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THEEYESOFTHEARGUS
Developmentthreatensoldmemory
Donotkillanymore
“
W
ehavenomoneyorbackground.
Yeolchajip is well known for green-bean
Nooneisonourside;thepolice,
pancakes,Chobangnackgiiswellknownfor
the government, nor the citizens. They are
octopus. And Siintongshin is one of the
I
nJanuaryofthisyear,Mr.BaeDal-hoatDoosanHeavyIndustriesburnedhimselfto
justlookingathowthingsgoon,notdoing
famous places among many artists, writers,
death.OnOctober17,formerPresidentoftheHanjinHeavyIndustriesUnion,Kim
anything to help. Though the police
andreportersinthisstreet.WhentheArgus
Joo-ik,wasfounddeadontopofacraneleaving2memos.Onewasaletteroflamentto
threatened to eject us out of here, we will
reporter visited the place, there were
his wife and 3 children. On 23rd October, Lee Hae-nam, President of Sewon Tech
stay. We will remain here until the end to
reporters of Dong-A Ilbo, Kyunghyang
Unionattemptedtoburnhimselfandnowliesinthehospital.Hewroteinhiswill,“I
preservethisPimat-gol.”Therewasoneman
Newspaper and SBS as well as from many
know this is not the right way but there is no other way.” Recently as the 26th of
next to the pickets that appealed to the
other companies. The atmosphere of the
October,thePresidentoftheKwangjuBranchoftheKoreaLaborWelfareCorporation
citizenstopreservePimat-gol.“Thisplaceis
place reminds one of the 1980s. All walls
IrregularWorkersUnion,LeeYong-seokcommittedself-immolationinJongmyoPark.
our historic side street of more than 600
were filed with scribbling and paintings.
Hediedasaresultofhisseriousburns.
years’ history. Aren’t they ashamed? Is
Manybookslayinthecorner.Guitarswere
During one month there have been 3 suicides or attempts for suicide. In all these
moneysodear?Thoughtheyforceusoutof
alsoseeninthelounge.Onescribble-“Sis,I
tragicincidents,thedeceasedcriedoutforlaborrightsallofthemsayingthatthough
here,Iamgoingtogooutwiththepickets.”
was in a mood to drink, really. So I drank
theyknowself-destructionisnottherightwaybutinadesperatesituationthereisno
Hisresolutionwasfirm.Angrysloganswere
some. I’ll make it up to you if I become a
way out. What is enraging the labor workers is the practice on the part of Korean
foundeverywhere.“Obtaintherighttolive.
notedperson.”-caughtreporter’ssight.
companies of seizing properties of individual workers for compensation for damages
You suppress, then we fight.” Broken
Growingtension
that occurred during labor-disputes. No livelihood and no rights remaining as a
windows and “X” marks was caught on
representativefortheworkers’rightshaddriventhemtotheseextremeactions.
sight.Tensionisgrowinginthisplace.
Butnowtheseplacesarefacingthethreat
Also low-wages about 800,000 won a month including additional works,
of destruction. Though there has been an
ShimHye-jin/TheArgus
discriminationagainstirregularworkers,brutalrepressionbyriotsquadmakethelabor
Traditionalstreet
attempt to re-develop Pimat-gol since the
Pimat-golisindangerofdisappearingduetoalackofefficientconservationpolicy.
workerschoosetheextrememethods.Afterthesecontinuoustragedies,DanByung-ho,
From the cultural and historical
early1980s,everytimelanddeveloperswere
leaderoftheKoreanConfederationofTradeUnions(KCTU)saidon27thofOctober,
viewpoints, Pimat-gol stands out as Seoul’s
confronted with the public opinion that the
atapressconference,“WewillstruggleagainstPresidentRoh’sregimewhichisfailing
unique area at its heart. It starts at
traditionalheritageshouldbepreserved.But
willbestartedassoonaspossible,atleastin
describeusasagangorsomething.It’snota
toreformpoliciesbyanationwidestrike.”Eventhoughtherearetragicoutcomesofthe
Gwanghwamun, beside the Kyobobook
nowthingshavechanged.Jongro-guOffice
twomonths.Thecompanyispersuadingthe
problemofmoney,butdisappearanceofthis
massive oppression against trade union movements in Korea, the Roh Moo-hyun
front gate, and leads to Jongro 6-ga. This
allowed Le Meilleur co. Ltd, an agency of
rest of the merchants now. The main
street is truly regrettable.” the merchant
governmentisflusteredbecauseofinnerdisorder.
placedatesbacktotheChosundynasty,600
Hyundai, to re-develop Pimat-gol under the
conditions of the contract which they
sighed.
The National Assembly building is troubled and noisy as it had been in the still-
years ago. At that time, there was a
conditionofpreservingthestreet.
presented to them is summarized into three
corruptivebygonedays.Notintendingtosolvetheessentialproblemslyinginsociety,
significant distinction among the social
“I didn’t know before, I didn’t know this
categories;givingthemerchantspreferences
Inevitableconflict
thepoliticalpartiesarestillfightingwitheachotherbecausetheythinkoftheotherasno
classes.Plebeianshadtobowtogovernment
place would be missed so much like this. I
over the right of lease in the new officetel
After verifying the fact by asking
more than a political enemy. In addition, conservative newspapers like Joongang-ilbo
officials who were riding horses. But some
come here everyday to drink with the hope
with the current price, allowing the use of
questions to Jongro-gu officials, they said
says, “The economic situation in many companies have worsened due to continuous
of them who didn’t want to bow to the
that Siintongshin can remain here a little
donated land to run food stores during the
theyhaveneverallowedthatkindofcontract
labor disputes. The expected nationwide strike in the beginning of November by
official hid on the side street. “Pimat-gol”
longer.Pimat-golisalovelyplacewherethe
periodofconstruction,andpreservingPimat-
which guarantees the merchants’ right of
laborerswilldoharmtocompaniesandtheeconomy,”astheheadlineoftheireconomy
comes from there. “Pi” means avoid, “ma”
joys and sorrows of people are melted in. I
gol.
businessduringtheperiodofconstructionat
section.
means horse and “gol” means a side street.
trytovisitherewheneverIhavetime.”Kim
But the rest of the merchants are
the land, which is to be donated to the
It seems that Joongang-ilbo is not concerned with the weak’s desperate livelihoods
Hence the name is Pimat-gol. Citizens
Tea-kyung,acompanyemployee,said.
suspecting the conditions. “It is uncertain.
Jongro-guofficeforaparkway.
nordoesitseentounderstandtheexactfacts,nortrytoknowtheinsidefacts.
especially who cherish memories of their
According to the company, they will
Nothingisclear.Thereisn’tevenaJongro-
Pimat-gol, one of the shelters for the
They neglect the right and freedom to live as a worker in Korea. In this situation,
childhood love this place. But more than
preserve Pimat-gol by widening the street
guofficialsealinthecontracts.Howcanwe
citizensofSeoulisdegeneratingintoanother
people cannot receive proper information nor decide one’s own opinion. Getting
anything, the cozy and relaxed atmosphere
and lending the first floor of officetel to
believethem?Thatdoesn’tmakeanysense
shoddy entertainment area due to a lack of
confusedbyincorrectandone-sidednewspapers,itseemstobebettergooutsideand
of the area ? a fascinating escape from a
traditional food stores. The officetel will be
at all.” They blamed the contract pointing
efficientconservationprograms.Nowinthis
participateinmeetingsorralliesandfeeltheactualatmosphere.
modernmetropolisrightinitscrowdedmidst
completed with a new complex including a
out this blind condition; the company
street, merchants spur anti-development
Choosingtocommitsuicideasthelastresortthatahumancantakeandinthesecases,
attract people. It is certainly different from
public bath, a sports center, restaurants and
authorizes the merchants to carry on the
campaign to preserve Pimat-gol. Pimat-gol
suicideisnomoreachoicebutamurderbythesociety’sproblemlikediscrimination
otherstreetsthatcaneasilybefoundaround
soon.Andthebuildingisdesignedtohave
business temporary at the donated land
lovers include many writers and artists also
andrepressionoflaborworkerswhoareoppressedintheirdailylives.
Seoul.Aboveall,thekindsofmenusfound
20 floors above ground and 7 floors
during the period of construction, but the
trytosavethisstreet.
Additionally, there are other people who choose self-destruction due to depression
intherestaurantsaredifferent;agreenbean
underground. Some portion of the land will
firm doesn’t take responsibility under an
broughtonbytherepressiveeducationsystem.Theseincidentsshowtheproblemsthat
pancake,friedsparrow,bakedmackereland
be donated to the Jongro-gu office for a
unavoidablecircumstances.“Andyouknow
existinoursociety’sstructure.Asaresult,thisisaproblemofexistence,whetherthe
soforth.Theyremindcitizensoftheirschool
parking lot. They came to an
what? They denounce us as unscrupulous
ByShimHye-jin
people like politicians, the press, companies try to be concerned with or not, which
days. About 60 cheap restaurants and bars
accommodation contract with more than 80
merchants stirring up public sentiment
ReporterofNationalSection
reflectshowmuchprogressivethewholesocietyis.
stand closely together along the street.
percent of the residents. The construction
through newspaper advertisements. They
Controversyoveropeningtheeducationmarketresurges
ByYeoHee-soo
AssociateEditorofNationalSection
I
n early October, the Ministry of
education market will contribute to
matter.Oncetheeducationsectorisopened,
Civic groups are skeptical about how the
Education and Human Resources
enhancing the Korea’s educational standard
the bunch of side effects is inevitable.
foreign schools can teach Korean sentiment
Development announced an initiative plan
and competitiveness. And they say it is the
“Education is not a business. Allowing
properly,settingasideexcessivenationalism.
Angryworkersoutburst
concerning the opening of the education
international trend that the country should
foreign schools to enter the Free Economic
The local education industry is expected to
marketinSpecialEconomicZonesandalso
follow. The nation is expecting that the
Zones will result in ruining domestic
face difficulties due to foreign competition.
in Jeju Island. Under this draft, foreign
dollar,expendedbystudyingabroad,canbe
education. The country’s future depends on
In addition, considering the foreign
R
ecently, labor workers’ suicide
by the police and were arrested. Also 2 of
educational institutions can freely establish
saved.
education. The government should try to
institutions can remit the profits from the
occurred in succession and as a
university students were seriously injured
their branches in Korea without any
As the policy will be submitted to the
rectifythecurrenteducationalcircumstances
schoolfeestothehomeland,itisdifficultto
reaction,onOctober29,therewasarallyof
andarrested.IwashitinthearmsandIalso
restrictions.Therangesofthebrancheswill
National Assembly soon, a barrage of
ratherthanentrustingtocapitalism.”asserted
saythatopeningeducationmarketwillhelp
various worker unions reaching 2,000
hit them. We are demanding the arrested
includealllevels:fromelementaryschoolto
counterargument followed. People’s
Cheon Bo-sun, a director of the People’s
save dollars. Civic groups are planning to
people. They were shouting not to kill
memberstobereleased.”
college.Inaddition,Koreanstudentswillbe
Education Solidarity, together with The
EducationSolidarity.Healsoadded,“Asitis
hold a variety of campaigns and rallies
anymore workers and demanded the
Even after the demonstrators were
admittedtotheseforeigninstitutionswithout
Korean Teachers and Educational Workers’
expectedthatthefeesoftheforeignschools
againstthepolicy.
government
to
take
immediate
somewhatstabilized,thereweresomefights
anyqualificationlimits.
Unionandseveralcivicgroups,heldarally
would soar, inequality would be deepen
countermeasures to prevent them from
between workers and cops. Whenever there
The government claims that opening the
and a press conference to publicize this
betweenthehavesandthehave-nots.”
ByShimHye-jin/TheArgus
seizinglaborers’propertiesandwages.
was a struggling, it ended by the swing of
After a rally at Jongmyo Park, labor
heavyblackshieldsofpolices.
workers came out to the road of Jongro 3-
“Honestly, it is the hardest time of my
ListeningtoHUFSans’opinionabouttheroleof“Non-activists”instudents’life
Ga. There were also massive riot squad of
labor activities. I wish I were deaf or blind
about1,500policesguarding2trafficlanes.
aboutthesedreadfulsituations.Thelaborers
However,duringthemarchofparticipants,
are suffering from the discrimination of the
Regarding“Non-activists”asan“Alternative”or“Anti”
a quarrel broke out with the problem of
government and massive police force are
occupyingthetrafficlanesbetweenworkers
driving us to death. However, we would
and cops. The police tried to push workers
struggleagaintotheendandfixtheflagof
intothesidewalkandworkersthrewstones.
victory,” said Dan Byong-ho, the leader of
O
Inaninstant,asmallquarrelchangedintoa
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, as
n hearing for the first
powerwithstrongsolidarity.OnOctober4,
Cons
Atotalof754HUFSansparticipatedinpoll,“HUFSLife.com”
heavy clash and many of workers were
the end of the whole rally and broke up
timethattherewillbean
anon-activistsolidaritystructurewasmade,
injured.
voluntarily.
opposition party running
which was named “Student Solidarity 21.”
A participant of Equality Trade Union-
against the currently “ruling” student
19 universities organized an even network
Donotknow(118)
MigrantsBranch(ETU-MB),ChristianKarl
ByYeoHee-soo/TheArgus
council last year, I was probably not the
that would try to realize “Scholarship,
15%
(45)said,“Thereareabout1,000workersof
only one to think the “authoritarianism” at
welfare,culturewithconsensus.”Ironically,
ETU-MBand2ofourworkerswerebeaten
HUFSwasover.
itshowsnon-activistshouldbemoreactive.
The student council that dominated the
Donotsupport(159)
Thesolidarityhavesettheirpolicytoshow
Support(477)
student organization has been gaining
anewstudentmovement.Iamverygladof
21%
Shot On Spot
64%
criticismforaslongastheyhaveincontrol.
these movements and am going to see
Majority of college students thought the
followitthrough.
collegestudentcouncilsweretooaggressive
The word “consensus” that the new
on liberal issues or held onto exhausting
solidaritysaidpointedoutisveryimportant.
ideological problems that no young
Itisafieldofdemocracyandpluralism,and
academicsevercareaboutanymore.
it also rules the character of alternative
Inthemidstofapoliticalsentimentonthe
student council. I think “non-activist”
T
supposedly-liberalcampusground,thenews
propagate their ideas was plastered with
he creation of new party
should be reborn as an “activist on
Pros
ofanotherstudentpoliticalgroupwasquite
picturesandarticlesthataccusedthestudent
that is against the current
consensus.” Welfare and convenience is
refreshing. The name the new organization
movement on pending issues such as the
student council was not an
essential, but in current situation that many
carried was, however, quite interesting.
post-war Iraq, I do not see their reports as
accident, and I think it was made as a
students never mind what the student
Peoplecategorizedthemthe“Non-activist”.
justanotheropiniononsocialissue.Idareto
necessity. Actually, the student council
councilsays,themostimportantactivitythat
Funny how a student organization of some
say that it is one of the trend that Korea is
made of activist students could not give
alternative student council should do is to
sort can be called a “non-activist”, but I
trailingJapanalongthesedays,ofsharprise
satistaction to other students in university.
listen to the students and to collect diverse
soonfoundoutthatitwasmoremeanttobe
in ultra-rightist movement among the
Theygaveheavyprioritiestopoliticalissues
opinions. If it can be realized, the word
an “anti-activist”, from the students that
political minorities that felt the need to
or labor rights, but little to students’
“non-activist” or “anti-activist” should not
thought the former organization was
speakupbefore,asfunnyasitmightsound
convenience and welfare. Inevitably, an
be used. Because even current activists are
wearisomeenough.Naturallysomestudents
like,thecentre-leftstakeuptheentirestage.
alternativestudentcouncilwasneeded,and
going to be participants of the new student
expected the new, rising organization to be
I would like to see student groups with
socalled“non-activist”isanexampleofit.
council.
notonlydifferentfromtheformerone,but
diverse ideas, from conservative to
I agree to the appearance of diverse
It is true that the student council of
alsocriticizingharshlyonthecurrentgroup.
progressiveideasbutnotinthewaythatwill
opinion groups, but I think those groups
Hanchongryun is not very close to the
Moreorless,thenewgroupdidmorethan
thrust college opinion into massive
shouldworkhard,iftheywanttogetcloser
students.Ithinkarenewalofcurrentstudent
LeeJun-gul/TheArgus
suggestingbetteroptionsforthestudentsto
confusionofwhatisrightandwrong.
touniversitystudents.
councilisessential.
An old man is participating in the Oct. 26 anti-war meeting. He wants to
thinkover.
Firstofall,thealternativestudentcouncil
remainanonymousandshowsupwhereveranti-U.S.ralliesareheld.
The previous paper that the so-called
ByLeeMin-a
shouldmakestrongerbasethatcanoutstrip
ByLeeJun-gul
“non-activist” published in order to
Hanchongryun, which has strong moving

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