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Opinion
A Penny for My Thoughts
HistoryDistortions
henIwasafreshmanatHUFS,theveryfirst¡®TheArgus¡¯
W
issue I saw was a sketch of President Obama on the
cover page. It was the front page intrigued me, but the
Dakeshima~
contentinitwasevenbetter.SincethenIreadeverysingleissuethat
was published, and have them placed on my bookshelf which I look
Dokdo,ourterritory!
throughonceinawhile.
The oldest English campus newspaper in Korea often surprises me
with the stories printed in its monthly issues. The editors and the
reporters have done their jobs by spinning words into compelling
stories, and it definitely brings out the emotions in me. In addition,
¡®The Argus¡¯ gives opportunities to people who need their stories to
be spread out. I was amazed when I read ¡°Let¡¯s Gather Kkal-kkali¡±;
whatagreatideatohelppeoplesufferinginthecoldwithaKkal-kkali
(ownedbymenwhohavefinishedtheirmilitaryservice)!IfIhadnot
Compensationforcomfortwomen!
read¡®TheArgus¡¯wouldn¡¯thaveevercomeacrossit.
For me, turning the pages of ¡®The Argus¡¯ is like expecting a new
What¡¯sthat?
vicarious adventure sometimes sympathizing with the contents or
marveling at the ideas. I look forward to seeing the next issue of the
newspaper.
ParkDawon12¡¯
DepartmentofArabic
The Argus Takes on the
¡®Elephant in the Room¡¯
May18,movementfordemocracy!
I
ntheKoreansociety,thereareseveraltopicsthatareontheopen
discussion of several social issues. Among them, is the topic of
Ariot~
teenage pregnancy and adoption which most Koreans choose to
denyandignoreit.
However,itistomygreatreliefthat¡®TheArgus¡¯hasagainmanaged
toshedlightintotabooedtopics;thistimeproblemsofnewlyrevised
adoption law. It brings great pain for the teenage mothers by giving
no other choice but to abandon their babies. The families, who are
willing to adopt those babies, are forced to suffer the cruel scrutiny
oftheadoptionagencyandsurrenderthedetailsoftheirprivatelives.
Needless to say, the biggest victims are the babies deprived of any
Let¡¯stalk
Ornot~
formofakinrightfromthestartoftheirlives.
faceto
face!
It is my sincere hope that every HUFSan takes time to raise their
awareness of the serious reproductions of the newly revised adoption
law. They should realize that the general level of happiness of the
entirepopulationdependsonthehappinessofthemostfragilepartof
oursociety.
YangChul-ho
DivisonofInt¡¯lStudies13¡¯
www.theargus.org
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