Ⓒ JoongAng Ilbo / JoongAng Ilbo Japanese version2022.01.27 06:55
It turned out that ASEAN people in their 20s and 30s trust South Korea more than Japan, the United States, and China. ASEAN’s 20s and 30s, who live in South Korea, chose South Korea as the number one country that will be useful in the future.
The Korea-ASEAN Center held a “2021 Korea-ASEAN” meeting at the “Mutual Awareness Improvement Roundtable for Sustainable Relations between Korea and ASEAN” held at the Korea Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 26th. The results of the “Youth Mutual Recognition Survey” were announced.
When asked regarding the “most reliable country” among South Korea and ASEAN, Japan, the United States, China, and Australia, he answered that ASEAN’s 20s and 30s are South Korea. Japan and Australia followed. ASEAN’s local 20s and 30s chose ASEAN itself as the number one “country that is most useful for the future of their own country”, while ASEAN’s 20s and 30s living in South Korea chose Korea as the number one. The Korea-ASEAN Center analyzed, “We can see that the young people of ASEAN have great expectations for Korea as an ASEAN community.”
This survey was conducted in August last year, targeting 1800 local adolescents (ages 19-34) from 9 ASEAN countries, 519 ASEAN adolescents living in South Korea, and 1000 Korean adolescents, for a total of more than 3,300 people. The Korea-ASEAN Center is an international organization under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs established to promote cooperation between South Korea and the 10 ASEAN countries, and includes South Korea, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, and Cambodia. is. A survey of young people in Myanmar might not be conducted due to local circumstances.
Korea and ASEAN 20s and 30s both first select the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” as a field to cooperate for the future relationship between Korea and ASEAN, and other cooperation in “education” and “medical health” is required. I answered. The Korea-ASEAN Center said, “ASEAN countries, which are growing by more than 5% a year, have established policies related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution to promote technology introduction for economic leap, and startups are continuing to make breakthroughs.” South Korea, an IT powerhouse, is recognized by ASEAN countries as an attractive partner nation. “
Speaking of South Korea, all ASEAN youths mentioned “K-POP” in the words that come to mind. In addition, there were many Korean-related words such as drama, cooking, and BTS. In the image that comes to mind when you think of “Korean,” there were many references to appearance such as “cute,” “beautiful,” and “white skin.”
“Korea, whose working-age population has turned to a declining trend, needs excellent ASEAN youth,” said Jung Chul-gun, the representative of Korea Central Daily, who participated in the roundtable discussion on that day. The relationship between Korea and ASEAN will be even better if young people with the same texture and flexible thinking broaden their understanding. ”
