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New values of the Republic of Korea – Values that can bring citizens together and lead them in the direction of a promising future while recognizing their diversity, i.e. value of cohesion

Back-
ground

The country’s level of social cohesion and happiness index are way behind those of more advanced countries.
- * Ranking of the country among 34 OECD countries (2010): social solidarity: 21st; social stability: 29th; social equity: 28th

Purpose

Laying the basis of national cohesion by obtaining and disseminating future-oriented values shared by many citizens
- -Exploration of new values of the country that that can bring citizens together and lead them in the direction of a promising future while recognizing their diversity

Overview

[2014] Listening to the opinions in diverse arenas of communication with the participation of those from academic circles, experts, general public Debate sessions held

Overview table(subject, date/place, content)
	Subject	Date/Place	Content
Experts’ debates	How to build a national consensus	4/29/2014 Catholic University of Daegu	Laying the basis of unification by overcoming social conflict and reaching national cohesion
Experts’ debates	Seeking ways of national cohesion by overcoming national crisis	6/26/2014 Ewha Womans University	To plan a new future of the country by exploring how to systematize ways to overcome national crisis
Book concert “Value of integration found in literature”	Goodbye, Mom	7/4/2014 Gaekju Literary Museum, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongbuk	Debate on overcoming inner conflict and family conciliation, etc.
	Towards a new future	8/13/2014 Franciscan Education Center	Considering the sublime mind of independence activists and fundamental value of freedom again
	You become an adult only after experiencing numerous hardships.	10/1/2014 Sangmyung University Art Center	An arena of communication for discussing what’s concerning between members of different generations

[2015] In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Korea’s liberation from Japanese rule, an opportunity to consider the fundamental values that allowed the independence activists to lead the independence movement with young North Korean defectors; looking back on Korea’s history after liberation to come up with and disseminate an integrative value suitable for an era in which the country joins the ranks of industrialized

Overview table(Date/Place, Content)
	Date/place	Content
Asking future generations about cohesion values	7/15/2015 (Wed) Independence Hall of Korea	80-plus young North Korean defectors including teenagers and college students visiting the Independence Hall of Korea and considering the value of freedom and patriotism
Asking future generations about cohesion values	9/17/2015 (Thurs) Independence Hall of Korea
Debate on cohesion values and future vision of the country	10:00 PM 8/12/2015 (Wed) Sejong Center for the Performing Arts	Debate on the past (from the establishment of the government in 1948 to the process of industrialization and democratization) and about what needs to be our value of integration as the country joins the ranks of industrialized countries and prepares for unification
	2:00 PM on 8/12/2015 (Wed), Sejong Center for the Performing Arts
	8/13/2015 (Thurs) Sejong Center for the Performing Arts

Future
plans

(2016) Debate on integration now and after the country’s unification among North Korean escapees, relevant officials, and those from civic organizations through “the Long March of Hearings for National Cohesion in Preparation of Unification”
- - Laying the basis of national cohesion by helping North Korean escapees settle successfully in the South and making preparations for unification through informal meetings and publication of books with diverse stakeholders taking part

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