The 5th Joongmin Forum titled “Empathic Politics and the Public Happiness” was held June 9. 2016. Prof. Seon-Uk Kim (Social Philosophy, Sungsil University) made a first keynote speech on “Empathic Politics and the Public Happiness: with a Focus on the Candlelight Protest”, and Prof. Sang-Jin Han delivered the second speech titled “The Candlelight Protest from the Viewpoint of Communication”