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With an emphasis
on cooperative assistance,
Jeju's traditional Sammu spirit
has been an ideology that
has been lived out in daily
life for millennia. The grassroots
interest in peace has sprung
out of this value system,
and is still seen in education
and culture of Jeju Island.
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‘No thieves’ means the
will to reject injustice. A sense
of self-respect and self-reliance
are the foundation of an honest
and good life.
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‘No beggars’
means the will to try to live and
work diligently even when facing poverty
and difficulties.
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‘No gates’ means the will to honor
mutual trust and cooperation from a
broad point of view.
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The Sammu spirit, therefore,
is the unique sense and code of
conduct that the Jeju people have
kept and will continue to keep forever.
There are few beggars because the
people of Jeju have the will to
survive. There are few thieves because
the people of Jeju citizens have
the will to overcome through diligent
work. Because of their cooperative
and mutually interdependent lives,
they know their neighbors well.
That's the reason they don't need
gates.
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The subject of reconciliation
and compatibility to resolve the
historic tragedy of 4.3 Incident
has been demanded that Jeju Island
be Island of Peace. Getting to the
bottom of the April 3rd Uprising
has actively involved human rights.
The government of the Republic of
Korea also has formally apologized
for the 4.3 Incident, enacted the
legislation of the 4.3 Special Act,
and completed and released a fact-finding
report.
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Jeju Island has
a pristine and unique natural
environment that includes
Mt. Halla, Oreums, and the
sea. In 2002, Mt. Halla National
Park, the high-level mountainous
zone (above 200 m), the Seogwipo
Marine Park, Beomseom, Munseom,
and Seopseom were designated
as a UNESCO World Biosphere
Preservation Zone. Jeju Island
has established and administrated
ongoing sustainable development
plans.
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The peace image complements
this mystical international tourist
resort and unique international
free city with its world-class tourism
facilities and investment incentives.
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In the midst of
the termination of the Cold
War, the Korea-U.S.S.R summit
was conducted with Gorbachev's
visit to Jeju in 1991. After
that, as the visits of world
leaders (including the US,
Japan, and China) followed
the summits, Jeju’s role as
a place of reconciliation
and peace in the playing field
of international politics
became prominent. In particular,
through the recently held
Jeju Peace Forum, Jeju is
developing into the center
of discussion on Northeast
Asian peace.
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The Korea-Japan summit
in 2004 consolidated the image of
Jeju as an Island of Peace. Consequently,
the assertion and role of the Island
of Peace as a unique brand of Jeju
international tourism and the Jeju
international free city has garnered
wide attention.
In spite of the tensions between
South and North Korea, Jeju Island
has performed its role as an advance
base for cooperative exchanges between
the South and the North. Sending
shipments of tangerines to North
Korea, the three visits of Jeju
citizens’ to North Korea, and the
inter-Korean exchanges of peace
messages has paved the way for peace
and reconciliation. There are now
tangible trends towards reconciliation
and cooperation including the South-North
Defense Ministers' Talks. Starting
from Jeju Island of Peace, the establishment
of a new order of peace and prosperity
within Northeast Asia has been strongly
supported by public opinion.
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Currently Jeju Island
functions as a place of discussion
on peace by major summits and lively
international meetings. In the future,
Jeju needs to be developed into
the key point area in order to discuss
and solve newly emerging international
issues including the environment,
tensions between developed countries
and developing countries, and local
disputes.
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