'Youth Speak on Unification'... Mapo-gu Hosts Peace Talk Concert

Released on May 22 at 4 PM via Mapo-gu YouTube... Online viewing registration until May 18... Featuring Park Seong-min, Democratic Party Supreme Council Member, and Kim Ji-young, Professor at the Institute for Unification Education

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Mapo-gu (Mayor Yoo Dong-gyun) held a peace talk concert titled "Youth Speak About Unification" on the 9th at the Gureum-ae Small Theater near Hongdae.

This concert was planned to increase the interest of the younger generation in peaceful unification and to explore the possibility of forming a new discourse on unification through a "forum for dialogue" where young people exchange their thoughts on unification.

The offline event recording will be released online on the 22nd.

Participants in the talk concert's free discussion included Park Sung-min, Supreme Council Member of the Democratic Party of Korea (former youth spokesperson), Professor Kim Ji-young from the Unification Education Institute, and Kim Ji-yoon, head of the Ministry of Unification's University Student Reporter Group, who talked on the theme "Peace and Unification of the Korean Peninsula as Seen by Youth."

As a commemorative performance for the talk concert, the Hongdae indie band "9 and the Numbers" performed the opening stage, followed by performances from independent music singer-songwriters "Seedless Watermelon Kim Dae-jung" and "Kim Sawol Band."

Due to concerns over the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the original plan for on-site viewing was canceled, and the event was conducted via online live broadcast.

The talk concert recorded on the 9th is scheduled to be released on the Mapo-gu YouTube channel from 4 p.m. on the 22nd. Online YouTube viewing applications can be made through the Hankyoreh Education online website until the 18th, and there is no separate admission fee.

Yoo Dong-gyun, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, "I hope this talk concert will serve as an opportunity for young people, who will play a central role in the future unification era, to rethink peace on the Korean Peninsula," and added, "We ask for the interest and viewership of all residents."

For more details, please refer to the Hankyoreh Education website or contact the Mapo-gu General Affairs Division External Cooperation Team.

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