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2 MAY4,2005
OPINION
DokdoisKorea¡¯sonJapanesemap
Editorial
Onewillisallthat¡¯s
ConfirmingtheoldJapanesemapsandaskingopinionsonDokdoissue
T
hisyearisthe40thanniversaryofSouth
R: Are there additional historical
requestitsterritorialstatusofJapan.
needed
ByLeeJun-gul/TheArgus
Korea-Japan treaty as the year for
documentsordatathatprovesDokdois
KoreaJapanFriendship2005aswellasthe
a Korean territory except for the old
R: Then why is the Japanese
100th anniversary of Shimane Prefecture¡¯s
Japanesemap?
government claiming that Dokdo is
Dokdo territorial entry. Shimane Prefecture
H: Dokdo has been the islands that
theirterritoryalthoughtherearemany
M
ay is the month well remembered for its numerous ¡°red¡± holidays such as
Council passed an ordinance which
belongs to Korea over thousand years. It is
clearevidences?
children¡¯sdayandparents¡¯day,andalsofortheongoingstruggleoftheMay1,
designatesTakeshima¡¯sDay,layingclaimto
clearly proved by many historical records
H: It is a pity that Shimane Prefecture
LabordayandthefeveroftheMay18DemocraticUprising.Themonthisalwaysas
Dokdo on March 16. A bitter dispute
thatcanbefoundinKorea,China,andeven
declared Dokdo as their land in 1905. But,
beautifulasitwasfierce.
betweenKoreaandJapanonlayingclaimto
in Japan. On 1877, the Tae jung kwan, an
theyhavepreparedalotofdataandreleased
Nowadays, although such fierceness seems to have hidden itself as time passes, it
Dokdo lasted endlessly. In the midst of the
affiliated organization of Japanese
papersrelatedtoDokdo.Likethat,thereare
looks like these days it is not only the burning sun rays of spring that raise the
issue,hereisascholarwhofoundoutthere
government, marked that Uleungdo and
somereasonsfortryingtomakeanentryof
temperatureinsideHUFS.Thestruggleagainstthetuitionfeebetweentheschoolandthe
is no Dokdo in the old Japanese map.
Dokdo belonged to Choseon and then sent
Dokdo to Japan¡¯s territory. Above all, if
studentshasbecomethemajorissuethatboilsuptheatmosphere.
Hosaka Yuji, a professor at Sejong
an official order ¡°To keep in mind that
Dokdo belongs to Japan, Japan¡¯s maritime
Tuitionfeestrugglehasbeenalong-termfightthathasalwaystakenplacewhenanew
University,openedsomeoldJapanesemaps
Uleungdo and Dokdo are irrelevant to
power widens excessively. Then, they will
semesterbegins.Throughvariouswaysincludingsilentdemonstration,occupationofthe
to the public. He gave up his Japanese
Japan¡±toJapan¡¯sDepartmentoftheInterior.
gain more profit than now in exclusive
president¡¯s office and signature-seeking campaign, the representatives of the students
citizenshipandtookKoreancitizenshipafter
Also, Daehan Empire¡¯s imperial ordinance
economiczone(EEZ).Therealsoisacrucial
gainedpricelessresultsregardlessofthematterofsuccess.Thoseresultswereapplauded
living in the country for 15 years in 2003.
orderNo.41in1900proclaimedDokdoasa
reason that Japan cannot take a step
forthepassionandtheeffortofthosewhowishedtomakebetterHUFS.
The Argus met him to confirm the old
Koreanterritorytotheworld.Intheimperial
backward. If they move off the rear on
Thissemesterthe39thGSChasalsostartedthefightforthetuitionfees.Nevertheless,
Japanese map and ask his opinion on the
order No. 41, it elevated Uleungdo had
Dokdo¡¯s issue, they will have to concede
duetothedifferenceinthestancesbetweentherepresentativesandtheGSC,therewas
Dokdoissue.
belongedtoUldo-gunandthenappointedthe
other troubled areas such as dispute of
somewhatatenseairthatwasformedwhentheGSCand¡°Silcheondan,¡±agroupthatis
Uldo county governor. Uldo-gun
Senkaku¡¯s possession with China and the
HosakaYujiisexplainingthatthereis
formedforthetuitionfeestruggleapartfromtheGSC,decidedtoactseparatelyonthe
Reporter:Recently,youopenedsome
administered Uleungdo, Jukseodo (Jukdo)
KurilIslands¡¯possessionwithRussia.
noDokdointheoldJapnesemaps.
issue.
old Japanese maps to the public and
andDokdo(Seokdo).
Itwasabigconfusiontothestudentswhodidnotknowmuchabouttheinsideaffairs.
publishedthebook,¡°ThereisnoDokdo
Inaddition,DokdoisKorea¡¯sterritoryon
R: The Korea-Japan relationship is
toinvestigatemorehistoricaldocumentsand
Theseparateactsalsobroughtuneasinesstothestudentsdoubtingtherelationshipofthe
in the old Japanese map.¡± Isn¡¯t there
international legal. In 1946, General
getting worse now and the enmity of
collect the data in order to refute Japan¡¯s
two groups. Are they in rivalry or are they collaborators? With the relations between
any record or evidence that shows
Headquarters Supreme Commander for the
Korean people towards Japan is
statementlogically.Ialsowilltrytoinform
themincludingthehostileeventoftheJucheideologydocumentsthatoccurredinthe
Dokdo as Japan¡¯s territory in the old
AlliedPowersreleaseditsmilitarycommand
increasingrapidly.TellhowtheKorean
thisfacttoJapanwiththeoldJapanesemaps
beginningofthesemester,theworriesgrewaroundthecampus.
Japanesemaps?
No. 677 of SCAPIN and returned Jejudo,
government and people should cope
andadditionalhistoricaldata.
On April 28, an emergency general students meeting was called. With the former
Hosaka Yuji: There was not any record
Uleungdo, and Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks) to
with this situation and prospect on
Needlesstosay,theJapanesegovernment
meetingsresultinginafailureduetothelackofstudents¡¯participation,theproceedingof
aboutDokdoontheoldJapanesemapofthe
Korea. When the Republic of Korea was
relationship between Korea and Japan
shouldreflectontheirabusesandapologize
thetuitiondemonstrationcouldnotbereportedtoHUFSansindetails.Whetherfurther
MeijiperiodwhichtheJapanesegovernment
formed on August 15 1948, Korea was
inthefuture.
forwhattheyhavedone.Mattersoncomfort
actionsontuitionfeewillcontinueornotwasthemajorissuethatwasbroughtuponthe
made in 1876. The map at the age was
formallyrecognizedasasovereignnationby
H: Although the Shimane Prefecture
women, distortion of Asian history in
meeting.
representingallJapan¡¯slandsevenincluding
the U.N. and acquired the legal right to
claimedDokdo¡¯spossessionandtheJapan¡¯s
textbooks and demanding claim of Dokdo
Unlikethepriormeetings,agreatnumberofstudentsgathered,showingtheirinterest
the small islands. If the map didn¡¯t have a
govern its territory, including Dokdo.
government tacitly supported the territorial
are such things. What¡¯s more, the Korean
inhowthesituationwillbecome.Itwasnotanykindofpressureorforcebuttheconcern
space to draw Dokdo, the Japanese
Additionally, ¡°Agreement Respecting the
entry, most Japanese didn¡¯t know the issue
government and people are actively uniting
abouttheschoolthatbroughtthemtogether.However,asthemeetingreacheditspeak,
government will have drawn the island by
Disposition of Former Japanese Territories¡±
andwereevennotconcernedabouttheissue.
themselves against Japan than ever before.
decidingwhethertheMayvoteonthetuitionfeestrikewillhappen,HUFSansstartedto
makingaboxliketheotherJapaneselands.I
in 1950 drafted in preparation for the San
The issue on the territorial dispute of
The Japanese government also should not
leavetheplace.ThemeetinghadchangedintoafightbetweentheGSCandthecentral
have some old Japanese maps from Meiji
FranciscoTreatyin1951statedDokdoasa
Dokdo¡¯s possession is inclined to some
overlook Korean influence over the
steeringcommitteecriticizingeachotherinsteadofadecentconference.
Period where Dokdo is not included. The
¡°Koreanterritory¡±insubstantiveenactment.
rightistviewsinJapan.
international society. I hope that the
Itisnotaboutwhoiswrongandright.Itshouldbeaboutwhattheywanttoachieve,
Japanese government are insisting that
Therefore although Dokdo was not
So, the Korean government also must
relationshipofthetwocountrieswillderive
andwhatthestudentswantthemtoachieve.Insteadofsnarlingateachother¡¯sfaults,
Dokdobelongstothemhistoricallyfromthe
mentioned in San Francisco Peace Treaty,
informnotonlytoJapanbutalsoalloverthe
intoamorefriendlydirectioninthefuture.
theymustconcentrateonwhatthestudentswouldwantthemost.Whetheritistheendof
ancient times but, their public assertion is
DokdowasrecognizedasaKoreanterritory
world that Dokdo is Korea¡¯s territory
the semester¡¯s tuition fee strike or the freezing of the tuition fee, if the May vote is
obviouslyagainsttheevidencesbysomeold
in the above two documents. Since Dokdo
throughlotsofdocumentsandpaperswhich
ByYangSun-young
realizedandadirectionismade,itwillbeonemindandonewillthatisneededforthe
Japanesemaps.
hashistoricallyandinternationallegallybeen
prove the fact by translating Korean to
EditorofCampusSection
better of the school. The gun must point at the school and the obscure deeds of the
aKoreanterritory,thereisnojustreasonto
Japanese.TheKoreanscholarswillalsohave
administrationinsteadofeachother.Therealtargetseemstobeofftheradarwiththe
studentstoobusyfightingtoguardtheirownstances.TheGSCandtherepresentatives
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should show more tolerance and effort to support HUFSans¡¯ opinions and resolve the
conflictinsteadofwastingthepreciouspassionofyouth.
Rose,orange,tuliprevolutions:Whatisnext?
observers. Under intense international
Central Asia controlled by a relative
A more probable, and worrying scenario,
scrutiny, the official results of the second
democrat, and not by a former party
would be Kyrgyzstan spiraling down to
run-off proved to be virtually problem-free,
apparatchik. The ousted president, Mr.
something like the Tajik civil war, which
legally valid and clearly in Yuschenko¡¯s
Akayev, did foster democracy in his early
caused tens of thousands of victims. The
favor. He was declared the official winner
rule before he turned autocrat in the late
observers predict possible ethnic conflict in
and with his inauguration on January 23,
1990s. He also went down the privatization
the South as well as a threat of Islamic
2005 in Kiev, the Orange Revolution
road and followed the International
fundamentalism in the region. The
reached its successful and peaceful
MonetaryFund¡¯sdiktats.UnderMrAkayev,
possibility that drug money will become a
conclusion. Ukraine is a cleft country with
Kyrgyzstan was never accused of torturing
majorforceinKyrgyzstanisalsoveryhigh.
two distinct cultures. The civilization fault
politicalprisoners,unlikenearbyUzbekistan.
Opponents of the color revolutions often
line between the West and Russian
And its leader never encouraged the
accuse the United States government of
Increasing
Orthodoxy runs through its heart and has
extravagant personality cults favoured by
supportingandevenplanningtherevolutions
tuitionrate
VictorN.Kozhemyako
done so for centuries. At the times of the
other neighbours. Ultimately, Mr. Akayev
in order to serve western interests.
past, western Ukraine was part of Poland,
presided over a government that was
Supporters of the revolutions generally
Increasing
Lithuania, and the Austro-Hungaiann
moderately corrupt and mildly repressive.
consider the allegations of American
unemploymentrate
F
ollowing the Rose Revolution in
empire. Historically, western Ukrainians
Buthemadeafatalerrorwhenheallegedly
influence in such revolutions as greatly
Georgiain2003,theOrangeRevolution
have spoken Ukrainian and have been
triedtorigrecentelections.
exaggerated, and that the causes for
inUkrainein2004andthetuliprevolutionin
strongly nationalist in their outlook. The
TheTulipRevolutionwasnotcompletely
suchrevolutionshavebeenmostlynationalin
Kirgizstan, it has become all the rage to
peopleofeasternUkraineontheotherhand,
bloodless. Two serious developments could
nature, even if these revolutions received
guess which of the former Soviet republics
have been overwhelmingly Orthodox and
derive from the Tulip Revolution. The
both support and inspiration or opposition
willfollow.
haveinlargepartspokenRussians.
aggressiveIslamicMovementofUzbekistan
fromothernationsororganizations.¡°It¡¯sthe
Ukraine¡¯s ¡°Orange Revolution¡± of 2004-
The newly-chosen president, Victor
and the non-violent Hizb ut-Tahrir may
victory of the people. But now we don¡¯t
2005 was a series of protests and political
Yuschenko has to govern the state in the
advancetheiragendas:BasedontheKyrgyz
know how to stop these young guys,¡± said
eventsthattookplacethroughoutthecountry
conditionsofthedeepsocialcrisis,asnation
Fergana, they could spread the influence to
onesenioroppositionfigureinKyrgyzstan.
in response to allegations of massive
isequallydividedandonegroupwillnever
southern Kazakhstan, western Tajikistan.
corruption, voter intimidation and direct
besatisfiedwhileanotherisinpower.
GrippingofpowerintheKirgizyawillmark
electoralfraudduringUkraine¡¯sPresidential
Kyrgyzstan was thrust into independence
the beginning of export of the flower
Thewriterisanassistantprofessorof
Run-offElectionofNovember21,2004,as
by the end of 1991 with the distinction of
revolutionstootherCentralAsiancountries.
DepartmentofRussian
reported by numerous domestic and foreign
being the only former Soviet republic in
Kyrgyzstan¡¯spathaheadmaynotbeeasy.
KimSun-woong/CartoonistofTheArgus
LettertoTheArgus
Doreadschoolnewspapers
Bridgetoexchangestudents
ESTABLISHED1954
S
ince 1990, school newspapers have
The writers in school papers are
D
oes every university in Korea have a
many people these days from different
PublishedmonthlyexcepttheschoolholidaysbyandforstudentsofHankukUniversityof
changed as free from the obligation of
amateurs.Ofcoursetheyworkaspros,but
school newspaper in English? What
countries on the way to Foreign Language
ForeignStudies.TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
strivingfordemocracy.Thestudentsdonot
they are the real good amateurs who have
doesTheArgusstandfor?Curious,Ipicked
Training and Testing Center, I was of no
higheststandardofcampusjournalism.
make efforts to get a school news or meet
passionandcreativitythatneverfollowthe
this paper up. Ever since entering this
interest in them and their culture. In
their fellows from the school papers
formercustoms.Theycantrywhateverthey
school, I have sometimes dropped by the
reading, I came to consider that if a
?President,Publisher
AhnByongMan
anymore. The recent survey from the
want for the student public and they can
site HUFSLIFE online. However, I think I
foreigner who wanted to know about
?Editor-in-Chief
LeeHyae-myung
¡°Oedaehakbo¡± that the regular reader is
writewhatevertheywantforthetruth.They
seem to have not read this print-oriented
Korean culture truly asked me questions,
?EditorialConsultant
only61.7%provethesituationwell,butthis
aretherealgoodpioneers.
paper.
howwellIwouldbeabletoanswer.
KimKyu-young,YooHa-na
?PlanningDirector
is too hasty conclusion to devalue the
Unfortunately, the reality is cruel.
I found a article ¡°German in Korean
IhopeTheArgusgivesusmorechances
LeeJun-gul
schoolpapers.
Students hardly read the school papers.
rhythm,¡± that awoke my interest because I
tocontactwiththiskindofmatterslikehow
?Editors
LimHyo-jung,YangSun-young
Schoolnewspapersareindependentfrom
Howthenewspapersgetapowertomakea
am majoring in German Education. A
theexchangestudentsoncampusaredoing
?AssociateEditors
LeeSang-hee
thefund.Financialindependenceiscrucial
public opinion without the readers? Fewer
German guy who learned ¡°Yong-bi-eo-
thesedays.Wearewonderingiftheyhave
?Reporters
LeeSeung-hee,LeeYoung-mee,KimBo-seok,
forthepress,butitisveryhardtogettothe
readers diminish the paper quality, low
cheon ka¡± which is even difficult for me?
anydifficultiesinadjustingtoKoreaornot.
YangEun-ae,KimHan-sem
exiting profit press. School papers do not
quality alienate students from the papers.
Isthatpossible?Itcameasasurprisetome.
Onthefinespringdaywiththeairwarm,I
?ProfessorEditor
ZangBung-ik
havetoreadthecompanies,theparties,the
This is a very bad vicious circle. Dear
Accordingtothearticle,whenhewasin
expecttopromotesharingsucharticleswith
?EnglishAdvisors
KangJi-hae,ParkKyung-sun
social organizations or the government¡¯s
HUFSfellows!Doreadschoolnewspapers.
Germany, he was in a team of Samullori.
otherHUFSans.
mind. They have a strong power to report
It is your obligation to praise with warm
ThatiswhyIwassurprisedbecauseitwas
thefactasatruth.Theycanbearealgood
heart,andcriticizewithhardview.Doread,
hard for me to think of a German guy
270,Imun-dong,Dongdaemun-gu,Seoul,Korea(PostalCode130-791)
ChaYun-hee(GE-03)
Tel:969-8886,961-4153 Fax:969-8886
¡°watchdog¡± compare to any major
thentalk.
moving his heads and shoulders in rhythm
San89,Wangsan-ri,Mohyeon-myon,Yongin,Gyonggi-do,Korea(PostalCode449-791)
newspapers. They can provide the space
alongwithKoreantraditionalinstruments.
AfterreadingTheArgus,pleasesend
Tel:(031)330-4113
where the students discuss their mind
I have recently heard that lots of
PrintedbyHONGDESIGNTel:464-5167 Fax:464-5168
usyourimpressionsoropinions.
liberally.Alsotheyarethebestmonitorsfor
foreignersexperienceKoreanculture,andI
Address:theargus@hanmail.net
checkingschoolcouncilandthefoundation.
ParkJung-kyung(D-03)
foundthattrue.EventhoughIcameacross
2 MAY4,2005
OPINION
DokdoisKorea¡¯sonJapanesemap
Editorial
Onewillisallthat¡¯s
ConfirmingtheoldJapanesemapsandaskingopinionsonDokdoissue
T
hisyearisthe40thanniversaryofSouth
R: Are there additional historical
requestitsterritorialstatusofJapan.
needed
ByLeeJun-gul/TheArgus
Korea-Japan treaty as the year for
documentsordatathatprovesDokdois
KoreaJapanFriendship2005aswellasthe
a Korean territory except for the old
R: Then why is the Japanese
100th anniversary of Shimane Prefecture¡¯s
Japanesemap?
government claiming that Dokdo is
Dokdo territorial entry. Shimane Prefecture
H: Dokdo has been the islands that
theirterritoryalthoughtherearemany
M
ay is the month well remembered for its numerous ¡°red¡± holidays such as
Council passed an ordinance which
belongs to Korea over thousand years. It is
clearevidences?
children¡¯sdayandparents¡¯day,andalsofortheongoingstruggleoftheMay1,
designatesTakeshima¡¯sDay,layingclaimto
clearly proved by many historical records
H: It is a pity that Shimane Prefecture
LabordayandthefeveroftheMay18DemocraticUprising.Themonthisalwaysas
Dokdo on March 16. A bitter dispute
thatcanbefoundinKorea,China,andeven
declared Dokdo as their land in 1905. But,
beautifulasitwasfierce.
betweenKoreaandJapanonlayingclaimto
in Japan. On 1877, the Tae jung kwan, an
theyhavepreparedalotofdataandreleased
Nowadays, although such fierceness seems to have hidden itself as time passes, it
Dokdo lasted endlessly. In the midst of the
affiliated organization of Japanese
papersrelatedtoDokdo.Likethat,thereare
looks like these days it is not only the burning sun rays of spring that raise the
issue,hereisascholarwhofoundoutthere
government, marked that Uleungdo and
somereasonsfortryingtomakeanentryof
temperatureinsideHUFS.Thestruggleagainstthetuitionfeebetweentheschoolandthe
is no Dokdo in the old Japanese map.
Dokdo belonged to Choseon and then sent
Dokdo to Japan¡¯s territory. Above all, if
studentshasbecomethemajorissuethatboilsuptheatmosphere.
Hosaka Yuji, a professor at Sejong
an official order ¡°To keep in mind that
Dokdo belongs to Japan, Japan¡¯s maritime
Tuitionfeestrugglehasbeenalong-termfightthathasalwaystakenplacewhenanew
University,openedsomeoldJapanesemaps
Uleungdo and Dokdo are irrelevant to
power widens excessively. Then, they will
semesterbegins.Throughvariouswaysincludingsilentdemonstration,occupationofthe
to the public. He gave up his Japanese
Japan¡±toJapan¡¯sDepartmentoftheInterior.
gain more profit than now in exclusive
president¡¯s office and signature-seeking campaign, the representatives of the students
citizenshipandtookKoreancitizenshipafter
Also, Daehan Empire¡¯s imperial ordinance
economiczone(EEZ).Therealsoisacrucial
gainedpricelessresultsregardlessofthematterofsuccess.Thoseresultswereapplauded
living in the country for 15 years in 2003.
orderNo.41in1900proclaimedDokdoasa
reason that Japan cannot take a step
forthepassionandtheeffortofthosewhowishedtomakebetterHUFS.
The Argus met him to confirm the old
Koreanterritorytotheworld.Intheimperial
backward. If they move off the rear on
Thissemesterthe39thGSChasalsostartedthefightforthetuitionfees.Nevertheless,
Japanese map and ask his opinion on the
order No. 41, it elevated Uleungdo had
Dokdo¡¯s issue, they will have to concede
duetothedifferenceinthestancesbetweentherepresentativesandtheGSC,therewas
Dokdoissue.
belongedtoUldo-gunandthenappointedthe
other troubled areas such as dispute of
somewhatatenseairthatwasformedwhentheGSCand¡°Silcheondan,¡±agroupthatis
Uldo county governor. Uldo-gun
Senkaku¡¯s possession with China and the
HosakaYujiisexplainingthatthereis
formedforthetuitionfeestruggleapartfromtheGSC,decidedtoactseparatelyonthe
Reporter:Recently,youopenedsome
administered Uleungdo, Jukseodo (Jukdo)
KurilIslands¡¯possessionwithRussia.
noDokdointheoldJapnesemaps.
issue.
old Japanese maps to the public and
andDokdo(Seokdo).
Itwasabigconfusiontothestudentswhodidnotknowmuchabouttheinsideaffairs.
publishedthebook,¡°ThereisnoDokdo
Inaddition,DokdoisKorea¡¯sterritoryon
R: The Korea-Japan relationship is
toinvestigatemorehistoricaldocumentsand
Theseparateactsalsobroughtuneasinesstothestudentsdoubtingtherelationshipofthe
in the old Japanese map.¡± Isn¡¯t there
international legal. In 1946, General
getting worse now and the enmity of
collect the data in order to refute Japan¡¯s
two groups. Are they in rivalry or are they collaborators? With the relations between
any record or evidence that shows
Headquarters Supreme Commander for the
Korean people towards Japan is
statementlogically.Ialsowilltrytoinform
themincludingthehostileeventoftheJucheideologydocumentsthatoccurredinthe
Dokdo as Japan¡¯s territory in the old
AlliedPowersreleaseditsmilitarycommand
increasingrapidly.TellhowtheKorean
thisfacttoJapanwiththeoldJapanesemaps
beginningofthesemester,theworriesgrewaroundthecampus.
Japanesemaps?
No. 677 of SCAPIN and returned Jejudo,
government and people should cope
andadditionalhistoricaldata.
On April 28, an emergency general students meeting was called. With the former
Hosaka Yuji: There was not any record
Uleungdo, and Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks) to
with this situation and prospect on
Needlesstosay,theJapanesegovernment
meetingsresultinginafailureduetothelackofstudents¡¯participation,theproceedingof
aboutDokdoontheoldJapanesemapofthe
Korea. When the Republic of Korea was
relationship between Korea and Japan
shouldreflectontheirabusesandapologize
thetuitiondemonstrationcouldnotbereportedtoHUFSansindetails.Whetherfurther
MeijiperiodwhichtheJapanesegovernment
formed on August 15 1948, Korea was
inthefuture.
forwhattheyhavedone.Mattersoncomfort
actionsontuitionfeewillcontinueornotwasthemajorissuethatwasbroughtuponthe
made in 1876. The map at the age was
formallyrecognizedasasovereignnationby
H: Although the Shimane Prefecture
women, distortion of Asian history in
meeting.
representingallJapan¡¯slandsevenincluding
the U.N. and acquired the legal right to
claimedDokdo¡¯spossessionandtheJapan¡¯s
textbooks and demanding claim of Dokdo
Unlikethepriormeetings,agreatnumberofstudentsgathered,showingtheirinterest
the small islands. If the map didn¡¯t have a
govern its territory, including Dokdo.
government tacitly supported the territorial
are such things. What¡¯s more, the Korean
inhowthesituationwillbecome.Itwasnotanykindofpressureorforcebuttheconcern
space to draw Dokdo, the Japanese
Additionally, ¡°Agreement Respecting the
entry, most Japanese didn¡¯t know the issue
government and people are actively uniting
abouttheschoolthatbroughtthemtogether.However,asthemeetingreacheditspeak,
government will have drawn the island by
Disposition of Former Japanese Territories¡±
andwereevennotconcernedabouttheissue.
themselves against Japan than ever before.
decidingwhethertheMayvoteonthetuitionfeestrikewillhappen,HUFSansstartedto
makingaboxliketheotherJapaneselands.I
in 1950 drafted in preparation for the San
The issue on the territorial dispute of
The Japanese government also should not
leavetheplace.ThemeetinghadchangedintoafightbetweentheGSCandthecentral
have some old Japanese maps from Meiji
FranciscoTreatyin1951statedDokdoasa
Dokdo¡¯s possession is inclined to some
overlook Korean influence over the
steeringcommitteecriticizingeachotherinsteadofadecentconference.
Period where Dokdo is not included. The
¡°Koreanterritory¡±insubstantiveenactment.
rightistviewsinJapan.
international society. I hope that the
Itisnotaboutwhoiswrongandright.Itshouldbeaboutwhattheywanttoachieve,
Japanese government are insisting that
Therefore although Dokdo was not
So, the Korean government also must
relationshipofthetwocountrieswillderive
andwhatthestudentswantthemtoachieve.Insteadofsnarlingateachother¡¯sfaults,
Dokdobelongstothemhistoricallyfromthe
mentioned in San Francisco Peace Treaty,
informnotonlytoJapanbutalsoalloverthe
intoamorefriendlydirectioninthefuture.
theymustconcentrateonwhatthestudentswouldwantthemost.Whetheritistheendof
ancient times but, their public assertion is
DokdowasrecognizedasaKoreanterritory
world that Dokdo is Korea¡¯s territory
the semester¡¯s tuition fee strike or the freezing of the tuition fee, if the May vote is
obviouslyagainsttheevidencesbysomeold
in the above two documents. Since Dokdo
throughlotsofdocumentsandpaperswhich
ByYangSun-young
realizedandadirectionismade,itwillbeonemindandonewillthatisneededforthe
Japanesemaps.
hashistoricallyandinternationallegallybeen
prove the fact by translating Korean to
EditorofCampusSection
better of the school. The gun must point at the school and the obscure deeds of the
aKoreanterritory,thereisnojustreasonto
Japanese.TheKoreanscholarswillalsohave
administrationinsteadofeachother.Therealtargetseemstobeofftheradarwiththe
studentstoobusyfightingtoguardtheirownstances.TheGSCandtherepresentatives
Blue Print
should show more tolerance and effort to support HUFSans¡¯ opinions and resolve the
conflictinsteadofwastingthepreciouspassionofyouth.
Rose,orange,tuliprevolutions:Whatisnext?
observers. Under intense international
Central Asia controlled by a relative
A more probable, and worrying scenario,
scrutiny, the official results of the second
democrat, and not by a former party
would be Kyrgyzstan spiraling down to
run-off proved to be virtually problem-free,
apparatchik. The ousted president, Mr.
something like the Tajik civil war, which
legally valid and clearly in Yuschenko¡¯s
Akayev, did foster democracy in his early
caused tens of thousands of victims. The
favor. He was declared the official winner
rule before he turned autocrat in the late
observers predict possible ethnic conflict in
and with his inauguration on January 23,
1990s. He also went down the privatization
the South as well as a threat of Islamic
2005 in Kiev, the Orange Revolution
road and followed the International
fundamentalism in the region. The
reached its successful and peaceful
MonetaryFund¡¯sdiktats.UnderMrAkayev,
possibility that drug money will become a
conclusion. Ukraine is a cleft country with
Kyrgyzstan was never accused of torturing
majorforceinKyrgyzstanisalsoveryhigh.
two distinct cultures. The civilization fault
politicalprisoners,unlikenearbyUzbekistan.
Opponents of the color revolutions often
line between the West and Russian
And its leader never encouraged the
accuse the United States government of
Increasing
Orthodoxy runs through its heart and has
extravagant personality cults favoured by
supportingandevenplanningtherevolutions
tuitionrate
VictorN.Kozhemyako
done so for centuries. At the times of the
other neighbours. Ultimately, Mr. Akayev
in order to serve western interests.
past, western Ukraine was part of Poland,
presided over a government that was
Supporters of the revolutions generally
Increasing
Lithuania, and the Austro-Hungaiann
moderately corrupt and mildly repressive.
consider the allegations of American
unemploymentrate
F
ollowing the Rose Revolution in
empire. Historically, western Ukrainians
Buthemadeafatalerrorwhenheallegedly
influence in such revolutions as greatly
Georgiain2003,theOrangeRevolution
have spoken Ukrainian and have been
triedtorigrecentelections.
exaggerated, and that the causes for
inUkrainein2004andthetuliprevolutionin
strongly nationalist in their outlook. The
TheTulipRevolutionwasnotcompletely
suchrevolutionshavebeenmostlynationalin
Kirgizstan, it has become all the rage to
peopleofeasternUkraineontheotherhand,
bloodless. Two serious developments could
nature, even if these revolutions received
guess which of the former Soviet republics
have been overwhelmingly Orthodox and
derive from the Tulip Revolution. The
both support and inspiration or opposition
willfollow.
haveinlargepartspokenRussians.
aggressiveIslamicMovementofUzbekistan
fromothernationsororganizations.¡°It¡¯sthe
Ukraine¡¯s ¡°Orange Revolution¡± of 2004-
The newly-chosen president, Victor
and the non-violent Hizb ut-Tahrir may
victory of the people. But now we don¡¯t
2005 was a series of protests and political
Yuschenko has to govern the state in the
advancetheiragendas:BasedontheKyrgyz
know how to stop these young guys,¡± said
eventsthattookplacethroughoutthecountry
conditionsofthedeepsocialcrisis,asnation
Fergana, they could spread the influence to
onesenioroppositionfigureinKyrgyzstan.
in response to allegations of massive
isequallydividedandonegroupwillnever
southern Kazakhstan, western Tajikistan.
corruption, voter intimidation and direct
besatisfiedwhileanotherisinpower.
GrippingofpowerintheKirgizyawillmark
electoralfraudduringUkraine¡¯sPresidential
Kyrgyzstan was thrust into independence
the beginning of export of the flower
Thewriterisanassistantprofessorof
Run-offElectionofNovember21,2004,as
by the end of 1991 with the distinction of
revolutionstootherCentralAsiancountries.
DepartmentofRussian
reported by numerous domestic and foreign
being the only former Soviet republic in
Kyrgyzstan¡¯spathaheadmaynotbeeasy.
KimSun-woong/CartoonistofTheArgus
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Doreadschoolnewspapers
Bridgetoexchangestudents
ESTABLISHED1954
S
ince 1990, school newspapers have
The writers in school papers are
D
oes every university in Korea have a
many people these days from different
PublishedmonthlyexcepttheschoolholidaysbyandforstudentsofHankukUniversityof
changed as free from the obligation of
amateurs.Ofcoursetheyworkaspros,but
school newspaper in English? What
countries on the way to Foreign Language
ForeignStudies.TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
strivingfordemocracy.Thestudentsdonot
they are the real good amateurs who have
doesTheArgusstandfor?Curious,Ipicked
Training and Testing Center, I was of no
higheststandardofcampusjournalism.
make efforts to get a school news or meet
passionandcreativitythatneverfollowthe
this paper up. Ever since entering this
interest in them and their culture. In
their fellows from the school papers
formercustoms.Theycantrywhateverthey
school, I have sometimes dropped by the
reading, I came to consider that if a
?President,Publisher
AhnByongMan
anymore. The recent survey from the
want for the student public and they can
site HUFSLIFE online. However, I think I
foreigner who wanted to know about
?Editor-in-Chief
LeeHyae-myung
¡°Oedaehakbo¡± that the regular reader is
writewhatevertheywantforthetruth.They
seem to have not read this print-oriented
Korean culture truly asked me questions,
?EditorialConsultant
only61.7%provethesituationwell,butthis
aretherealgoodpioneers.
paper.
howwellIwouldbeabletoanswer.
KimKyu-young,YooHa-na
?PlanningDirector
is too hasty conclusion to devalue the
Unfortunately, the reality is cruel.
I found a article ¡°German in Korean
IhopeTheArgusgivesusmorechances
LeeJun-gul
schoolpapers.
Students hardly read the school papers.
rhythm,¡± that awoke my interest because I
tocontactwiththiskindofmatterslikehow
?Editors
LimHyo-jung,YangSun-young
Schoolnewspapersareindependentfrom
Howthenewspapersgetapowertomakea
am majoring in German Education. A
theexchangestudentsoncampusaredoing
?AssociateEditors
LeeSang-hee
thefund.Financialindependenceiscrucial
public opinion without the readers? Fewer
German guy who learned ¡°Yong-bi-eo-
thesedays.Wearewonderingiftheyhave
?Reporters
LeeSeung-hee,LeeYoung-mee,KimBo-seok,
forthepress,butitisveryhardtogettothe
readers diminish the paper quality, low
cheon ka¡± which is even difficult for me?
anydifficultiesinadjustingtoKoreaornot.
YangEun-ae,KimHan-sem
exiting profit press. School papers do not
quality alienate students from the papers.
Isthatpossible?Itcameasasurprisetome.
Onthefinespringdaywiththeairwarm,I
?ProfessorEditor
ZangBung-ik
havetoreadthecompanies,theparties,the
This is a very bad vicious circle. Dear
Accordingtothearticle,whenhewasin
expecttopromotesharingsucharticleswith
?EnglishAdvisors
KangJi-hae,ParkKyung-sun
social organizations or the government¡¯s
HUFSfellows!Doreadschoolnewspapers.
Germany, he was in a team of Samullori.
otherHUFSans.
mind. They have a strong power to report
It is your obligation to praise with warm
ThatiswhyIwassurprisedbecauseitwas
thefactasatruth.Theycanbearealgood
heart,andcriticizewithhardview.Doread,
hard for me to think of a German guy
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¡°watchdog¡± compare to any major
thentalk.
moving his heads and shoulders in rhythm
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newspapers. They can provide the space
alongwithKoreantraditionalinstruments.
AfterreadingTheArgus,pleasesend
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where the students discuss their mind
I have recently heard that lots of
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usyourimpressionsoropinions.
liberally.Alsotheyarethebestmonitorsfor
foreignersexperienceKoreanculture,andI
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checkingschoolcouncilandthefoundation.
ParkJung-kyung(D-03)
foundthattrue.EventhoughIcameacross
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