The Youth Standing Committee of the Gangwon Provincial Assembly (chief: Jeon Je-won) held a “Unification Talk of the Youth” on June 1 at the lecture room of the Industry Academy Cooperation Group in Gangneung Wonju National University, with about 250 university students and 320 council members taking part.

The topic of this talk was ‘‘What is the role of university students, the generation of future unification, for a unified Korea?” Ten North Korean refugees who were featured in the program “I’m Going to Meet You Right Now” on local cable channel Channel A introduced the reality of North Korea. This was followed by a discussion regarding the necessity and the appropriateness of unification and the role and attitude of university students for fostering Korean unification. Afterward, a concert was held.

A ceremony was also held wherein North Korean refugees were awarded with family support funds and university students were given scholarships for encouragement.