The Jeju
International Convention Center(Jeju-ICC) was established on March 22, 2003, thanks to the precious
pocket money of the Jeju Island people who aspire Jeju to be the hometown of international
peace.
However, the Jeju Sori reported on July 3, 2013, that there was a thesis symposium on the military science and technology, co- sponsored by the Korea
Institution of Military Science and Technology, for the exchange of information on
military and science technology in the Jeju International Convention Center from
July 4 to 5.
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In the
exhibition, you could see all the crazy stuffs of killing machine models of such as internationally
prohibited cluster bombs produced by Poongsan and Hanhwa, drones, military
satellites and super future combat costume worked by Samsung Tales. Not to mention big corporations such as
Hyundae-Samsung, LG, small and middle companies were all mad to exhibit their fruits
of weapon development at the cost of people’s tax and human beings’
lives. The exhibition photos and one-man protest photos opposing the symposium
and exhibition will be posted later.
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To be
interesting, a KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) bus visited the naval base project committee building complex around 3 pm, on July 5. It was intriguing that the paper that reads 'KAIST' in front window of the bus was taken off when peace keepers here took camera on it. Hours before a marine military vehicle carried 1,000 water bottles to a guard post recently built-up just inside the main construction gate, closing the main gate.
Here is some
summary of the event. The Jeju Sori article reads:
The event was jointly
sponsored by the research center specialized on the national defense survival, matter, Hanyang
University and Agency for Defense Development, with about 1,000 domestic
and international experts on military and science technique participating.
[983] papers on 12
fileds such as systematic technology, information technology, material and
construction process, dealing with sensor and sign, life and environment,
energy, control and national defense robot [were] presented.
Especially,
advanced technology in relation to military science technology is shared with
the opening of sessions such as ‘Creative national defense and civilian-military
technological coopertaion,’ and ‘Technology Cooperation and Trade.’
The Korea Institution of Military Science has been holding the symposium for 16
years [since 1997] and in the Jeju-ICC, since 2009.
According to the
press release in the website of the ICC-Jeju, the chiefs, Park Min-Woo, (Agency for
Defense Development) headquarter
director of the symposium and Prof. Kim Tae-Won
(director of the the research center specialized on the national defense survival, Hanyang
University) told that “the integrated thesis symposium is a great site for the
exchange on the advanced technique and information through presentations and discussions on the recent research development result in the various
military and science technology. It will be a site especially for the
military-industrial complex-academy-research center to strengthen more firmly
on the organic cooperation relationship.”
The Agency for
Defense Development that was established on Aug. 6, 1970, with the 'national
aspiration of self-reliant defense laid foundation for the self-reliant
defense of Korea as a cornerstone of defense for 40 years behind the scenes'.
It has the aim to foster experts on wide
knowledge on military science technology information and knowledge and to contribute
to the peace and safety of the Korean peninsula through strengthening
military-industry-academy-research center connection and vivid exchange and
discussion on those fields. The numbers of its members are currently 5,500 and
composed mainly experts on military science technology of university, industry,
military and research centers. (Source)