The story of the island called Jeju coincides with the history of the Republic of Korea. There is a lot of speciality, so if you take a closer look, you can find the history and universality of the land. So I am interested in people who are looking for Jeju. Especially after liberation. I think that the process from the colonization of Japanese Imperialism to the making of the Korean people may be common among people living in other peripheral areas. Okinawa and so on Taiwan. The process by which the state uses violence to make people obey, or incorporate them, is similar to the invasive approach of past imperialism. In the process of establishing anti-communism state, it is necessary to study whether a person should be a citizen or not, and those who do not have to be annihilated as a stigma of "red". It is very important for us to live today. Most of the history of the land on which you are based is hard to understand only in learning history related to the country at school. It is only for the teachers unless the local school board forms the appropriate curriculum.
The purpose of this article is to observe some particular characteristics of relationships between Jeju-islanders and government in the era of American Military Rule (1945-1948). More specially, I am concerned with understanding of some aspects of special relationships of conflicts between people and government in Jeju island. In order to examine some characteristics of Jeju islanders’ attitude against the American Military Government, I try to concentrate more on the contexts of policy of American Military Government, examination of contents of policy making at local government level, types of policy-implementation through qualitative content analysis of articles of THE JEJU SHINBO ( only one newspaper in Jeju-do of that period). In using survey method, I am also explaining about why Jeju islanders support dissident groups rather than American Military Government : phenomena of Jeju islanders’ anti-government political orientation. I can learn about some aspects of relationships between people and American Military Government through my research of content analysis on articles of newspaper (the period of analysis : January 1, 1947- April 20, 1948). In the concrete, I have some propositions about relationships between people and government. 1. I can find some experiences common to Jeju islanders’ discontents against policy implementation of American Military Government among painful events which occurred under bad administration. For example, American military government prohibited people from participatingin anniversary meeting of March 1st Independence Movement Day without reason. At day, it was terrific that innocent 6 people had died by pistol shooting of military police force in March of 1947. From my analysis I confirm that hard-liner policy of American military government developed into bad administration that had restructured to support bureaucracy- centered society rather peopleoriented one. 2. I can find that hard-liner policy forming and unreasonable policy implementation had made Jeju islanders’ political orientation worse from pro-attitudes toward American Military Rule to antigovernment mode. I think that it is meaningful task to the extent how to explain anti- government movement of Jeju islanders’ by means of some aspects of conflict relationships between people and government in the policy forming and implementation processes. I concluded that policy direction of American had supported for the framework of anti-communism politics and militaryoriented pattern of organization culture in Jeju island. I think that it is meaningful for me to explain failure and dilemma of policy making in the era of American government that oppressed a peaceful higher expectation of autonomy and desire of Jeju islanders’ toward good administration for democratic nation building.
I will suggest a meta-ideology which encompasses two aspects: development and conservation. It will deal with sustainable, sound, and healthy development, environmental conservation, and promotion of culture and art. The ideology can be summarized as “Jeju, island of selective reception for protecting people and environment.” The problems regarding development on Jeju include 1) lifting designation of greenbelt areas and carrying out indiscriminate development, 2) damage from stream maintenance and coverage of rivers, 3) increase in land prices after foreign capital attraction, 4) development which heavily depends on casinos and dutyfree shops, 5) inconvenience with high traffic volume, 6) imbalance in development caused by growth pole strategy. The future strategies of conserving Jeju for making all the people happy include 1) selective closed system or selective choice system, 2) eco-systemic thinking and policies focusing on management, 3) reinvestment and circulation of development profits within the region, 4) sharing development profits, 5) embracing diversity through fostering art and culture, 6) returning to a healthy city by restoring the old downtown area, 7) limiting facilities damaging urban communities and culture, 8) decision making based on cooperation and companionship.
This paper is based on the records of Jeju’s migration in the former half of the 20th Century which can be said to be a tumultuous time in Korea’s history both internally and externally. It aims to go over the background and significance of the migration. With the effort, it intends to find some evidences that may lead into reevaluating our awareness and attitude towards the Jeju Japanese as to why the Jeju people migrated to Japan during those times. What made the JeJu people go to Japan and what made it possible for them to cross over? Three main reasons were deducted from this investigation. First of all, the Jeju people’s migration to Japan was a direct result of the ‘land investigation project’ which was one of the most representative Japanese colonization policy. Secondly, we could take the direct transportation factor which made it possible for the population leak of Jeju into account. The regular passenger liner between Osaka and Japan called the Kimikayomaru(君代丸) was set up. Such launching of passenger liners is also intimately connected with the change in the labor market followed by industrialization within Japan. Finally, we could take the unique characteristics of the Jeju people’s cultural community into consideration. While other Korean Japanese from other regions form relationships by forming organizations from a province, city or county, the people from Jeju formed relationships according to villages and identified themselves with their own region.
During the past decades, the island city of Jeju, through considerable multi- sectoral efforts, has grown to be a shining example of an environmental hub model. The origin of Jeju’s growth as a global environmental hub can be traced primarily to two major characteristics: 1. The willingness of the people of Jeju to share their island’s vibrant cultural heritage and unique natural beauty with the rest of the world, and 2. The tireless endeavors of Jeju Special Self-GoverningProvince to manage Jeju’s environment, and share its environmental best practices to urban centers across the world. These endeavors are expressed as the principal of policy that conservation is prior to development. In order to achieve its goal of a World Environmental Hub status, Jeju Special Self- Governing Province is promoting 1) institutional strategies, 2) supplementation of its existing master plan, and 3) restructuration of existing social system. The first includes the promotion of this project on a joint base with IUCN and the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea, establishment of head office of world environmental hub promotion in Jeju Governmental organization, and enactment of world environmental hub special law by the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea. The second is considering collaborations with the members of IUCN commissions, domestic experts, and consultants who will be recruited from overseas. The third is for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the master plan through the restructuring of exiting socio-economic system to a new one focusing on maximizing the eco-efficiency and environ- mentally friendly behavior.