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THEARGUS,NOVEMBER1,1999
NATIONAL
ReportingonconflictaroundtheNorthernLimitLine
RestrictiononFisheryMeansLimitationofLivelihood
I.Peaceontension
atmosphere. Even with the presence
T
hepreviousdaywhentheArgus
of many soldiers, the island looks so
visitedBaekryong-do,therehad
peaceful that few believe that this
Baekryong-do
been a return of two North Korean
place is claimed by North Korea as
boats which ride on 14 people. The
theirownterritory.Atranquilscenery
tugboat and a tiny barge had strayed
of the island makes stranger forget
and towed to the island because of
thathereistheregionofdispute.
thick fog and poor navigation
However, this beautiful and
equipment.Thecrewsofbothvessels
peaceful island is not quiet all the
didn’t want defection, and the Joint
time. After the last sequential affairs
Chief of Staff of South Korea sent
such as ‘exchanged gunfire’ and
thembacktotheNorth.Asthiscase
‘NLL invalid declaration’, tide of
shows, Baekryong-do is a foremost
tensionaroundBaekryong-doandthe
frontofmaritimeborder.
other four islands raised to flood
Therearefiveislandsusuallycalled
mark. And this tense situation is still
‘the5islesonWestSea’,nearbythe
goingonuptonow.
NorthernLimitLine(NLL).Theyare
Baekryong-do,
Daechong-do,
II.Restrictionsonliving
Sochong-do,Yonpyong-do,andUoo-
West sea around the five islands
KooSung-chan/TheArgus
do.Amongtheseislands,Baekryong-
has clean waters without any
do is the largest and the most
pollution source. Therefore, the
Baekryong-doisalargeisland.Totaldimensionofthisnorthern
advanced northward island. This
fisheryatthisseaareaisverybuoyant
islandis45.84squarekilometers.ItisfivetimesaslargeasYoido.
islandislocatedinjust10kilometers
mainly near Baekryong-do and
farawayfromJangyeonatHwanghae
Yonpyong-do.Largeamountoffresh
Andtheislandhas56.8kilometersofbeautifulcoast.
Province,and15kilometersfromthe
seafood which is valued best in
About4300peoplelivethere.Theyaremainlyengagedinfishery
headland of Jangsan in North Korea.
quality and quantity is produced
and agriculture. High quality of plenty farm products as well as
As a point of strategic importance,
there. The representative marine
Baekryong-do has been a joint
products are fish like bass, anchovy,
seafood are made from Baekryong-do. The agricultural products
operation area of the army, navy, air
eelandcrab,shellfish,seaurchinand
KooSung-chan/TheArgus
such as rice, buckwheat, sweet potato, medicinal mugwort are
InDoomu-jin,afishermaniscarryingtheemptyfishpotsonthechainedfishingboat.
forcesandthemarinecorps.
slug with various seaweeds.
cultivatedonthefertilesoil.
People commonly think about that
Especially early autumn, from
the island must be a place of
September to the midst October, is
more tightened up. Furthermore, a
thebiggestportofBaekryong-doand
islands make their livelihood by
seriousness. However, in spite of its
‘the blue crab season’. Many big-
tough statement of declaring NLL
a center of fishery. At this port,
fishing. The restrictions on fishery
geopolitical situation, Baekryong-do
sized palatable blue crabs are caught
invalid by North Korean Military
people can observe the landscape of
means for them as limitations of
THEEYESOFTHEARGUS
lookspeaceful.Thisfrontmostisland
throughoutthatperiod.
General Staff on last September the
OngjinPeninsulaonclearday.North
livingmaintenance.
is just like other islands, with the
However,earlyautumnofthisyear
2nd, made this situation more
Korea is just 12 kilometers far away
If the restrictions are unavoidable,
ordinary countrysides and sea
was no more ‘the blue crab season’.
difficult.Consequently,largescaleof
from Doomu-jin. When the Argus
the well-conceived countermeasures
villages. Many visitors usually said,
Because the urgent steps on fishery
economicalandmentallossescaused
calledatthere,thefishingboatswere
must be prepared as an alternative.
“Itishardtobelievethatthisislandis
controlled the sailing out for fishing
by the military actions were big
chained in the port and the fish pots
However, the actual circumstance
much more closer to North Korea
intheworktimeandfrequency.Since
enough. Many fishermen suffered
were left empty. Also, some fish
does not seem to coincide with any
SeoulNGOLeaves
than South.” As a matter of fact,
a belligerence on West Sea border
heavy damage from losing the best
wholesalers had to turn back their
sensible principle. According to the
many tourist called at this northern
between South and North Korean
season of blue crab catching. On top
vacant trucks. This situation reflects
observation of the Argus have made
spot, and surprised at not only a
navies on last June the 15th, the
of it, they threatened to be seized by
onthepresentadversityoffishermen
on the spot, it seems that there is
MuchRegret
picturesque view but also a calm
restrictions on fishery work were
NorthKoreanwarship.Thatistosay,
straightforwardly.
unilateral sacrifice on the part of the
they had to submit the ‘hazard’ to
fishermen without any governmental
perform the fishing work near NLL
III. Sacrifice without com-
compensation.
pensation
where the more fishing grounds are
Under the unexpected outbreak
I
concentrated.
Ever since the partition of the
situation, it is possible to restrict the
t is of great significance that Korea hosted the 1999 Seoul
“We cannot help working near
Korean peninsula, many of the
right and freedom of private
InternationalConferenceofNGOs(SICN)fromOct.10toOct.15,
maritimeborder.Itisunavoidablefor
unilateral restrictions and coercive
individuals by legislation. But, these
1999.
ustomeettheminimumdemandsof
controlsalwayshavebeenjustifiedon
temporary actions must be restricted
About815NGOsfrom85countriesincludingSouth-EastAsia,Europe
sea product under these limited
the pretext of ‘national security’. In
within narrow limits. Then, also
andNorthAmericatookpartinthisglobalfestival.
condition.Inordertominimizeadire
the situation of military rivalry
enoughrecompensesuitedfortheloss
Meticulous preparation for many discussions, diversified topics and
loss,manyfishermenshouldsailtheir
between the two Koreas, many
hastobefollowedon.Thatistheway
plenary session enabled many participants of worldwide NGOs to
boats toward the farther disputed
people have suffered from
to guarantee the freedom of
recognizetheimportanceofNGO’sroleasarepresentativeforthepeople
waters. And besides, there are no
encroachmenteveninthebasicparts
occupation achievement, the right of
andtheimminenceofsocialreformforthebettermentofhumansociety.
compensationsfromgovernment.We
of life without any separate
property and the right to pursuit
ThisSICNalsoelucidatedthepossibilityofachievingadelicatebalance
neversuggestedanyalternativeplans
compensations.
happinesswhichclearlyexpressedin
intheeco-system,whichisunderconstantchallengeduetocontaminated
fromrelatedauthorities.So,itisvery
Current condition around the
theconstitutionallaw.
atmosphere and polluted waters. The conference also underlined the
hard time for us now.” said Choi
disputed sea border is another case
humanisticvaluesthatpeopleinthemodernageeasilyforgettohaveas
Jong-namwhoisacaptainoffishing
showing this sort of contradiction. A
basicmoralprinciple.
boat, ‘Parangsae’. After all, the
series of restrictive actions without
Moreover, this SICN marked the great milestone in representing the
biggest victim of recent dispute
special alternatives are obvious
21thcenturyNGOasa5thentitytobecomparabletothegovernmentin
around the sensitive sea boundary is
infringement to the fundamental
thevariouspoliciesfortheciviliansaswellastheweak,overwhichthe
KooSung-chan/TheArgus
ByKooSung-chan
thefishermeninthefiveislands.
rights of people in the democratic
politicalpowerhasruledoursocietyatitsdisposals.
‘The monument of reunification desire’ stands on the coast cliff from
Reporterof NationalSection
TheArgusvisitedDoomu-jin.Itis
society. The fishermen around five
Noteworthy is the fact that the SICN enabled the Korean NGOs
wherepeoplecanseetheOngjinPeninsulaofNorthKorea.
movement to be on a front line, in equal status with worldwide NGOs
according to the evidence of the highest participation rate among the
NGOs.Inaddition,thesincereinterestandunderstandingabouttheSICN
SpecialContribution
wasamajorprop.Itneedstobepointedoutthatthesuccessfulhostingof
theSICNwasonlypossiblewiththehelpofindividualswhoparticipated
IsHUFSBoundbyBureaucraticRedTapes?
withmuchpatienceandsacrificeintheprocessofpreparation.
However, behind the rosy evaluation about this SICN, several
pessimisticandnegativeopinionsareflourishingintheback-doorofthe
mass-media.
onuntiltheendofhumanity,onlyifit
me more light, at his death-bed. As
of ‘the screen image art department’
I don’t want to be cast away just
GiventhestatisticsonthenumberofparticipantsandsizeofthisSICN,
KooSung-chanTheArgus
couldhaveanend.
far as I’m concerned, “If I had two
in the both campuses of Hankuk
like a piece of coal, half-burnt. Oh,
released from the headquarters of Kyunghee University, there were too
The dirty guys may jabber about
loaves of bread, I would sell one of
University of Foreign Studies. I
God! Please give me the direly
manydiscussionsandabstracttopicstocatchtheacutepointofresolution
the founding of the department of
them, and buy a hyacinth, to make
intentionally picked up the rather
neededchancetorealizemylife-long
on the matter of the future of mankind in the 21th century or other
‘The screen image Art’, foolishly
my soul fat.” is of a much more
hyperbolicexpressioncosmicallyand
dream of directing some movies of
complex session topics which need more philosophically-reconsidered
weighing the profitability of its
celestial and psychic beauty than
divinely, because both terrestrially
perennialworth.Atleast,letmemake
alternativesinposteriortothecriticism.
founding,fromtheirownego-centric
‘Mehr Light’. The screen image art,
and humanly presuppose cosmically
some kind of contribution to helping
TheheadquartersofSICNdidn’texpecttheabruptdemandoffacilities
pointsofview.
that is, Movie and TV are made up
and divinely. It might sound
theyoungerandrisinggenerationsof
to take a rest at Olympic Park where various discussions were held.
Butit’smandatory,andimperative.
not of BMW, but of BMB; body,
pleasantry and sophistry. But please
Korea to realize their beautiful
Foreign participants also has a hard time locating the place in which a
AndIknowthateventhedirtyguys,
money and brain. All the three
understand my intention... It will
dreams.
topic of his or her interest was discussed. This was due to the fact that
‘thesparrow’sheads’knowthat.And
materials are generally used to
undoubtedly take up much time, but
some participants were grouped together without any common cause or
why wouldn’t they budge even an
entertain the spectators, telling a
one day we can establish an
“Ifalluponthethornsoflife,
interest. Also, the SICN has been criticized because major posts were
inch about it? The answer is so
novel and interesting story. To break
independentproductioncompany,for
Ibleed.......
takenbyfivebigbusinesses,familyownedconglomerates.
simple.Theconformism.Theywon’t
the monotony of daily routine. To
example with a provisional trade-
Oh,liftmeasawave,aleafand
Therefore, this SICN wandered from its primary object to build a
liketorisktheirlife,thatis,theirpost
escape the damned and cursed daily
mark of ‘HUFS Production’ as well
acloud.......
nonprofitorganization.Sothecivicgroupsandprogressiveactivists,had
T
he Argus; the vigilant monster
sodearlywon.OnlyGodknowshow
stress and strain. Isn’t that the so-
as ‘HUFS Theater Group’. ‘HUFS
Ifwintercomes,canspringbe
voicedtheirobjectionstotheSICN.
with a hundred eyes, is he
much money, time and labour they
called escapism? But more
Production’ can both directly and
farbehind?”
Insomesense,thisresultedinincompletenessofeveryworkshopand
dormantormoribundorwhat?
have spent to obtain that silly posts.
preferably,thescreenimageartmust
indirectly contribute to the glorious
lowerparticipationrates.
TheArgus;oneofthesymboldeity
The conformism, the established
giveahealthyinformationonhowto
developmentofHUFS.
- out of Shelley’s Ode to the
However, what is important is that this 1999 SICN will give a new
of Hankuk University of Foreign
norms and standards must be
liveandhowtolove,inotherwords,
If and once the ‘screen image art
WestWind-
momentum to the NGO’s movement. So, the Korean NGOs had better
Studies, if he isn’t really dormant or
conservedsothattheymightmaintain
sublimationoflifeandsublimationof
department’isfounded,I’llwillingly,
regardthe1999SICNasanewstepforestablishingademocraticsociety.
moribund, he must definitely do
their lives. ‘The poor sparrow’s
love.
with all my might and main, work
“Mysoulisanenchantedboat,
Looking back on the dark age of military dictatorship in Korea, many
something, something great and
heads’ Time flies like an arrow! It’s
In consequence, the newly coined
dayandnightwiththestudentssothat
Whichlikeasleepingswan,
civic groups stepping in the movements of students and laborers had
positive for the foundation of ‘the
alreadymorethan45yearsago,when
word, ‘infotainment’, the compound
they might make gigantic steps
Dothfloatuponthesilverwaves
gotten through numerous difficulties from authoritarian government and
screenimagedepartment’.
I was teaching at the Ewha Girl’s
noun
of
information
and
forward, They must first of all
Ofthysweetsinging”.
insufficient financial back-up. In those days, freedom of speech and
What is HUFS doing, with her
high school, I chanced to read a
entertainment is born. It sounds
surmount the linguistic barriers to be
-Shelly-
human rights were put to the military’s shoes without claiming human
more than 28 foreign language
beautifulpoeminKoran.
certainlybetterthan‘edutainment’,its
able to literally enjoy the world
rights.
departmentsandmorethan80native
blatantly utilitarian cognate
heritage of literature and art in
Inlightofthis,Koreancivicgroups,especiallyNGOshavegrownup
foreign language professors? Is he
If I had two loaves of bread,
compoundnoun.
general. Then, and then only, they
theirsocialinfluenceandfoughttoimprovethefundamentalhumanrights
YangDon-koon
actually dormant or moribund or
I would sell one of them,
First of all, let’s unbound Argus,
will successfully master all the three
andwelfaresystem.Inthiscontext,thisSICNisapreludeofthishistoric
what?‘Thescreenimageart’,thatis,
And would buy a hyacinth
thepoordemi-godofcircumspection
stages of artistic activities; imitation,
footprintinthedevelopmentofNGO.
Thewriterisalecturerof
‘theartforbothmovieandTV’isn’t
To make my soul fat.
foresight and our guardian deity, so
assimilation and creation. If we too
ScreenImageArt
justforthe21stcentury.Ohno!,but
that he might help us out of these
have body, money and brain as well
atleastforthe3rd,4th,5thandsoon,
Beautiful, isn’t it? I was really
silly, bureaucratic difficulties. And
asourownlifestyle,whycouldn’twe
This article may not be
ByLeeChang-nam
endlessmillenniums.
beauty-struck.Iwouldprobablyrecite
then, join us in the cosmically and
too produce our own masterpieces
consistent with the press
Editorof NationalSection
The screen image art; the story
it, time and again even at my death-
divinely meaningful, worth-while,
that will enhance the world heritage
commentsofTheArgus
tellingartofstorytellingartswilllive
bed. They say that Goethe said Give
andimmenselypurposefulfoundation
ofliteratureandart.

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