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Essays and articles on ESG, youth policy and international affairs.

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Oh, YoonJong · Oakville / Seoul
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Positions on the record, and the columns

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A — Positions on record

Argued in person, at the National Assembly of Korea and at COP28. Filed here the way embassies file what matters: as cables.

ZCZCCable 01 of 03

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Oh, YoonJong — panel speaker for Korean youth
To
National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, Seoul
Date
Mar – Apr 2025
Subj
AI and the climate crisis
Class
Unclassified // Public record

Wirephoto · YJO-WP 012025-04

Seminar poster: a robotic hand holding green leaves under the title '인공지능기반 녹색혁신의 시대', dated 25 April 2025 at the National Assembly Members' Office Building, with a programme listing the panel discussion and YoonJong Oh among the panellists.
The poster for the National Assembly seminar on AI-driven green innovation, 25 April 2025.

Verbatim

  1. Panel at the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, speaking for Korean youth alongside a former JTBC president, now a KAIST professor, and a former Chief Economic Adviser to the Blue House, now a Chung-Ang University professor.
  2. Audience: politicians, business leaders and senior officials. Argued that AI belongs inside the response to the climate crisis, as an active system rather than a technical tool.

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ZCZCCable 02 of 03

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Oh, YoonJong — Director, Committee for Youth, Korea ESG Committee
To
National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, Seoul
Date
Mar – Apr 2025
Subj
Youth-focused ESG policy
Class
Unclassified // Public record

Summary

  1. Proposal to the same panel: youth-focused ESG policies, including reward systems and bonus-point schemes for young people who engage in sustainability and AI.
  2. Context: chairs the Youth Judging Committee for The Best ESG Awards, and writes on ESG for ESG Korea News.

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ZCZCCable 03 of 03

From
Oh, YoonJong — fully funded youth speaker
To
COP28, Dubai — Green Zone and Blue Zone
Date
Nov – Dec 2023
Subj
Youth engagement in climate advocacy
Class
Unclassified // Public record

Summary

  1. Spoke in both the Green Zone and the Blue Zone at COP28, representing Vegaplatform and the Republic of Korea.
  2. Follow-up: teaches carbon neutrality and net zero through workshops and conferences.

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B — The archive

He writes a weekly column on ESG, including for ESG Korea News.

Archive being declassified

The columns are being catalogued.

Each piece is being collected, dated and filed. They will appear here as they are cleared, with links to where they were first published.

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