[2013 외교아카데미:시니어]

에세이 콘테스트 (김지원 / 중2)

1. It is never fair to live in a certain place without knowing that there are people doing illegal things. If I worked in a certain company and the boss secretly spends all the money for his sake, I'd be really mad. Assange and Snowden were both in these kind of cases. They are the protector of human rights and democracy against the supremacy of the superpowers.

 First of all, Assange and Snowden did nothing wrong. It might sound like a bad thing to reveal the government's top - secrets, but they did what was fair for all the Americans. If Assange or Snowden hadn't leaked the secrets, Americans would've had to live in America, not knowing that their government is doing illegal things. They have the right to know what is going on in their country, especially if there are people doing immoral things.

 Also, Assange and Snowden had the human right to report what is wrong. For instance, let's say a  an works in a company where he has to donate $500 every 6 month for charity. He later finds out that the boss takes it for his own good. He reveals the fat to the public, and now the boss can never to that again. Without the man, the workers in the company would've had to "donate" a lot of money untll they retire when the money is actually all spent on their boss. Like this case. Assnage and Snowden did the right thing and protected the U. S. citizens from getting secretly tricked by the government. Because they revealed the secrets, the government stop doing the action.

 Just because the government has more ower than regular citizens, that doesn't mean that there's nothing you can do if they do something wrong. All humans have the right to report what's wrong. When someone reveals a negative secret, they shouldn't call it "leaked", but "reported".

2.  It takes less than two hours to get from Korea to China, and from Busan, Korea it takes about an hour to get to Japan on a ship. That's how close the three countries are, and that's why they need to cooperate and maintain strategic partnerships.

 There has been a lot of diplomatic issues between Korea and China. Korea and China concluded FTA, and ever since then, China became the country that buys the most Korean products. Almost half of the tourists that visit South Korea are Chinese. Also, when North Korea announced that they will fire a nuclear weapon and so on, China backed away and joined the other countries. This means that China is going to stop supporting North Korea and have a better relationship with South Korea, probably in military cases. Even though there's been a lot of negative issues Korea and China are trying to build a better partnership and cooperate.

 Korea and Japan have an unforgettable memory in the past. Both countries haven't liked each other, nor there was much of a cooperation. The hatred started when Japan ruled Korea for more than 30 years and treated us like slaves. Also, the small island "Dokdo" is becoming a huge issue. Both countries are fighting to prove that it is their island, and it still hasn't ended. Even though there has been a lot of diplomatic issues, there has been a lot of diplomatic issues, there has still been a lot of trading and cooperation. Japan made statements that they apologize for the comfort woman, war of aggresios, and promised to pay due attention of criticisms from Korea and China in relation to its history textbooks.

 Korea, China, and Japan have a lot of similar cultures and shared a lot of things from a thousands of years ago. The three countries should never stop cooperating and they should build up great partnerships. This will benefit a three countries, and make them develop in to stronger countries.