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The Brown and White Vol. 132 No. 20 Tuesday, April 25, 2017 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ South Korean UN ambassador talks North Korea Maxim Beard/B&W Staff Choong-hee Hahn, the South Korean ambassador to the UN, addresses his audience April 18 in STEPS 101. Hahn presented on the rising tension in the Korean peninsula. By MATT COSSEL B&W Staff Amid growing tensions between the United States and North Korea, Choong-hee Hahn, the South Korean ambassador to the United Nations, addressed the Lehigh community April 18 in STEPS. When sharing his thoughts about South Korea’s northern neighbors, Hahn did not hold back. “North Korea is trying to lie and cheat the United States and the international community,” Hahn said. Hahn said since a joint statement between the United States and North Korea in 1993, there have been five different agreements between the two nations. On cer-tain occasions, other nations have had to become involved regarding North Korea’s nuclear program. Every time, Hahn said, North Korea has ignored the statements and acted in its own interest. This kind of defection is a com-mon tactic for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Hahn said North Korea’s practice of participating in talks simply to ask for compensation and then turning its back on the agree-ments afterward has become the norm. “They have cheated many, many times,” Hahn said. “Enough is enough.” Hahn said the continuation of strong sanctions from the United Nations is vitally important to keep North Korea in line, calling it “the only justifiable way” to inflict pressure on North Korea with the hope it can change its course. The sanctions placed on North Korea last year were the harshest in United Nations’ his-tory. Hahn said he is critical of North Korea’s reliance on military technologies. He said the coun-try focuses too much on military capabilities and not enough on its own people. He said he also criticized North Korea’s use of false aggression from the United States to give its people a sense of urgency and nationalism that is then used to consolidate power within the cen-tral government. “There is no hostile policy of the United States toward North Korea,” Hahn said. Hahn said the aggression fab-ricated by the North Korean gov-ernment is not reciprocated in the United States, and there is no reason for the United States to use a preemptive strike. “North Korea has no reason to attack the United States,” Hahn said. “It would be a suicidal strike.” Hahn said unified Korean voic-es and increased international cooperation would be necessary to address the divide between North and South Korea. He said the majority of people living in the Student-led town hall to address safe drinking Q&A: Choong-hee Hahn By MATT COSSEL B&W Staff Following his presentation, The Brown and White sat down with ambassador Choong-hee Hahn to talk about Lehigh, the United Nations sanctions and international negoti-ations. Q: How do you like Lehigh so far? Choong-hee Hahn: Pennsylvania was my first destination and arrival point back in the ’80s when I joined the University of Pennsylvania to study, so Pennsylvania is something special for me. It’s very peaceful and also the first founding state of the new migrants in the United States, and I always feel very comfortable here. It’s very much like my home-town, but at the same time, it’s very inspiring for me because of its histor-ical importance to the United States. It’s something very special to me. Q: You mentioned in your presentation the many dif-ferent negotiations that have taken place among the nations involved in the conflict on the Korean peninsula. Recently, the foreign minister of China, Wang Yi, said China wanted to re-open By CATHERINE MANTHORP Associate Sports Editor Four. Four is the number of Lehigh students who have had “close calls” in the last few months. These students suffered serious injuries and hospitalization due to alcohol abuse, according to an email President John Simon sent to the Lehigh community earlier this month. Simon’s email detailed precau-tionary measures Lehigh would be taking to ensure there would be no more alcohol-related “close calls” on campus. The email said Lehigh would be increasing its police presence on and off campus and would be applying its policies to enforce alcohol laws. On April 10, Student Senate reacted to Simon’s email by send-ing one of its own to the Lehigh community. The email presented a call to action for students to come together tomorrow at 4:10 p.m. in Perella Auditorium to dis-cuss safety concerns and steps students, both as individuals and as a community, can take to foster a safer environment for all. Dakota DiMattio, ’17, the pres-ident of Student Senate, said the immediate response from students after receiving Simon’s email was confusion. She said a lot of stu-dents didn’t see a problem with things like the recent “close calls,” which scared student leaders the most. DiMattio said lives were on the line and these incidents could have turned into student deaths. “That’s never really happened while we were at Lehigh, so we felt a personal responsibility to respond in some way,” DiMattio said. She said prior to Senate’s cam-pus- wide email, Senate sent out a preliminary email to all organi-zations registered on the Lehigh Involvement Connection website asking for their support. “We identified it as a student problem,” DiMattio said. “We thought it was important to engage everyone in this conver-sation.” Matt Rothberg, the Student Senate treasurer and incoming president, said the student lead-ers who responded to Senate’s preliminary email were in support of the email addressing campus safety concerns. Rothberg said he was happy with how many people responded. “The ones that really care were the ones that were on that email,” he said. Caroline Jennings, the presi-dent of Dance Marathon, said her organization supports Student Senate in its efforts to make Lehigh a safer campus, especially after recent incidents. She said Dance Marathon looks forward to campus cooperation and the town hall discussion to implement a safer campus climate. DiMattio said prior to writ-ing the email, she met with the Panhellenic and Interfraternity See HAHN Page 3 See Q&A Page 3 See TOWN HALL Page 4 Anna Simoneau/B&W Staff
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Date | 2017-04-23 |
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FullText | The Brown and White Vol. 132 No. 20 Tuesday, April 25, 2017 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ South Korean UN ambassador talks North Korea Maxim Beard/B&W Staff Choong-hee Hahn, the South Korean ambassador to the UN, addresses his audience April 18 in STEPS 101. Hahn presented on the rising tension in the Korean peninsula. By MATT COSSEL B&W Staff Amid growing tensions between the United States and North Korea, Choong-hee Hahn, the South Korean ambassador to the United Nations, addressed the Lehigh community April 18 in STEPS. When sharing his thoughts about South Korea’s northern neighbors, Hahn did not hold back. “North Korea is trying to lie and cheat the United States and the international community,” Hahn said. Hahn said since a joint statement between the United States and North Korea in 1993, there have been five different agreements between the two nations. On cer-tain occasions, other nations have had to become involved regarding North Korea’s nuclear program. Every time, Hahn said, North Korea has ignored the statements and acted in its own interest. This kind of defection is a com-mon tactic for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Hahn said North Korea’s practice of participating in talks simply to ask for compensation and then turning its back on the agree-ments afterward has become the norm. “They have cheated many, many times,” Hahn said. “Enough is enough.” Hahn said the continuation of strong sanctions from the United Nations is vitally important to keep North Korea in line, calling it “the only justifiable way” to inflict pressure on North Korea with the hope it can change its course. The sanctions placed on North Korea last year were the harshest in United Nations’ his-tory. Hahn said he is critical of North Korea’s reliance on military technologies. He said the coun-try focuses too much on military capabilities and not enough on its own people. He said he also criticized North Korea’s use of false aggression from the United States to give its people a sense of urgency and nationalism that is then used to consolidate power within the cen-tral government. “There is no hostile policy of the United States toward North Korea,” Hahn said. Hahn said the aggression fab-ricated by the North Korean gov-ernment is not reciprocated in the United States, and there is no reason for the United States to use a preemptive strike. “North Korea has no reason to attack the United States,” Hahn said. “It would be a suicidal strike.” Hahn said unified Korean voic-es and increased international cooperation would be necessary to address the divide between North and South Korea. He said the majority of people living in the Student-led town hall to address safe drinking Q&A: Choong-hee Hahn By MATT COSSEL B&W Staff Following his presentation, The Brown and White sat down with ambassador Choong-hee Hahn to talk about Lehigh, the United Nations sanctions and international negoti-ations. Q: How do you like Lehigh so far? Choong-hee Hahn: Pennsylvania was my first destination and arrival point back in the ’80s when I joined the University of Pennsylvania to study, so Pennsylvania is something special for me. It’s very peaceful and also the first founding state of the new migrants in the United States, and I always feel very comfortable here. It’s very much like my home-town, but at the same time, it’s very inspiring for me because of its histor-ical importance to the United States. It’s something very special to me. Q: You mentioned in your presentation the many dif-ferent negotiations that have taken place among the nations involved in the conflict on the Korean peninsula. Recently, the foreign minister of China, Wang Yi, said China wanted to re-open By CATHERINE MANTHORP Associate Sports Editor Four. Four is the number of Lehigh students who have had “close calls” in the last few months. These students suffered serious injuries and hospitalization due to alcohol abuse, according to an email President John Simon sent to the Lehigh community earlier this month. Simon’s email detailed precau-tionary measures Lehigh would be taking to ensure there would be no more alcohol-related “close calls” on campus. The email said Lehigh would be increasing its police presence on and off campus and would be applying its policies to enforce alcohol laws. On April 10, Student Senate reacted to Simon’s email by send-ing one of its own to the Lehigh community. The email presented a call to action for students to come together tomorrow at 4:10 p.m. in Perella Auditorium to dis-cuss safety concerns and steps students, both as individuals and as a community, can take to foster a safer environment for all. Dakota DiMattio, ’17, the pres-ident of Student Senate, said the immediate response from students after receiving Simon’s email was confusion. She said a lot of stu-dents didn’t see a problem with things like the recent “close calls,” which scared student leaders the most. DiMattio said lives were on the line and these incidents could have turned into student deaths. “That’s never really happened while we were at Lehigh, so we felt a personal responsibility to respond in some way,” DiMattio said. She said prior to Senate’s cam-pus- wide email, Senate sent out a preliminary email to all organi-zations registered on the Lehigh Involvement Connection website asking for their support. “We identified it as a student problem,” DiMattio said. “We thought it was important to engage everyone in this conver-sation.” Matt Rothberg, the Student Senate treasurer and incoming president, said the student lead-ers who responded to Senate’s preliminary email were in support of the email addressing campus safety concerns. Rothberg said he was happy with how many people responded. “The ones that really care were the ones that were on that email,” he said. Caroline Jennings, the presi-dent of Dance Marathon, said her organization supports Student Senate in its efforts to make Lehigh a safer campus, especially after recent incidents. She said Dance Marathon looks forward to campus cooperation and the town hall discussion to implement a safer campus climate. DiMattio said prior to writ-ing the email, she met with the Panhellenic and Interfraternity See HAHN Page 3 See Q&A Page 3 See TOWN HALL Page 4 Anna Simoneau/B&W Staff |
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