Peace Journalism and Advertisement of Peace Promoting Activities of

Island Society

Location of Jeju Island

Rough Sketch of Jeju▶ Size of Jeju Island: 1.847 ㎢ (1.8% of total Korean land mass, Jeju Island is the biggest isl

and in Korea)

▶ Population: 554,000 (1.1% of Korea’s total population)

▶ Average temperature: 26~27°C(Aug), 5~6°C(Jan)

(Annual Average Temperature : 15°C)

▶ GRDP(Gross Regional Domestic Product):

4.3 billion US $(0.9% of Korean GDP)

▶ Major Industry: Tourism, Agriculture

Historical Review of 20th Century

◆ Japanese Colonies : 1910-1945

◆ Jeju 4•3 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 4•3 Incident :2000

4•3 Incident briefing

① Period: 1947-1954

② 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.)

③ Actor: U.S Military administration, Korean Government VS Communist Guerillas, Jeju People.

④ After this incident, many Jeju Islanders suffered from the ‘Red-Complex’

⑤ In January 2000, the Special Law was passed

Solving the 4•3 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: President’s apology

• 2004: Peace Park, Peace Prize, Peace foundation

The News Media and a Perspective of Peace Journalism

Year of 2004

Daily newspapers

Internet News

Weekly

Monthly 

Others

Total

3(6)

3

31

6

13

59(63)

• 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.

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.

• ▷ foreign visitors were satisfied with our peace

journalism’s 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.

• 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.