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| "We'll defend the Dokdo" | |||
| WRITER | Department of External Cooperation | WRITE DAY | 2010-08-11 |
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PKNU International Students Visit Dokdo
- Veterans Taking 60th Anniversary of Korean War to Emphasize Importance of Peace and Territory to Next Generation
With the 60th Anniversary of Korean War ahead, international students at Pukyong National University (PKNU) went on “Protecting Dokdo.”
Around 100 participants, including international students at PKNU, participated in the “Visit Dokdo” event co-organized by PKNU and Busan Minjok School and Dokdo school (Director Heeroh Kim).
They are exchange students from 11 countries, which participated in the Korean War, including US, UK, Canada, Turkey, the Philippines, New Zealand, and Thailand.
They are exchange students from 11 countries, which participated in the Korean War, including US, UK, Canada, Turkey, the Philippines, New Zealand, and Thailand.
The participants departed Port Busan at 2 P.M. on May 29 and arrived Dokdo on May 30, after 17 hours of ride on Kaya Ho, which is the school ship of PKNU (1,737 ton).
On the way to the island, the participants listened to a lecture titled ‘Dokdo issues from the point of view of the centennial of the Japan Korea Annexation Treaty’ by Professor Moongil Kim (Pusan University of Foreign Studies). The lecture helped them understand the importance of Dokdo. After they landed on the island, they participated in the poetry readings titled ‘Dokdo, Forever”, and also watched salpuri dance (dancer Kyungmi Huh), which comforts the spirit of the dead who sacrificed themselves to protect the country.
On the way to the island, the participants listened to a lecture titled ‘Dokdo issues from the point of view of the centennial of the Japan Korea Annexation Treaty’ by Professor Moongil Kim (Pusan University of Foreign Studies). The lecture helped them understand the importance of Dokdo. After they landed on the island, they participated in the poetry readings titled ‘Dokdo, Forever”, and also watched salpuri dance (dancer Kyungmi Huh), which comforts the spirit of the dead who sacrificed themselves to protect the country.
Heero Kim, the director of the Dokdo School said, "Dokdo is historically, lawfully, and effectively our own territory.” He also added, “I’m grateful to those who participated in the Korean War from the 16 countries, and I hope that you spread the importance of the territory to in and out of the country.”
Emrah (Applied Mathematics and), who is 24 years old from Turkey said, "Turkey has a history of losing one of our islands to Greece, and I hope that this kind of tragedy would never happen to Korea". And an Indian student named Ashawk Guma (31, Chemistry Ph.D. course) said, “it is shameful for a developed country like Japan to urge that Dokdo is their territory after naming it Takeshima.”
Maeng Eon Park, the President of PKNU, mentioned, “This event was arranged to announce that Dokdo is our territory, and by having the international students who are descendents of the Korean War veterans to the island, we wanted to call attention to the importance of our territory and world peace as well.”
With the 60th Anniversary of Korean War ahead, international students at Pukyong National University (PKNU) went on “Protecting Dokdo.”
Around 100 participants, including international students at PKNU, participated in the “Visit Dokdo” event co-organized by PKNU and Busan Minjok School and Dokdo school (Director Heeroh Kim).
They are exchange students from 11 countries, which participated in the Korean War, including US, UK, Canada, Turkey, the Philippines, New Zealand, and Thailand.
They are exchange students from 11 countries, which participated in the Korean War, including US, UK, Canada, Turkey, the Philippines, New Zealand, and Thailand.
The participants departed Port Busan at 2 P.M. on May 29 and arrived Dokdo on May 30, after 17 hours of ride on Kaya Ho, which is the school ship of PKNU (1,737 ton).
On the way to the island, the participants listened to a lecture titled ‘Dokdo issues from the point of view of the centennial of the Japan Korea Annexation Treaty’ by Professor Moongil Kim (Pusan University of Foreign Studies). The lecture helped them understand the importance of Dokdo. After they landed on the island, they participated in the poetry readings titled ‘Dokdo, Forever”, and also watched salpuri dance (dancer Kyungmi Huh), which comforts the spirit of the dead who sacrificed themselves to protect the country.
On the way to the island, the participants listened to a lecture titled ‘Dokdo issues from the point of view of the centennial of the Japan Korea Annexation Treaty’ by Professor Moongil Kim (Pusan University of Foreign Studies). The lecture helped them understand the importance of Dokdo. After they landed on the island, they participated in the poetry readings titled ‘Dokdo, Forever”, and also watched salpuri dance (dancer Kyungmi Huh), which comforts the spirit of the dead who sacrificed themselves to protect the country.
Heero Kim, the director of the Dokdo School said, "Dokdo is historically, lawfully, and effectively our own territory.” He also added, “I’m grateful to those who participated in the Korean War from the 16 countries, and I hope that you spread the importance of the territory to in and out of the country.”
Emrah (Applied Mathematics and), who is 24 years old from Turkey said, "Turkey has a history of losing one of our islands to Greece, and I hope that this kind of tragedy would never happen to Korea". And an Indian student named Ashawk Guma (31, Chemistry Ph.D. course) said, “it is shameful for a developed country like Japan to urge that Dokdo is their territory after naming it Takeshima.”
Maeng Eon Park, the President of PKNU, mentioned, “This event was arranged to announce that Dokdo is our territory, and by having the international students who are descendents of the Korean War veterans to the island, we wanted to call attention to the importance of our territory and world peace as well.”
<Translator ; Park Si Hyeong, heartfulmind@naver.com>
<Translator ; Park Si Hyeong, heartfulmind@naver.com>
