Journey to Inspiring Korea

When Malaysia’s youth still having fever with Korean drama and K-pop, I have been given a chance by Ministry Youth and Sports Malaysia to explore and get to know Korea. This is an opportunity that I can’t decline even with all the study workload and others. I used to have thought that Korean is an entertainment country because of the popularity with drama and music, but after visit Korea all may perspective about Korea change. Korean is not just an entertainment country but it is more than that, lies in Korea are dedicated value, valuable culture and historical value that very inspiring.

King Sejong the Great

 

King Sejong devoted himself to his people and created language for their people as a gift to their people so that they can speak and write, it take him 10 years in making the Hangul. King Sejong work seriously for the benefit of his people, sleeping for only 3 to 4 hours a day, working 7 days a week. During his drain, he is diagnosing over hundred different condition causes by work and stress. As he continues with Hangul, his constant reading causes erectable damage to his eyes, and he become old but blind. The reason King Sejong goes such extraordinary length to create the alphabet because of his people. He has witness many incidences where the uneducated had to suffer miscarriage of justice as the couldn’t read the law or put their appeal in writing.

/please

 “The spoken language of our country is different from that of China and does not suit the Chinese characters. Therefore amongst uneducated people there have been many who, having something that they wish to put into words, have been unable to express their feelings in writing. I ‘am greatly distressed because of this, and so I have made twenty eight new letters. Let everyone practice them at their ease, and adapt them to their daily use”. (King Sejong’s preface to Hunmin Chongnum)

“THE DUTY OF A KING IS TO LOVE HIS PEOPLE, THAT IS ALL”/blush

King Sejong has contributed lot of idea and invention to the Korea but the impressive achievement for me is the invention of Korean alphabet (Hangul). With his invention of Hangul Korean people have their own languages which symbolize their own identities. It is true that language is the heart of a nation. Until now his alphabet is being using by the Korean, sacrifices of one man have safe a nation. King Sejong truly a Korean hero.

POSCO (Pohang Iron and Steel Company)

POSCO, world 3^rd largest steel producer and one of the most competitive steel companies has contributed immensely to the rapid socio-economic development of South Korea. It started out 38 years ago with empty fields and rural fishing villages, to create today’s phenomenal steelworks (taken from POSCO). POSCO started with no natural resources, no capital and no technological expertise. In a land devastated by national division and war dreams of developing an integrated steel mill and a prosperous nation become reality when POSCO was established in 1968.

One of the POSCO mottos is Limited Resources, Unlimited Creativity. With just the motto and determination they created miracle to create prosperity in deserted areas, POSCO keep fighting and fighting to survive in the world. POSCO has maintain unfailing spirit of Korea

Today, POSCO is among the best and respectful steel companies in the world. Even rapidly develop company, POSCO still dedicated to have green and clean environment, at coal recreating activity POSCO trying to minimize the pollution by having strict green control.

FROM JUST STEEL FACTORY, POSCO HAS CHANGE TO STEEL CITY /shock

There’re lot more story like on how Korean managed to pay MIF in just short time, on how they make history in architecture by building Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Singapore, story of Samsung, Hyundai and Siheung. But I have no time to type all that, so that all from me ;)

Reference

POSCO

King Sejong