Peace Journalism and Advertisement of Peace Promoting Activities of Island Society

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Peace Journalism and Advertisement of Peace
Promoting Activities of Island Society
Jeju Island
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Location of Jeju Island
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Rough Sketch of Jeju

• ? Size of Jeju Island 1.847?
• (1.8 of total Korean land mass, Jeju Island is
  the biggest island in Korea)
• ? Population 554,000 (1.1 of Koreas total
  population)
• ? Average temperature 2627C(Aug), 56C(Jan)
• (Annual Average Temperature 15C)
• ? GRDP(Gross Regional Domestic Product)
• 4.3 billion US (0.9 of Korean GDP)
• ? Major Industry Tourism, Agriculture

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Historical Review of 20th Century

• ? Japanese Colonies 1910-1945
• ? Jeju 43 Incident 1947-1954
• ? Korean war 1950
• ? Military Regime 1963-1989
• ? the hand-over of power from the military to
  civilian government 1993
• ? The national commission of 43 Incident 2000

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43 Incident briefing

• ? Period 1947-1954
• ? the number of presumed-victims 25,000-30,000
• (at that time Jeju Island had a total
  population of 280,000)
• (Circumstance unemployment, corruption,
  famine. and mistrust of both US military rule and
  the Korean central government.)
• ? Actor U.S Military administration, Korean
  Government VS Communist Guerillas, Jeju People.
• ? After this incident, many Jeju Islanders
  suffered from the Red-Complex
• ? In January 2000, the Special Law was passed

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Solving the 43 Incident

• 1987-1990 freedom of speech, First stage of 4.3
  incident solving (Regional and nongovernmental
  level)
• 2000 Special law, The national commission on
  Jeju 4.3
• 2003 Presidents apology
• 2004 Peace Park, Peace Prize, Peace foundation

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The News Media and a Perspective of Peace
Journalism
Year of 2004
Daily newspapers
3(6)
Internet News
3
Weekly
31
6
Monthly 
13
Others
Total
59(63)
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• 2002 published as an exhibit (2002 FIFA World
  Cup).
• 2003 officially registered
• 2004 published twice
• 2005 publish four times
• Major contents peace culture, environmental
  issues, human rights, and gender issues of the
  world.
• 2006 biweekly English newspaper,
• Internet peace news services.
• 2008 Broadcast Internet Peace TV 2008.

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The challenge

• 1) How can we produce benefits by covering the
  peace culture without any commercial theme?
• 2) Shortage of personnel resources is a basic
  limitation.

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• ? foreign visitors were satisfied with our peace
  
• journalisms efforts.
• the decision makers (local government policy
  makers) think that peace journalism is more
  valuable than instinctive economic effects by
  current cost-benefit analysis.
• ?Jeju Island is the second popular choice to hold
  international events in Korea after Seoul,
• FIFA World Cup, UNEP, ADB , and PATA
  Conference.

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• The 20th century---------------- social violence
• 1910 to 1945(Colonialism, 4.3 Incident)
• There is a Korean proverb,
• A human being matures with his pain.
• Jeju islanders are not only the most peace-loving
  people, but also their efforts in searching for
  peace is by no means less than any other regions.
  
• Thanks you.