THBT Korea should re-institute Sunshine Policy toward North Korea

If I am to give a brief summary of what Sunshine Policy is, Sunshine Policy is South Korean doctrine towards North Korea to aim peaceful cooperation in order to reunify South and North Korea after the Korean War in 1950s. Typical activities of Sunshine policy are mostly about the continuous supports to bring North Korea down to the table of negotiation. To be specific, Kim Dae Joong administration put almost no limits of the scale of investment for the economic growth of North Korea.

We support re-instituting sunshine policy towards North Korea. There are two reasons why we think so. First, North Korea showed the cooperative attitude. Second, the traditional exchange between South and North Korea became more active.

Personal Opinion about Sewol Ferry Accident

Since the memorial day of Sewol Ferry acciendent was just 9 days ago, there are lots of news commentaries about it. When I look up those posts on facebook, twitter, and other SNS, most of the comments are like these: “I’m so tired of hearing Sewol Ferry Accident.”, “There are lot more memorable things than Sewol Ferry Accident.”, and “There are actually the people who sacrifice themselves to save thier homeland, we should remember them rather than Sewol Ferry.”. They are actually saying the right things, but I saw them quite cold on the Sewol Ferry Accident. I think the reason why we’re still sticking on this problem is that there are so many things which are unclued. Also, I don’t think this accident is related to the people who sacrifice themselves for their homelands. I’m of course respectful on those people but I’m saying that it’s not related to the victims of Sewol Ferry accident. We need to stick more on this issue so that we can finally find out the truth which is covered. If I were the family of the vicims of Sewol Ferry accident, I would also stick on this till everything to be uncovered. We should remember this accident.

citation : https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/54/42/4a/54424abe9f9fa04719bd99b356b70cae.jpg

 

About ISIS

ISIS is the short form of The Islamic state of Iraq and Levant. Their activities are based on Syria civil war. To talk about a bit about Syria civil war, we should know Sunni Shia conflict. Sunni Shia had religious difference between them. That’s the biggest reason why they had a conflict. The second reason why they had a conflict is the centralization of political authority. Sunni had more authority than Shia so that Shia resisted. On this mass, ISIS occured in Sunni. Actually Sunni is one of the pretext of ISIS to build the islamic state. Lots of countries helped Sunni militarily but they started to stop helping Sunni as ISIS appeared. Lots of countries announced that we need to bring a counterattack on ISIS, but none of the countries took a step on restraining ISIS. I think we need the cooperation between countries so that we can repel ISIS from this society.

http://abcnews.go.com/assets/static/interactives/isis-story/img/image1.jpg?v=3

 

The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor

1. The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor?

• Becoming bigger and bigger
• One of the most serious problem supernationally
• it’s caused by capitalism and neo-liberalism

2. Socialist/Capitalist Orientations, or some other paradigm?

• Socialism: a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people or companies
• Capitalsim: a way of organizing an economy so that the things that are used to make and transport products are owned by individual people and companies rather than by the government
• North and South Korea can be the good examples  of these.

 

I’m going to talk about the gap between the rich and the poor and how socialism and capitalism are related to these.  First of all, I’m going to talk about how serious the rich-poor gap problem is. The gap between the rich and the poor is becoming bigger and bigger, so that it becomes one of the most serious problem supernationally. Lots of economists are saying that this is the result of the capitalism and neo-liberalism. However, the difference between socialism and capitalism also cause the gap between the poor and the rich. For example, North and South Korea, North is following the socialism and South is following the capitalism. As a result, the economic gap between them became much bigger.  Actually, capitalism is more efficient to develop economically than the socialism. Therefore, it’s quite hard for socialist to survive in this society, so we need an adjustment on these world economic structure.

Capitalism vs. Socialism: Is one really superior over the other?

About The Division of North and South Korea

1. What is the Key essential nature or point of disequilibrium causing the division of North and South Korea
   • Colonized by Japan (1909-1945)
   • Japan lost the World War II and Korea became independent
   • China, Russia, U.S.A, U.N supported trusteeship on Korea.
   • China and Russia started to rule North Korea with communism, while U.S.A and U.N started to rule South Korea with democracy.
   • Lots of  fighters for independent opposed to trusteeship but Korea didn’t have a chance to be reunified.
2. what first step(s), if any, might be taken to accomplish a final resolution of meaningful change and mutual benefit?
   • North and South Korea should understand each others’ cultures.
   • Need to be emic, so that discord doesn’t occur between North and South
   • Hold some meetings like North-South Korean summit
   • Have economic cooperation for each others’ development

 

Korea has been divided in North and South for more than 50 years. There are lots of people who hoped to see the reunify of Korea, but many of them passed away without seeing the reunify of Korea. There were only two countries which were divided, Germany and Korea. However, Germany was reunified in 1990. They also have lots of difficulties and troubles between West and East just like the present Korea. However, both East and West put a lot of efforts to reunify. They tried to understand each others’ differences, and solve the problems one by one in calm and orderly.

To sum the history of division of Korea, it all started from the colonization of Japan(1909-1945). At this time, all citizens in Korea have one hope, independent of Korea. However, Japan lost the World War II because of two nuclear bombs which dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So Korea became independent in 1945, but the world powers claim that Korea needs trusteeship to restore and develop Korean society after the war. Lots of fighters for independent opposed to trusteeship, but the voices of them were not listened. China and Russia started to rule North Korea with communism, while U.S.A, and U.N started to rule South Korea with democracy. As a result, North and South got different ideas, and the discord between them became bigger.

It seems incorrigible to reunify Korea again, but I actually think the most essential problem between North and South is “misunderstanding and discord between them”. To solve this problem, North and South should understand each others’ cultures by hold lots of events and campaigns to be closer to each other. We also need to be emic, so that discord doesn’t occur between North and South. If we got the ability to be emic on other’s position, it would be much easier to understand the other. Holding some talks and carrying out policy like North-South Korean Summit and the Sunshine Policy frequently. At last, most of the people know that North Korea is poor on economic part, but they actually contain lots of variable resources that South doesn’t have. So we also need to have economic cooperation for interaction

 

citation: http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/jul/26/country-names-north-south-korea

The story and the poem of my name

Hyunsuh Kang 강현서(姜現瑞) 

 

<Explanation of my name>

 

My name is Hyunsuh Kang. My name is composed of Chinese characters. ‘Hyun’ stands for the word which means ‘bright’, and ‘Suh’ stands for the word, ‘lucky’. To tell you about my last name, I got ‘Kang’ as the last name from my dad. One of my ancestors is famous general in Korean history named, Gam Chan Kang. He was active in the Battle of Kuju and led soldiers to win the battle. I’m very proud to have ‘Kang’ as my last name. I love what my name means and I’m going to do my best to let the people around the world remember my name.

 

 

<Poem of my name>

 

Title: Feeling of being called Hyunsuh

Feeling of being called Hyunsuh

is very friendly

like the taste of the dinner my mom prepared for me,

 

Feeling of being called Hyunsuh

is very comfortable

like the sound of Asmr that I listen to before I go to sleep

 

Feeling of being called Hyunsuh

is very happy

like the moment I watch the concert of One Direction.

 

<Questions and comments I got from Chaemi Oh>

Comment:

The picture you drew easily reminds me of the definition of your name and I like your writing style.

 

Questions:

1. Why angel?

   • I drew angel, because I thought that angel contains both ‘bright’ and ‘lucky’

2. What is the specific meaning of hanja?

   • 姜(Kang) means nothing actually, it’s just used as the last name.
   • 現(Hyun) means ‘bright’ as I mentioned, so I think my parents put this hanja in my name, because they wanted me to grow bright maybe
   • 瑞(Suh) means ‘lucky’!

3. Why do you feel friendly of your name?

   • I think it is because I’ve been called Hyunsuh for entire of my life!

 

-reference: http://www.clipartbest.com/clipart-niEpo76iA

 

MASS Media links

1.”Hospital of the Future.” Koreatimes. 20 Mar. 2016. Web. 21 Mar. 2016. <http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/03/668_200720.html&gt;.

=> Liberal

 

2.”Holograms Enrich Pop Culture Content.” Koreatimes. 18 Mar. 2016. Web. 21 Mar. 2016. <http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2016/03/201_200680.html&gt;.

=> Liberal

 

3.”N. Korean Leader Observes Attack Drills.” Koreatimes. 20 Mar. 2016. Web. 21 Mar. 2016. <http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/03/485_200738.html&gt;.

=> Conservative

 

4.”Greenland Eager to Attract Koreans.” Koreatimes. 20 Mar. 2016. Web. 21 Mar. 2016. <http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/03/176_200734.html&gt;.

=> Conservative

 

citation: http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.11606/pub_detail.asp

My First News Commentary

Issue that I chose for the commentary

: This House Would Ban Animal Testing

Cons:

1. Trull, Frankie L. “Animal Testing and Its Gifts To Humans.” Wall Street Journal, 23 Apr. 2015. (Liberal)
   1. About Article: The article is actually opposing to ban animal testing. It’s about the examples of helps and gifts that animal testing gave to human. First of all, animal testing helps researchers to find a treatment to cure Ebola.(Trull) Secondly, it also helps to find a way to cripple aggressive tumors.(Trull) Thus, this article is saying that animal testing is indispensable when it comes to medical research.
   2. My Opinion: I actually approve that the animal testing should be banned. To dispute the article above, I’ll claim the fact that there are lots of different experiments which can almost perfectly replace animal testing. For example, there are computer modeling, the Vitro testing, human-patient simulator, and so on. (Alternatives)
2. “Alternatives to Animal Testing.” PETA, n.d. Web. 07 Mar. 2016. (Liberal)<http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/alternatives-animal-testing/>                                                                                                                        Fisher, Elizabeth. “Why We Should Accept Animal Testing.” The Hunffington Post UK, 17 July 2013. (Liberal)
   1. About Article: The article is actually opposing to ban animal testing. It says that there are lots of replacements of animal testing already, but animal testing still remains as the experiment which can still be necessary.(Fisher) Also, as lots of treatments which can be success because of animal testing such as diphtheria and polio vaccines, antibiotics, and modern anaesthetics allowed so many people to live full and healthy lives.
   2. My Opinion: I approve that the animal testing should be banned. To dispute the article above, I’ll claim the fact that animal testing is not only used for medical purposes. Animal testing is also used for cosmetics. Also, animals seem to be matched to human body but there are only 10% of animals which are matched, so it means that there’s a little chance of success.

 

Pros:

1. Rowan, Andrew. “Avoiding Animal Testing.” TheScientist, 1 Dec. 2011. (Conservation)
   1. About Article: The article approve that the animal testing should be banned. Main topic about this article is ‘Finding a new technology which can replace animal testing’. It says we should have an in-depth research to find and develop the technology.(Rowan) They adduced ‘culture human cell’ as the model of replacement of animal testing.(Rowan)
   2. My Opinion: I agree with the article above, because I also believes that there are lots of ways to replace animal testing. I think that we should not adhere to having animal testing, instead, we should research more about replaceable technology to save lots of animals in lab
2. “Shocking New Report and Film Expose GM Mice Lab Experiments.” Animal Aid, 13 Feb. 2013. <http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_experiments//2815//>(Conservation)
   1. About Article: The article approve that the animal testing should be banned. This article is actually shows the videos and materials how GM mice are treated in lab. Human genetically programs mice for their own experiment. On process of having an experiment, lots of toxic drugs are injected to mice and mice struggle by the pain which is similar to torturing.
   2. My Opinion: Actually, this article is the one which helps me clearly stand on the side that claims to ban the animal testing. This video gave me real shock and made me truly empathized how awful GM mice would feel. Thus, I think we should more concentrate on finding a replacement of animal testing.

Questions and Answers:

1. Questions from Chaemi Oh:

   1. How did you get interested in your specific topic?
      • I already had a debate about this topic before when I was in middle school. This topic was actually impressed me with lots of report that shows the cruelty.
   2. (comment) your eidence supporting your idea was convincing and persuasive and I agree with your idea.
   3. Are there any other trival article supporting you?
      • I cited one website that I already mentitoned on Cons no. 2 additionally to support my oppinion against cons.
   4. What is your biggest aspect towards animal testing?
      • I’m on the side of claming to ban the animal testing, because I believe that animals also can feel fear and pain just like human, and have the rights to life which must not be invaded.

2. Questions from Jia Shin:

   1. What would you do if you have experiments on animals?
      • I actually don’t get what question wants from me, but I would rather find the other ways that can replace animal testing.
   2. If you don’t agree with the animal experiment, what do you think of having experiment on humans?
      • I think that’s not appropriate. Instead of thinking of having experiment on humans, I think we should research for replacements of animal testing.
   3. Why did you write about your topic?
      • I actually had a debate on this topic when I was in middle school, and during the process of finding an evidecne that can support me, I found so many shocking scenes that animals suffer. That’s the reason why I chose this topic.
   4. If your cosmetics are tested on animals, would you still use it or not?
      • No I wouldn’t. If the demand of the cosmetics which are tested on animals keeps increasing, the animal testing would be actively continued.
   5. (comment) I think your topic is very interesting and I love your detail supporting your idea.

citation: http://www.dezeen.com/2013/11/07/3d-printed-human-tissue-could-replace-animal-testing/