is not to against
However, after three years of stationing the human rights, of Iraqi seemed to be
liberal policies. This definition is in its
arerelatedtotheEconomics.Meanwhileon
Agenda (DDA) which was created after
ontheinternationalizationasyouseeinthe
worsened.Thisleavestheoriginalintentionofthestationingandthewarunclear.
Charter of Principles, the WSF’s guiding
the Caracas WSF there were subjects like
WTO members in November 2001 and
WSF and the movements from the farmers
ItlookedlikethenewprimeministerhavebeenelectedandsotheIraqfinallycan
document.
“thepower,politics,struggleofliberationof
launched a new Round of global trade
theyarekeepintouchwithothercountries.
have its own stable state. but in the inside of the Iraq black shadows of human right
The World Social Forum is also
society,” “The strategy of imperialism and
negotiations, named after Gulf City where
They are protesting from the concept of
abusestillexist.TheHumanrightswasthefundamentalreasonofAmericaforthewar.
characterized by plurality and diversity, is
the struggle from the people,” “The source
thetalkstookplacetoexcludetheagriculture
humanism that the people in hunger needs
However,Itdidn’timprovedatall;itonlyhasgottenworse.
non-confessional, non-governmental and
and the rights for the life,” “Labor, exploit
section. Because of that protest 700 was in
should be fed. They are against the
non-party. It proposes to facilitate
andthereproductionoflife,”“AntiIraqwar
held in the prison for some time and 4 are
internationalization which enlarge the gap
decentralized coordination and networking
andanti-internationalization,”“Breakingthe
stillintheprisonwaitingupcomingtrial.
between the rich and the poor. Their true
ByCheaDea-chul
among organizations engaged in concrete
poverty.”ThedifferencebetweenWEFand
AntiKorea&U.S.FreeTradeAgreement
purposeis“DreamingAnotherWorld.”
GuestReporter
action towards building another world, at
WSFisshownobviously.
(FTA) movements has risen on the against
anylevelfromthelocaltotheinternational,
In the WEF, the sponsors are famous
the negotiation between Korea and U.S.
but it does not intend to be a body
multinational conglomerate companies. In
They are protesting on the reason that they
luke@hufs.ac.kr
Russia,intheeyesof foreigner
Virginvoyage
FeeltheBRICs
R
egional conflict has long been
consideredachronicprobleminKorea,
a characteristic unique to our country.
many performances and met with ordinary
IfImentiononepointthatwasapity,we
However,it’snotonlyadilemmaforKorea,
ByCheaDea-chul
livinginBrazil.Intheweekendswevisited
planned IT volunteering working, teaching
butalsoforRussia.Oneofmyfriendsliving
GuestReporter
KoreantownandAsiatowninSaoPauloto
computer education, but the plan was
in Vladivostok says that people living in
lookaroundtheimagesofKoreainBrazil.
changed to learning Brazil culture. The
Moscow don’t care about other cities in
D
uring the winter vacation the BRICs
fundingwasnotenough.Ihopethisproject
Russia, especially those in eastern Russia.
4. What did you feel during the
voluntaryworkteamsweresenttofour
receivesplentysupportinthefuture.Iwould
He thinks that the people in western Russia
different countries ? Brazil, Russia, India
project?
likethisprojectcanbefundedsomanymore
arehaughtyandnarrow-minded.Examining
andChina.TheArgustalkedwithJungJin-
First of all, Brazil is located so far away
studentscouldgettoknowmorebyactually
Russia is interesting because it has many
kyung(E-03)whoparticipatedintheproject
fromKoreasoitishardtogetthere.Ithink
meeting the people and experiencing the
similarities and differences with our own
named HUFS-COLORADO from February
there should be more concerns from our
culture.
country.
1to15.
universityontheissuesofsafetyduringthe
Also, I look forward to a stronger
Russia,nicknamed“Polarbear,”isahuge
trip. However, overall it was a great
relationship between Brazil and Korea to
country and faces many problems ahead.
1. How did you prepare for this
experience. Brazil’s vast size which I could
build good friendship by BRICs
The bottom of their predicament lies in the
event?
only learn through books or movies was
volunteering work teams and I hope more
mentality. Russians like to talk about this
At first, to be selected by our school, we
beyond my imagination. I could feel the
HUFSanscouldhavethesamechanceinthe
mentalitything,callingit“patience.”Thisis
hadtoworkhardtogetgoodgradesforthe
beatingheartofBrazil.Iwassurprisedtosee
nearfuture.
an admirable trait, one that Korea has
semesterandparticipateinthepreparationof
Brazil with unlimited possibility of
benefited from for a long time. However, it
theproject.Allofourteammatesarefriends
development.Itwasanhonortobethefirst
turns out that in Russia, “patience” is
from the Young Aboard Internet Voluntary
BRICsvoluntaryteammember.
luke@hufs.ac.kr
impeding the progress of the nation itself.
ServiceteamwhichissponsoredbyMinistry
When people face the absurd and
of Information and Communication. Our
unreasonable system, they just say “It’s
membersareKimJun-ho(S-05)whospeaks
Russia, let it be” and live on. In my view,
well Spanish and Portugese, Yang Ki-tae
including that most of Koreans, this
JoHyun-min(R-02)isposinginfrontofsignboardinRussia.
(CS-00) is our team leader. Most of all, we
mentality needs to change and people have
hadtocontactBrazil.Wedidourbesttobe
toprotestandseizetheirrights.ButRussians
meanstheyarenotthatsubmissiveafterall.
that Russia is one of the best countries that
practicalintheprocedure.
wanttheircountrytoberuledbyapowerful
Apartfromthismatter,theeconomyisall
haveLuxuryGeneration.Eventhoughmany
president, who reigns like a tsar, barely
about politics. About 90 percent of the
Russians are poor and their businesses are
2. Would you tell me your first
coping with problems even though people
members of the national Duma are
about to go bankrupt, they buy exorbitant
impressionofBrazil?
knowtheyhavetobemodified.Nonetheless,
millionaires and own a company. I’m not
minksandcarsfortheythinkiftheydonot
Thelongflightwasexhausting.Togetthe
the problems were not like today. Besides,
saying it’s bad that they have their own
look like a rich person, potential business
lowestpriceontheflightticketswechosea
Russiansusedtoasserttheirrightseagerly.
businesses.However,citizensoftheRussian
partnersandordinarypeoplewouldnotwant
flightwithseveraltransfers.However,itwas
As history shows, Russia has developed
Federationdonottrustgovernmentofficials,
to deals or talk with them. Such thinking
goodtofeelthewarmthinBrazilduringthe
more slowly than others and lived through
for they earn a lot of money by improperly
makeswomenspendmostoftheirmoneyon
time of winter in Korea. Sao Paulo is the
countless wars and bitter coldness. Yet
wieldingtheirpoliticalpower.Theeconomy
clothes.
biggest city in Brazil. I could find out why
Russians established a remarkable culture
is ruled by the mob and politicians, thus
Of course such phenomena are not
with my own eyes. There are so many
and were progressive in thinking about the
creatingaseriouspovertygap.Forexample,
confined to Russia. We have problems like
peopleinthecitywhichisalmostsimilarto
idealsociety.Inanutshell,theywerestoical
trafficpolice,whoarenotoriousforextortion
theseaswell.Russiaisdevelopingslowlyas
Seoul. But the difference is that there are
in a beneficial way, enduring. They went
of money from foreigners, earn 200 dollars
theydidinthepast.Yettheyhaveresources
manydifferentraces.
through the revolution to build an ideal
per month. Prices are also rising rapidly.
andreadalotofbooks.Eventhoughtheyare
society.Duringthattime,politicsbecamethe
Therefore, the traffic police don’t have a
in the middle of transition and are facing
3.Whatdidyoudoontheproject?
most important thing of all and Russia
choice in doing that. That is probably why
many problems, they will rise again. Many
WelearnedabouttheBrazilliancultureat
becameapolicestateaboutwhichRussians
peoplesometimessaytheywanttogoback
Russians say to foreigners that Russia does
theculturecenterinSaoPaulo.Onthefirst
do not talk. Through the Stalin years, they
to Soviet times and wear T-shirts with the
nothaveafuture.Butstill,theyhaveproudly
day,wewerefatigueduetolongflighthours
became submissive and feared speaking
initials“USSR.”
believe in their hearts that Russia is the
sowerested.Onthesecondday,westarted
againstthegovernment.Asaresult,Russians
More intriguing stories are in the
biggestandthemostpowerfulcountryever.
ontheprojectbyvisitingtheculturecenter.
seldom protest against what they think it is
Russians’wayoflife.Generally,richpeople
For the next 14 days we studied and
wrong. But even Russians have a breaking
don’tactrich.However,inRussia,boththe
searched the sources of Brazilian culture in
point, saying that they would start a war or
rich and poor like to present themselves as
FromJoHyun-min(R-02)
that facility it helped us establish an
revolution if pushed past this point. That
rich. The number of luxury cars indicates
understanding of the culture. We also saw
IntheBrazilculturecenter,YangKi-tae,KimJun-hyo,staffandI.
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www.theargus.org
MARCH2,2006
AnotherWorldisPossible
REFLECTINGTHEGLOBE
Thevideointhistimetells
WorldSocialForumstrugglesforanti-WorldEconomicForum
thehumanrightsinIraq
ByCheaDea-chul
GuestReporter
T
hehumanrightsofIraqhasnotbeenfocusedforyearsbecauseofallthepolitical
change, the guerilla war and terror. Especially in these times the iraqi prime
L
ast January 25 through 29, the World
ministerhaveelectedonFebruary13,sothealmostallthemediahadpublishedalmost
EconomicForum(WEF)alsoknownas
allpageswiththisstory.ThetapethatcapturedthesceneofsomeBritisharmybrutally
DAVOS Forum was held in the Davos,
beatayoungwhocouldnotresist.Thistapehasbeenreleasedby‘NewsoftheWorld’
Swiss. At the same time World Social
whichisoneoftheBritishmedia.TheviolationhumanrightsonIraqibythealliedforce
Forum (WSF) was held in Caracas,
is not the first time. This makes the voice of the allied forces should be withdrawal
Venezuela. What is WSF and why was it
strongerintheworld.
VS
held at the same time with WEF? In Korea
AbuGhraibprisonwhichwasestablishedon1960sbySaddamHusseintotorturethe
Some of the citizens had awkward chances
politicalenemieswasusedbytheAlliedforceaftertheApril2003fordetaintheIraqi
to see the famous screen actors with picket
who were arrested by the police questioning. Next year, this facility’s name will be
on the streets. Last December, There were
notoriouslyspreadedouttotheworldknownastheplaceofabuseonprisoners.U.S.
some of farmers who are in the Korea
forcehavedetainedabout8,000foroneyear.95%ofthemwereprisonedbecausethey
Farmers Union have protested against the
have helped the attack on allied force or the potential of that. However, they were
meeting of World Trade Organization
sexuallyabusedortorturedbytheAmericansoldierswhohadthemissiontokeepthe
(WTO) executives in Hong-kong. These
parameteraroundthefacility.
www.muslimwakeup.com
Participants at the opening of the World Social Forum. Mumbai, Jan. 2004. (Left) Bill Gate, Tony Blair, Nelson Mandela and
actions are on the line with the anti-
Picturesofthepilednakedprisonersarewellspreadthroughtheinternetandthenews
BonoattheWorldEconomicForuminDavosin2005.(Right)
internationalization. This is why these anti-
inthattime.Thispicturesweretakenfromthesoldiersforsendingthemtothefriends
internationalization movements are seen in
overinU.S.ThismadethewholeworldblametheU.S.Duetothissomesoldiershave
oursociety.
representing world civil society. The World
thisforumalsohostsalmosteverysecretary
should not proceed the negotiation without
beensentencedwithseventotenyearsinprison.However,thefundamentalsolutionhas
World Social Forum is developed in the
Social Forum is not a group nor an
of the Foreign Affairs from the countries.
the agreements from every constituents of
not developed. After this has happened the international red cross held the press
PortoAlegreofRioGrandedeSulinBrazil
organization. This WSF has been hosted in
What they would discuss is guessable. The
society.TheNGOgroupshavetheirmeeting
conferenceandsaidthattheywarnedU.S.tostopthisabuse.Theyalsoinsistedthatthe
with the movement of anti WEF. Reason
thesameplacefromthefirstbutinthissixth
cash flows in the world and how to flow it
on January 24 who are from Korean
abuseisnotonlyhappenednotonlyintheAbuGhraibprionbutalsomoreprionsin
whytheyprotestonWEFarethattheythink
WSFisplannedtobeheldinthreedifferent
not to change it. In contrast, Social activist
Advanced Farmers Federation (KAFF) and
Iraq.Theysaidtheycontactedtotheofficialstosolvethisproblemseveraltimesandthe
the forum does not listen to the third world
places. During January 19~23, Bamako the
aregatheringaroundfromcountriesinWSF
Korean Peasants League (KPL) with the
officialssaidpositivelytothatrequest.Althoughtheresultcameoutnegatively.
anddevelopingcountries,whichresultinthe
capital city of Mali and January 25~29
withthesamethemeofthat“AnotherWorld
groupwhoareagainstthescreenquotatobe
TheabuseonthedemonstrationmarchbytheBritisharmyhasrevealedbythevideo
forumofonlycountrieswiththepower.The
CaracasofVenezuela,March24~29Karachi
is possible.” As you see above its subjects
decreased. In these days, the media focuses
whichwastapedinearly2004.Thevideo,filmedintherestivetownofAmarainthe
World Social Forum is an open meeting
ofPakistanarethestagesoftheWSF.
theyareagainsttheanykindofimperialism.
onthescreenquotadiscussionhowever,the
Maysan province, just north of Basra, in January 2004 appeared to show defenceless
place where social movements, networks,
With the leading of the Chavez the
Theyalsoprotestagainsttheincreasinggap
real problem is the FTA negotiation. Korea
youngIraqisbeingkickedandattackedwithbatons,totheapparentamusementofthe
NGOs and other civil society organizations
Caracas VI, the president of Venezuela,
between the rich and the poor, and they
have accepted the demands of U.S. even
cameraman. This tape is seemed to be photographed during the protest for the right
opposed to neo-liberalism and a world
WSF had 7 million applicants from Non
researchwaystoimprovetheproblem.
before first negotiation in four areas which
payment.TheBasraisthecitythatapproximately8,000britisharmyremain.Oneofthe
dominated by capital or by any form of
GovernmentOrganization,Anti-Wargroups,
are Screen quota, beef, vehicle, medicines
citizenoftheBasraMuhanadAlmusayinsisted“Theviolencewhichisshowedinthe
ThemovementsfromtheKorea
imperialism come together to pursue their
in the same time the WEF had 2,340
according to Seoul Economics There was
videoishappeningeverydaytherearemoresevereviolences,”accordingtoAssociated
thinking,todebateideasdemocratically,for
applicants from the 89 countries executive
Last Decebmer 18 the Korea peasant
public hearing on this FTA problem on
Press.
formulate proposals, share their experiences
people. In our country Ban Ki-mun,
groups have organized the protest group of
February second. However, with the
TheHumanrightsoftheforeignersisworsethantheIraqi.Thereweretimethatthe
freelyandnetworkforeffectiveaction.Since
SecretaryofForeignAffairs,attendedonthe
about 1400 people to demonstrate against
physicalprotestoftheparticipantsmadethis
carwheretheforeignersrodewasaccidentlyattackedbythealliedforce.Andthereare
thefirstworldencounterin2001,ithastaken
WEF. On the WEF the theme is Creative
WTOexecutivesmeetinginHongkong.The
hearingclosedafter20minute.
possibilityofkidnappingbytheterroristsandthemurder.Thelateriswellknowntous.
the form of a permanent world process
Imperative. Under that theme 244 sessions
groups will keep in touch with the Via
For the reason of the Iraq war, America mentioned the human rights of Iraqi.
seeking and building alternatives to neo-
are held. Among them half of their subject
CampesinatoprotestonDohaDevelopment
Anti-internationalization is not to against
However, after three years of stationing the human rights, of Iraqi seemed to be
liberal policies. This definition is in its
arerelatedtotheEconomics.Meanwhileon
Agenda (DDA) which was created after
ontheinternationalizationasyouseeinthe
worsened.Thisleavestheoriginalintentionofthestationingandthewarunclear.
Charter of Principles, the WSF’s guiding
the Caracas WSF there were subjects like
WTO members in November 2001 and
WSF and the movements from the farmers
ItlookedlikethenewprimeministerhavebeenelectedandsotheIraqfinallycan
document.
“thepower,politics,struggleofliberationof
launched a new Round of global trade
theyarekeepintouchwithothercountries.
have its own stable state. but in the inside of the Iraq black shadows of human right
The World Social Forum is also
society,” “The strategy of imperialism and
negotiations, named after Gulf City where
They are protesting from the concept of
abusestillexist.TheHumanrightswasthefundamentalreasonofAmericaforthewar.
characterized by plurality and diversity, is
the struggle from the people,” “The source
thetalkstookplacetoexcludetheagriculture
humanism that the people in hunger needs
However,Itdidn’timprovedatall;itonlyhasgottenworse.
non-confessional, non-governmental and
and the rights for the life,” “Labor, exploit
section. Because of that protest 700 was in
should be fed. They are against the
non-party. It proposes to facilitate
andthereproductionoflife,”“AntiIraqwar
held in the prison for some time and 4 are
internationalization which enlarge the gap
decentralized coordination and networking
andanti-internationalization,”“Breakingthe
stillintheprisonwaitingupcomingtrial.
between the rich and the poor. Their true
ByCheaDea-chul
among organizations engaged in concrete
poverty.”ThedifferencebetweenWEFand
AntiKorea&U.S.FreeTradeAgreement
purposeis“DreamingAnotherWorld.”
GuestReporter
action towards building another world, at
WSFisshownobviously.
(FTA) movements has risen on the against
anylevelfromthelocaltotheinternational,
In the WEF, the sponsors are famous
the negotiation between Korea and U.S.
but it does not intend to be a body
multinational conglomerate companies. In
They are protesting on the reason that they
luke@hufs.ac.kr
Russia,intheeyesof foreigner
Virginvoyage
FeeltheBRICs
R
egional conflict has long been
consideredachronicprobleminKorea,
a characteristic unique to our country.
many performances and met with ordinary
IfImentiononepointthatwasapity,we
However,it’snotonlyadilemmaforKorea,
ByCheaDea-chul
livinginBrazil.Intheweekendswevisited
planned IT volunteering working, teaching
butalsoforRussia.Oneofmyfriendsliving
GuestReporter
KoreantownandAsiatowninSaoPauloto
computer education, but the plan was
in Vladivostok says that people living in
lookaroundtheimagesofKoreainBrazil.
changed to learning Brazil culture. The
Moscow don’t care about other cities in
D
uring the winter vacation the BRICs
fundingwasnotenough.Ihopethisproject
Russia, especially those in eastern Russia.
4. What did you feel during the
voluntaryworkteamsweresenttofour
receivesplentysupportinthefuture.Iwould
He thinks that the people in western Russia
different countries ? Brazil, Russia, India
project?
likethisprojectcanbefundedsomanymore
arehaughtyandnarrow-minded.Examining
andChina.TheArgustalkedwithJungJin-
First of all, Brazil is located so far away
studentscouldgettoknowmorebyactually
Russia is interesting because it has many
kyung(E-03)whoparticipatedintheproject
fromKoreasoitishardtogetthere.Ithink
meeting the people and experiencing the
similarities and differences with our own
named HUFS-COLORADO from February
there should be more concerns from our
culture.
country.
1to15.
universityontheissuesofsafetyduringthe
Also, I look forward to a stronger
Russia,nicknamed“Polarbear,”isahuge
trip. However, overall it was a great
relationship between Brazil and Korea to
country and faces many problems ahead.
1. How did you prepare for this
experience. Brazil’s vast size which I could
build good friendship by BRICs
The bottom of their predicament lies in the
event?
only learn through books or movies was
volunteering work teams and I hope more
mentality. Russians like to talk about this
At first, to be selected by our school, we
beyond my imagination. I could feel the
HUFSanscouldhavethesamechanceinthe
mentalitything,callingit“patience.”Thisis
hadtoworkhardtogetgoodgradesforthe
beatingheartofBrazil.Iwassurprisedtosee
nearfuture.
an admirable trait, one that Korea has
semesterandparticipateinthepreparationof
Brazil with unlimited possibility of
benefited from for a long time. However, it
theproject.Allofourteammatesarefriends
development.Itwasanhonortobethefirst
turns out that in Russia, “patience” is
from the Young Aboard Internet Voluntary
BRICsvoluntaryteammember.
luke@hufs.ac.kr
impeding the progress of the nation itself.
ServiceteamwhichissponsoredbyMinistry
When people face the absurd and
of Information and Communication. Our
unreasonable system, they just say “It’s
membersareKimJun-ho(S-05)whospeaks
Russia, let it be” and live on. In my view,
well Spanish and Portugese, Yang Ki-tae
including that most of Koreans, this
JoHyun-min(R-02)isposinginfrontofsignboardinRussia.
(CS-00) is our team leader. Most of all, we
mentality needs to change and people have
hadtocontactBrazil.Wedidourbesttobe
toprotestandseizetheirrights.ButRussians
meanstheyarenotthatsubmissiveafterall.
that Russia is one of the best countries that
practicalintheprocedure.
wanttheircountrytoberuledbyapowerful
Apartfromthismatter,theeconomyisall
haveLuxuryGeneration.Eventhoughmany
president, who reigns like a tsar, barely
about politics. About 90 percent of the
Russians are poor and their businesses are
2. Would you tell me your first
coping with problems even though people
members of the national Duma are
about to go bankrupt, they buy exorbitant
impressionofBrazil?
knowtheyhavetobemodified.Nonetheless,
millionaires and own a company. I’m not
minksandcarsfortheythinkiftheydonot
Thelongflightwasexhausting.Togetthe
the problems were not like today. Besides,
saying it’s bad that they have their own
look like a rich person, potential business
lowestpriceontheflightticketswechosea
Russiansusedtoasserttheirrightseagerly.
businesses.However,citizensoftheRussian
partnersandordinarypeoplewouldnotwant
flightwithseveraltransfers.However,itwas
As history shows, Russia has developed
Federationdonottrustgovernmentofficials,
to deals or talk with them. Such thinking
goodtofeelthewarmthinBrazilduringthe
more slowly than others and lived through
for they earn a lot of money by improperly
makeswomenspendmostoftheirmoneyon
time of winter in Korea. Sao Paulo is the
countless wars and bitter coldness. Yet
wieldingtheirpoliticalpower.Theeconomy
clothes.
biggest city in Brazil. I could find out why
Russians established a remarkable culture
is ruled by the mob and politicians, thus
Of course such phenomena are not
with my own eyes. There are so many
and were progressive in thinking about the
creatingaseriouspovertygap.Forexample,
confined to Russia. We have problems like
peopleinthecitywhichisalmostsimilarto
idealsociety.Inanutshell,theywerestoical
trafficpolice,whoarenotoriousforextortion
theseaswell.Russiaisdevelopingslowlyas
Seoul. But the difference is that there are
in a beneficial way, enduring. They went
of money from foreigners, earn 200 dollars
theydidinthepast.Yettheyhaveresources
manydifferentraces.
through the revolution to build an ideal
per month. Prices are also rising rapidly.
andreadalotofbooks.Eventhoughtheyare
society.Duringthattime,politicsbecamethe
Therefore, the traffic police don’t have a
in the middle of transition and are facing
3.Whatdidyoudoontheproject?
most important thing of all and Russia
choice in doing that. That is probably why
many problems, they will rise again. Many
WelearnedabouttheBrazilliancultureat
becameapolicestateaboutwhichRussians
peoplesometimessaytheywanttogoback
Russians say to foreigners that Russia does
theculturecenterinSaoPaulo.Onthefirst
do not talk. Through the Stalin years, they
to Soviet times and wear T-shirts with the
nothaveafuture.Butstill,theyhaveproudly
day,wewerefatigueduetolongflighthours
became submissive and feared speaking
initials“USSR.”
believe in their hearts that Russia is the
sowerested.Onthesecondday,westarted
againstthegovernment.Asaresult,Russians
More intriguing stories are in the
biggestandthemostpowerfulcountryever.
ontheprojectbyvisitingtheculturecenter.
seldom protest against what they think it is
Russians’wayoflife.Generally,richpeople
For the next 14 days we studied and
wrong. But even Russians have a breaking
don’tactrich.However,inRussia,boththe
searched the sources of Brazilian culture in
point, saying that they would start a war or
rich and poor like to present themselves as
FromJoHyun-min(R-02)
that facility it helped us establish an
revolution if pushed past this point. That
rich. The number of luxury cars indicates
understanding of the culture. We also saw
IntheBrazilculturecenter,YangKi-tae,KimJun-hyo,staffandI.
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