President Park Geun-hye met with well-known figures in the culture and the humanities arena on August 7 at Cheong Wa Dae.
A total of 13 people, including including Yonsei University Professor Yoo Jong-ho, Ewha Womans University Professor Kim U-Chang, and novelists Yi In-hwa and Park Bum-shin, attended the meeting.
President Park listened to insightful opinions from the meeting participants who expressed their views on a wide range of issues, including ways to boost humanities studies and to realize the goal of cultural prosperity.
President Park repeatedly emphasized the importance of the humanities as the foundation for cultural enrichment and the creative economy which will lead to happiness as it “focuses on consideration of people and deals with an insight of life and human beings.”
“Any technology, invention, or system can become monstrous if it is not based on self-reflection on people and life,” said the president in a meeting with senior journalists at Cheong Wa Dae on July 10.
President Park also said that knowledge in the humanities is the foundation for a creative economy at Seoul International Book Fair in June this year.
“We need to start reading books in order to usher in an era of cultural renaissance as imagination based on the humanities is a key to achieve a growth engine,” said the president at a ceremony held to announce "Government 3.0” vision in the same month.
After her summer vacation, President Park held meetings with groups of experts and plans to meet more experts in the culture, arts, and humanities sectors in the future.
By Wi Tack-whan, Yoon Sojung
Korea.net Staff Writers
whan23@korea.kr
A total of 13 people, including including Yonsei University Professor Yoo Jong-ho, Ewha Womans University Professor Kim U-Chang, and novelists Yi In-hwa and Park Bum-shin, attended the meeting.
President Park Geun-hye (center) stresses the importance of the humanities at a meeting with influential figures in the culture, humanities, and arts arena at Cheong Wa Dae on August 7 (photo: Cheong Wa Dae).
President Park Geun-hye (left) shakes hands with one of the attendees of the meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on August 7 (photo: Cheong Wa Dae).
President Park listened to insightful opinions from the meeting participants who expressed their views on a wide range of issues, including ways to boost humanities studies and to realize the goal of cultural prosperity.
President Park repeatedly emphasized the importance of the humanities as the foundation for cultural enrichment and the creative economy which will lead to happiness as it “focuses on consideration of people and deals with an insight of life and human beings.”
“Any technology, invention, or system can become monstrous if it is not based on self-reflection on people and life,” said the president in a meeting with senior journalists at Cheong Wa Dae on July 10.
President Park also said that knowledge in the humanities is the foundation for a creative economy at Seoul International Book Fair in June this year.
“We need to start reading books in order to usher in an era of cultural renaissance as imagination based on the humanities is a key to achieve a growth engine,” said the president at a ceremony held to announce "Government 3.0” vision in the same month.
After her summer vacation, President Park held meetings with groups of experts and plans to meet more experts in the culture, arts, and humanities sectors in the future.
By Wi Tack-whan, Yoon Sojung
Korea.net Staff Writers
whan23@korea.kr
