Let's go together this way - Nam ju Kim

Let's go together this way

Three is better, two is also good

Don't say I go first, you come later

Also I left here, you go first

Twos and threes, go with arms around each other's shoulders

Hand in hand with comrade in the world of struggle

Tens and Thousands, share our fate.

Don't go alone though it is two.

Cross the field. Cross the mountain together

Fierce wave don't make us stop.

If we thirsty, rest at the town over the hill.

Sunset is coming, hurry to go this way

Road became dark

If you fall, I will make you stand up

If I fall, make me stand up

Up hill and down dale, some time or other we should go this way

Way of ordeal, and white

Someone should cross this field

Way of liberation,Way of unity,Throny path,White path

Take a rest though we didn't arrive

Leaning each other with our sour legs.

 This poem express that the unity is the way of ordeal and bramble but at the same time we have to walk the way of unity together

 I could feel the emotion of the poet through his expression of eager to peace in Korea.Just like this poem, we should solve the problem of division.

 Hope peace in world and Korea.

Song of unity

 There is a song, which is related to unity of the Korea. Maybe most Korean know this song because we learn this at Elementary school. Sometimes, I sing this song inwardly, and think of the unity of the Korean peninsula

 For world peace, I think the unity of the Korean peninsula should come first and I hope it from my heart like the lyric of this song.

Our hope

Our hope is unity of the Korea

Even in our dream, we hope for that.

Unity comes from our sincere heart.

Make this hope to real

Save our nation by being the one.

Restore our nation through unity

Come here unity, he hope from heart

Come here unity.

Civil defense training

 Today, on 14th of March, there was siren ringing all over the cities in Korea. All the traffic stopped, and there were police officers everywhere. Is the war happening? Maybe the invasion of North Korea? No, it was just civil defense training. To Koreans this is just a thing that happens sometimes in a day. So if this happens, everyone is just indifferent. But if you are a foreigner and didn't know about this, or never heard about it before, you may freak out. Calm down and just stay in the place you were. If you were outside just go where you were planning to.

Because Korea is a country where potentially war can happen, this kind of training is necessary. Sadly but this still go along all around Korea. Why? Because we have to prepare if there will be and attack from the North. Although this training became very formal to Koreans, people think this is important for the possibilities of war.

 Even it has been over 50 years since the Korea war ended, Koreans still have to worry and live a life that has to fear about the war that can happen. The training is only for about 20 minutes but it reminds us the war that killed many of our families and friends long ago. The more we sorrow about it is that we had to fight with our nations. Hope there will be a day that we don't have to worry about the war or the conflict between the North and South. Hope that the day we can live in peace and happiness can come soon in this world, land that we live in.

Reference: http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=004&oid=416&aid=0000072637

When that day comes

When that day comes(그날이 오면)

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…

우리의 소원은 단 하나

다시 만나야만 한다

너와 나 두 손 꼭 잡고서

기쁜 노래를 부르자

통일노래를 부르자

…

Our wish is only one thing

We must meet again

You and I let us hold our hands tightly

Let’s sing a joyful song

Let’s sing the unification song

When that day, the day of unification of Korea comes, there will be peace in the Korean Peninsula. Korea is the only country that still is divided in the world. It was divided into North and South since The Korea War in 1950. The Korea War lasted for 3 years so it has been over 60 years till now.

The “When that day comes” song was made for the hope of Korea’s unification. Many South Korean singers sang every line one by one with their voices. Even though they had different voice and different style of music, they sang with one heart and one hope. It didn’t matter because they were hoping the same thing. Like what you can see in the video clip, there are many pictures of the south and north people. When Korea’s president was Kim Dae-Jung he tried many policies to get close to the North. By his efforts, the north started to open there minds and finally the chance came. The North gave the permission to let the separated families meet together. Families that was separated because of the war, all started to requested papers to find their families. The pictures here are the pictures of the families that meet in over 50 years. Brothers and sisters meet after they became grandfathers and grandmothers. Even though over 5 decades have passed, they still had their hearts of love and kindness. That was when their longing was solved for a day. The first sight was tears with joy and happiness. Also the resentment of the history happened all at once.

What can you think after you watched this video clip? And what do you feel about it? Even now the families suffer from the war. People say that time can heal the past, but that is not healing. That is connivance. For the past is already gone, we cannot change it. Then what do you think we can do now? We can change the future. By bring peace in the world. We know about war because people experienced it before. Now we don’t want that to happen again. How about peace then? It is time that we change war into peace. Peace is not a big and heavy thing for people. It is hard when you think that it is hard. We can bring changes to the world to peace by promoting peace. There are many people who have different opinions about unification of Korea but what matters is that there should be peace. To help the people who need help, to give the people who need, and sharing love to the people in the world isn’t a minor step for peace, but it is a big forward to achieve the world without conflicts. What do you think about this? Don’t you think it is a good idea to share the good effect? We can learn how to understand and help people. Let’s bring some changes in this world.