Extracurricular activities for proper historic awareness on Dokdo such as ‘Dokdo Newspaper Contest’, etc.
Produced goods attached with ‘Dokdo PR Characters’ drawn by students for sale, and donated some of the proceeds
YU Dokdo Institute plans to produce ‘Dokdo Plants Postcards’ and use it for educating adolescents
[July 9, 2021]
“We want the YU Dokdo Institute to take the charge in sharing with the world that Dokdo is our history and backed by historical facts!”
Students and teachers of the Daegu Songhyeon Girls’ High School (Principal Park Young-do) are cheering on the YU Dokdo Institute. On the 8th, they donated 500,000 KRW in development funds to the YU Dokdo Institute. The students and teachers came together to support the education and research activities to share information about Dokdo, which is Korean territory.
Recently, Songhyeon Girls’ High School held an in-school ‘Dokdo Newspaper Contest’ to raise awareness about Dokdo to students and to engage in “Our Territory Dokdo” PR activities. About 100 students participated in this contest and students drew ‘Dokdo PR Characters’ on the bottom of the newspaper as part of this contest. The development funds donated by Songhyeong Girls’ High School came some of the proceeds from making antibacterial mask patches with Dokdo PR characters that were sold to members of the school.
Ms. Choi Eun-young, who is in charge of after-school education at Songhyeon Girls’ High School said, “We have been constantly offering extracurricular courses such as Making Dokdo Newspapers so that students can have proper historical awareness on Dokdo. Students also participate actively. Students study about Dokdo and using some of the earnings from PR activities, they donate it to institutions related to Dokdo, which can teach many things to them. We will continue to plan and pursue various extracurricular activities so that students can can develop proper historical awareness and character.”
<Dokdo Newspaper and Dokdo PR Character Mask Patch made by students of the Daegu Songhyeon Girls’ High School>
The Dokdo Institute plans to use the development funds donated by Songhyeon Girls’ High School to produce ‘Dokdo Plant Postcards’ and use it for educating adolescents. In addition to their donations to the YU Dokdo Institute, Songhyeon Girls’ High School also delivered the remaining proceeds and 2,600 mask patches to medical professionals through the Daegu Dalseo-gu Office.
Second-year student Koh Jin-ju of Songhyeon Girl’s High School who participated in the Dokdo PR activities said, “The Dokdo Newspaper making activity was an opportunity to gain deeper understanding about Dokdo, which is our territory. I hope that every Korean will show more interest about Dokdo.”
YU Dokdo Institute Director Choi Jae-mok said, “It is quite pleasing to see the youths, who are the future of Korea, being so interested in Dokdo and taking the initiative to promote Dokdo. The YU Dokdo Institute, which is an educational and research institute specializing in Dokdo, will engage in activities with a greater sense of responsibility.”
