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| Oh Young-jin, left, The Korea Times president-publisher, Indian Ambassador to Korea Sripriya Ranganathan, second from left, and Kim Sook-ja, second from right, an official from Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, pose with the winners of video contest at Indian Cultural Center, Seoul, Monday. Courtesy of Indian Embassy in Korea |
By Lee Hae-rin
Thirteen college students won video contest awards hosted by The Korea Times and the Embassy of India in Korea, Monday. Under the theme of "Diversity and Multiculturalism," the event was held to celebrate India's 75th anniversary of independence.
The Korea Times President-Publisher Oh Young-jin, Indian Ambassador to Korea Sripriya Ranganathan and India's Deputy Chief of Mission Surinder Bhagat, Kim Sook-ja, an official from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, and nine winners joined the event.
In her speech, the Indian envoy underlined the importance and value of diversity and multiculturalism, sharing India's effort to bring its diverse population together in its political and social system.
"With this experience, we have been able to reach the understanding that the strength of a nation relies on the ability to welcome diverse people and culture and allow them to explore and fulfill their potential," she said.
"We hope that this video contest has encouraged some young minds to think about this one shift and embrace it and make it part of their own lives and practice it in the right ways," the ambassador said.
Oh emphasized the values of multiculturalism, introducing the newspaper's efforts to defend these values by holding annual multicultural youth awards with the help of the ministry for 11 years.
"Why are we putting so much focus on diversity? I believe it is not a matter of choice, but a matter of survival," he said.
Do Minh Hanh, a Vietnamese national attending Yonsei University, won the grand prize for her video that portrayed her experience as an international school student and a foreign national in Korea. In her video, Do narrates, "Diversity is about being open; open to accept that we might be different in some sense, yet similar in others."
"Through my video, I wanted to convey my own understanding of what it means to be a diverse society and help raise awareness not only within Korea but internationally as well," said Do in the recorded video of her acceptance speech.
Raj Mouli Jujjavarapu, an Indian national from Kyungpook National University, was awarded the excellence award and Kim Min-sun from Dongduk Women's University won the Commendation Award.
Ten other students won distinguished entry prizes. They are Lee Se-jin from Gachon University; Kim Jae-young from Kookmin University; Song Meiping, a Chinese student at Kyungpook National University; Lee Sung-hee from Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology; Yoo Mi-ri from Dongyang University; Choi Jae-yeong from Chungnam National University; and Ko Byung-hyun, Yoo Jae-won, Yoo Ji-eun and Shim Ye-won, all at Sookmyung Women's University.
Below are the presentation videos submitted by the 13 winners of the video contest on diversity and multiculturalism from 2021.
Grand Prize
Do Minh Hanh from Yonsei University
Excellence Award
Raj Mouli Jujjavarapu from Kyungppok National University
Commendation Award
Kim Min-sun from Dongduk Women's University
Distinguished Awards
Lee Se-jin from Gachon University
Kim Jae-young from Kookmin University
Song Meiping from Kyungpook National University
Lee Sung-hee from Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
Yoo Mi-ri from Dongyang University
Choi Jae-yeong from Chungnam National University
Ko Byung-hyun from Sookmyung Women's University
Yoo Jae-won from Sookmyung Women's University
Yoo Ji-eun from Sookmyung Women's University
Shim Ye-won from Sookmyung Women's University
