Pol in Love presentation

2021.06.02

On May 21, 2021, from 21:30 to 22:30, the Peace and Democracy Institute and the Department of Political Science and International Relations held a zoom meeting with Director Lee Shin-hwa to present the second semester Pol in Love achievement.

Group A:  Song Jong-ho, political reporter at Seoul Economist ( Seoul Economic Daily) & Park Seon-Kyung, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Incheon University / Hyun In-Taek, Former Minister of Unification

Group B: Oh Joon, Former UN Ambassador / Shin Beom-Cheol, Director of the Center for Security and Unification at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies

Group C:  Kim Young-bae, 21st National Assemblymember / Im Hyuk-Baek, former professor of Political Science and International Relations at Korea University / Tae Young-ho, 21st National Assemblymember)

In January, Korea University Peace and Democracy Institute, in association with the Department of Political Science and International Relations launched the Pol in Love Program. It is designed to strengthen the relationship between seniors and juniors students in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Korea University.Started in February, 9 undergraduate students including Ahn Jun-Hyeon (17 years old) conducted interviews with seniors, professors, and notorious personalities such as Professor Park Seon-Kyung of Incheon University, Song Jong-ho, reporter for Seoul Economist, Oh Joon , former UN Ambassador, Shin Beom-Cheol, director of the Center for Foreign Affairs and Security at the Research Institute for Economy and Society, Kim Young-bae, member of the Democratic Party of Korea and Im Hyuk-bae,

The presentation’s goal is to inform Korea University students about the activities and future plans of the Pol in Love team.

Session 1 Pol in Love Group B 21:30~21:50 

  • Presentation: Park Hyo-Jeong (Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University)
  • Interviewee:

-Oh Joon, former UN Ambassador

“North Koreans are not just anybody to South Koreans”

-Shin Beom-Cheol, director of the Center for Foreign Affairs and Security at the Research Institute for Economy and Society “If you keep walking the path you like, you will at some point reach the moment where you will be satisfied”

Session 2 Pol in Love Article A 21:50 – 22:10

  • Presentation: Junhyun Ahn (Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University)
  • Interviewee:

-Song Jong-ho, political reporter for Seoul Economist & Park Seon-Kyung, professor of Political Science and International Relations, Incheon University “If the child is unhappy, what do Democracy and Peace mean?”

-Hyun in-taek, Former Minister of Unification “Peace in South Korea depends on North Korea”

Session 3 Pol in Love Article C 22:10 – 22:30

  • Presentation: Im Heok (Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University)
  • Interviewee:

-Kim Young-bae, 21st National Assembly member, Democratic Party of Korea “When others say “if it snows we have to clean it up” I think “what about snow for agriculture?”

-Im Heok-bae, former professor of Political Science and Diplomacy at Korea University “Politics is a comprehensive study for collective improvement, not individuals”

-Tae Young-ho, 21st National Assembly member and North Korean defector “who am I ? and who could I be? I did not really know”