From Yonhap.
United States Ambassador Kathleen Stephens visited Seolwol Girls' High School in Gwangju on Tuesday. Arirang says
Just over three months ago, a student here with a dream of making her mark on the international stage one day, requested the US ambassador to come and speak to her along with her peers involved in the school's annual English publication, 'The Seolwol Times.' The group of young writers had voted Korea's first female overseas envoy as their number one most respected public figure.
The school wrote up the visit, too.
* Update (4/14/2010, 7:15): The JoongAng Daily has the story now, too:
In her speech to the students, Stephens stressed the importance of education and empowering women in society.
“Investing in women who have high potential is one of the definite ways to achieve social development,” Stephens said. “I’m impressed at what Korean women have achieved so far in higher education compared to the time when I first came to Korea, back in the 1970s.
“Even if you don’t graduate from prestigious universities, you can still be successful in arts, sports, and in business by using your creativity and talent.”
3 comments:
With Kwangju being such a hotbed of anti-government and anti-American sentiment (the latter by association and because the chinboista fifth-columnists have successfully blamed the US for supporting Chun during the Kwangju uprising), it is interesting that Kwangju students themselves are the ones who invited the US ambassador.
But because of her background — her time in the Peace Corps and her ability to speak Korean, among others — she in particular is seen in a favorable light among many leftist South Koreans who have ambivalent feelings about the US.
I like her pushing on Korean feminine politics. You can still...
Shes a real hero but we dont see her in the news do we?
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