There are times when the characteristics of the country's external actions are compared to animals, and Korea has been compared to a shrimp on the back of fighting whales that gets squashed.
It permeates our perception since we have suffered from the great powers around us. Another aspect of our self-awareness as a shrimp is suspicion and resistance to foreign powers. At times, feelings of antipathy towards neighboring countries, and even hatred, were violently expressed, often with the self-awareness that we are merely a passive object rather than a subject in international politics.
It is difficult to call Korea a shrimp now. Korea is listed among the 10 largest economies and defense powers in the world, and people around the world are immersed in Korean culture. In recent years, BTS, Parasite, Squid Game, and Lim Yun-chan have continued to entertain the world, and there is a high expectation that they will continue to do so in the future. Heung-Min Son and, although less well known, Se-Hyeok Jo, who won the Wimbledon Under-14 tournament this year. In this way, the story naturally comes out that our nation's power has grown enough that we don't have to feel like a shrimp on a whales back.
In particular, in the world of the young people in the MZ generation, Korea has never been a shrimp. They do not have the sense of inferiority or feel victimized by the so-called advanced countries that their parents and grandparents' generation felt. Confidence is fundamental. Korea is already a developed country by default, so there is no reason to be particularly thrilled.
Although dolphins are often attacked by vicious large whales and sharks, they are quite large among marine animals and swim quickly, so they are not often eaten by marine predators. We love dolphins. That can be our new image.
It has a cute appearance, has high intelligence, and does not harm people. In addition, it is said that they communicate with each other, stand by their injured colleagues, help each other and rely on each other. The drama writer of 'Strange Lawyer Woo Young-woo' seems to have paid special attention to these social characteristics of dolphins.
Korea, like a dolphin, should be externally peace-oriented, attractive, smart, and agile. We will pursue solidarity with other countries. In particular, the younger generation expects to be a guide to the world without fuss by swimming leisurely into the sea of the future, rather than feeling dazed by the sense of loss. Alleviating competition and confrontation between great powers, actively responding to climate change and energy issues for a sustainable future, playing a part in the rapidly developing field of science and technology, and contributing to human civilization through the establishment of new norms in the international community. It is a contributing country.
Internal infrastructure is also important for Korea's external actions. If each individual is involved in violent competition with himself and others indefinitely, everyone will be exhausted. There is no future. Serious social problems such as population decline, gender conflict are also caused in that young people don't have hope in the future. The future is only in a warm and relaxed community where we, with our diverse personalities, are respected, help each other, and live together. Isn't cultivating such a community a dream that dolphin Korea should have at this time of transition in the world order?
