The Members training session will be held 30 times across the country starting on June 23 for second region of Gyeonggi Province to be finalized in Jeju Province.

Members Training of the National Unification Advisory Council (NUAC) for the second region of the Gyonggi Province was held at the Hyundai Learning Center on June 23rd, and for two days at Yongin city, Gyeonggi Province. About 200 council members from the cities of Suwon, Yongin, Pyeongtaek, Hwaseong, Anseong, Osan and Gwacheon attended the training to strengthen their abilities of preparation for national unification.

The council members first started the training course by pledging to practice the mission of national unification in everyday life. Kim Se-yeon, member of Suwon municipal chapter said, "While I was writing my mission of practicing national unification, I came to know about the mineral resources available in North Korea. It was a good opportunity to think about the conveniences that can be brought by the unification of Korean peninsula. I was proud of myself to find out specific statistics of our fatherland and was surprised at the huge amount of natural resources of Korea. I will let the people around me know about it more positively."

During the members training, exemplary cases of national unification activities were announced, which were shared with all the participants. They included the ‘Activities of National Unification P.R. Members’ of the Hwaseong municipal chapter (presented by Jun Byung-chan), 'Activities Supporting North Korean Refugees' of the Suwon municipal chapter (presented by Seo Jung-moon, branch chapter head), 'Contest for National Unification Sympathy' of the Yongin municipal chapter (presented by Won Kyung-seok, deputy head of branch chapter), 'Unification Festival of the youth from the South and North' of the Anseong municipal chapter (presented by Yoo Seung-rak, secretary), 'Specialized Business of Preparation for National Unification’ of the Gwacheon municipal chapter (presented by Lee Yong-hoe, secretary). The presentation by Jung Byung-chan from the Hwaseong municipal chapter was selected to be the most excellent case.

“Dialogue with Field Experts” was provided to enhance cooperation with the relevant organizations and also to incorporate the expert voice on the field with recommending the policy of national unification. Professor Jun Sun-young of Yongin University, a field expert who is also the vice chief of the Mentoring Business Team for North Korean Refugees of the Gangnam-gu municipal chapter of Seoul, was invited to promote “One to Five Movements to Meet with National Unification.” Professor Jun gave his lecture on the "Essence and Understanding of Mentoring Activities for North Korean Refugees," which attracted great interest from the council members attending the training session.

Expert lectures that reinforced the abilities of the council members preparing for national unification included Trust Building Process of Korean Peninsula and Inter-Korean Relationship; Security Environments of North East Asia; and Subjects of Preparing for National Unification and Roles of NUAC

In particular, Park Chan-bong, secretary general of NUAC, emphasized that vague consideration of or wish for national unification should be avoided, and that national consensus for unification should be drawn first as a business direction of the 16th NUAC. He added that supporting the North Korean refugees and their settlement in our society is important to prepare for the inconveniences to be encountered by the North Koreans while national unification is being achieved.

The council members who completed the two-day members’ training course agreed that it was a meaningful opportunity to upgrade their status as educators of national unification.
The 2014 training of the council members will be held 30 times across the country until December 10.

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  Opening Speech (Han In-hi, head of Pyeongtaek Municipal Chapter)

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  Words of Encouragement (Park Hae-jin, Vice-chairperson of Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly)