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02 Editorial
Finding True Liberty
A
s the global economic crisis sweeps across Korea, leaving insecurity and
anxiety in its wake, the driving ambition of most youth here has been to
secure stable employment and a steady income. Finding oneself adrift in
these uncertain times, as full-time positions are increasingly replaced by part-time
jobswithoutbenefitsorsecurity,canbeaterrifyingprospect.Theresulthasbeenan
intensified competition as more young job seekers work to enhance their abilities,
hopingtobetterpositionthemselvesforapieceofanever-shrinkingpie.
Still,despitethelonghoursofself-improvement,mostyouthssaytheyareunhappy
and dissatisfied with their lives. The reason for this is that the external motivation
of landing a high-paying job quells any intrinsic passion or creativity that youth,
especially, have in abundance. Obviously staying competitive in a shrinking job
market means working hard, but most young people wrongly believe that finding
steadyworkisthesolutiontotheirsuffocatedlives.
In philosophical terms, the notion of liberty means an individual has the right to
act according to his or her own will, to determine the path one takes in life. But as
unemployment and the threat of job loss loom for so many here, a person’s sense of
liberty becomes diminished. A report released in June by the Federation of Korea
Industries, an aggregate of some 380 major Korean companies, showed that 1.13
million youths are unemployed or seeking work, more than three times the number
citedingovernmentstatistics.
True liberty comes from uncovering the source of one’s fear. Today’s youth must
learntodeveloptheirinnerlivesinordertofreethemselvesfromthesuffocatingfear
ofunemployment.Theymustlearntoexpandtheirownhorizonsratherthanadaptto
thecurrentconstrainedsituation.
Editor-in-Chief
ParkHyun-chul
www.theargus.org

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