Dongseo University Students Win Minister's Award in Ministry of Foreign Affairs Contest

Students from Dongseo University received the Grand Prize, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Award, and a prize of 2 million KRW at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs-hosted "3rd Contest on Overseas Incident and Accident Experiences."

Dongseo University announced on the 12th that Seonghan Bae, a senior in the Department of Broadcasting and Video, and Junsung Park and Daeun Lee, seniors in the Department of Campus Asia, submitted the work "Help Me Travel Safely, Consul Man!" to this contest and received the Minister's Award and a prize of 2 million KRW.

This contest, hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was planned to promote consular assistance laws through sharing dangerous experiences abroad or personal safety tips during overseas travel, aiming to raise awareness of safety regarding overseas disasters, incidents, and accidents, and to prevent national safety accidents. A total of 223 entries were submitted nationwide.

The grand prize-winning work contains content that promotes how to travel safely by using consular assistance laws and the consular call center during overseas travel, presented in an easy and entertaining way through songs and musical formats.

(From left) Students Bae Seonghan, Park Junseong, and Lee Daeun are taking a group commemorative photo.

Student Seonghan Bae said, "I constantly thought about how to deliver a difficult topic in an easy and fun way. The filming and editing skills I learned in the Department of Broadcasting and Video, combined with the two years of study abroad experience in the Department of Campus Asia, all came together, making the filming enjoyable and resulting in this good outcome."

The award ceremony for the contest was held on the 7th at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Annex of the Government Seoul Office Building) in Jung-gu, Seoul.

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