Minister Jeong Dong-young Engages Students at His Alma Mater on Peace Education

Minister Jeong Dong-young visited his alma mater, Jeonju High School, on May 29 to serve as a one-day peace education teacher during the 14th Peace Education Week.

During his visit, Jeong addressed first-year students on the topic of "Peaceful Coexistence and Joint Growth on the Korean Peninsula," emphasizing the importance of a peaceful Korea.

Before the lecture, he held a discussion with school officials, including Principal Jang Kyung-ho and Chae Sun-young, head of the Jeonju Education Support Office, encouraging them as key communicators of peace education and listening to their insights.

In his lecture, Jeong stressed the need to end hostility and confrontation between North and South Korea, highlighting the contemporary challenge of fostering peaceful coexistence. He noted that amid unstable international circumstances, peace on the Korean Peninsula is more crucial than ever.

He committed to consistently implementing proactive measures for peace and working towards restoring trust and easing tensions between the two Koreas.

Jeong urged the younger generation to become leaders in a new era of peaceful coexistence and joint growth on the Korean Peninsula, grounded in free imagination, extensive reading, travel, and positive thinking.

He expressed hope that a vision to redirect the course of Korean history from hostility and confrontation to reconciliation and cooperation would begin at this gathering.