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Government’snewtownprojectdeepenssocialpolarization
Commemorate2005
C
rumblymenhavebeenthebigissueof
and “right to specially supplied apartment
our everyday life ever since the
right.” The residents could choose either of
T
he year 2005 is a historically meaningful year, many anniversaries overlap, and
governmentstartedthe“NewTown”project
the two. KNHC persuaded the residents to
deep-thinkingisneededasmostofthemhaveimportantmeaningthesedays.
in early 1990s in Ilsan and Bundang area.
choosetherighttoapartmentovertheother
AsonehundredyearshavepassedsinceJapanforcedKoreatoagreetotheinjustice
Hard to believe it is; not only does the
becausetheregionforthetemporaryhousing
treaty so-called the Korean-Japanese convention. Japan has never self-examined their
problem remain unsolved but it has been
has the problem of heavy population even
historical faults and continues to go on with their foolish talks. It is not a very new
heateduptotheboilingpointwiththelatest
withthepoorlivingconditions.Mostofthe
matter,becauseeversincetheKorean-Japanesefisherytalks,troublesfrequentlyarose
metropolitan area development project:
residents have signed the contract with no
ontheEastSea.Alsoitisthe60thanniversaryoftherestorationofindependence,which
PangyoNewTown.
opposition. No opposition until they found
is incomplete as a line meaning division still remains on the map of the Korean
On March 9, people from Pangyo New
out the true meaning of the term “specially
Peninsula.
Town Countermeasure Committee
suppliedapartment.”Thetermonlyreferred
ItlookslikeKoreawasavictimforallthetime,butKoreawoundedVietnam,and30
(PNTCC) marched through the highway
to “given first priority in purchasing the
yearshavepassedsincesuchashamefulwarhaveended.Theseanniversariesshowthat
between Pangyo and Bundang area,
apartment.” The granted first priority is
thehistoricalrelationshipsamongEastAsiacountriesarecomplexmatters,andmulti
suggesting an upcoming event they have
actually good for nothing when it is
central forces still exist in East Asia. Korean people should wonder how the
prepared in case the government stays
impossible for the residents to afford the
anniversaries could be commemorated for the better future, and search for firm East
indifferenttotheirrequirements.
housingatitsoriginalpricewithnodiscount
Asianpeace,byinternationalcooperation.
The latest reports from the major media
whatsoever.
Tosolvethecomplexmattersoutside,ournationshouldmakeitsdomesticpowerto
sayofthepossibleirrationalityinMinistryof
handleit.However,thesocietyofKoreaisconfrontingseriousdisruptionandconflict.
Construction and Transportation (MCT).
Positionofthegovernment
Youth unemployment is still a big problem with the slump of Korean economy, and
AccordingtothedataMCThasapprovedin
Jung Young-sung of The Ombudsman of
noticeable distinction between the rich and the poor is getting bigger. Moreover, in
Decemberof2004,thegovernmentandthe
Korea said, “The core of the problem lies
every issue the pros and cons are sharply divided, except the Dokdo matter. Social
publicenterprisetogetherhavemadeover10
whether the prime cost is revealed or not.
unification is urgent. In this situation, movements like “2005 hope declaration” on
trillion won, which differs from what they
But even without knowing the prime cost,
January31aredesirable.Forthese“pan-national”campaigns,thegovernmentshouldbe
have claimed (110 billion won). The data
KNHC still could supply the housing with
a positive arbitrator and actualize a social compromise including the participation of
KimHan-sem/TheArgus
have been analysed by Citizen’s Coalition
30millionwondiscounted.”
laborersandemployers.
PNTCCismarchingthroughthehighwayinPangyotolgatearea.
forEconomicJustice(CCEJ).
Headded,“Whatwereallyquestionisthe
Simultaneously,Koreashouldnotforgetaboutitscompany,NorthKorea.Actually,it
originallyformedbysomequietfarmlands.
solely based on the financial reasoning.
actual need of public enterprise in our
isthefifthanniversaryofSouth-Northsummitconference.ItistruethatNorthKoreais
Actualconditionsofcrumblymen
Pangyo area is not excluded from this
AccordingtoPublicUtilitiesAct,Article78,
society. They distort the economy system,
in a crisis, that the nation continues to refuse the Six-Party Talks and maintaining its
Crumbly men are those who lost their
condition.Manyoftheresidentsarefarmers
formerresidentsofthedevelopingareamust
causingthespeculationinreal-estatemarket
brinkmanship.However,NorthKoreaisgraduallyfollowingtheopen-doorpolicy,as
homes by the reclamation policy of
whose workplace is also their living space.
beabletorentthehousingwiththecostfor
because they are free from the price
opening the city of Gaesung and Pyongyang for economic cooperation with Korea.
metropolitan area. The government has the
And this could mean that the crumbly men
basic utilities discounted. The other option
competitionwhichalltheothercorporations
According to the report by Korean International Trade Association, “February Trade
power to forcefully buy out a land for the
willlosetheirjobsalongwiththeirhouses.
for the former residents is to be able to
havetogothrough.Thisistheoriginofthe
Trend”betweenSouthandNorthincreased64percentbycomparison,andtheamount
purpose of developing it. By doing that the
The government is not completely
temporarily move to an equal or better
entire problem of the prime cost. A re-
ofNorthKorea’scarryingoutincreased168percent.ItmeansNorthKoreaneconomy
region becomes more valuable, causing the
unconcerned about the situation of crumbly
housingenvironment.
examination of public enterprises such as
depends much on Korean economy. Another hopeful news is the construction of a
heavypopulationofSeoulareatodisperseto
men.AccordingtoKimSul-jaofPNTCC,a
Thislaw,however,canbeinterpretedinto
Korea National Housing Corporation and
cross-border communication network in Kaesong by May. The new communication
the new land. Original owners of the real
public enterprise Korea National Housing
manydifferentways.Forexample,KNHCis
Korea Land Corporation is desperately
linewillenablethedirectphonecallsandfaxforwarding.Itisverymeaningfulthatthe
estate are payed with proper price based on
Corporation(KNHC),offeredtheresidents8
claiming that the law only applies to the
needed while they are under the
lineisthefirstdirectnetworkbetweentheNorthandtheSouth,sinceRussiahascutthe
themarketcondition.Althoughtheyarethe
million won to move out. The amount is
price of land, not the housing itself. That
government’s protection to perform the
phone line 60 years ago. Moreover, there are many things to cooperate in diplomacy
oneswhogetstobeartheburdenofpaying
awfully too small considering that it is
means the discounted price of the housing
monopoly.
Currently,
the
MCT
matters,too.Recently,themediadeliveredthenewsoftheNorthKoreanconfrontation
thetransferincometax,thereseemstobenot
impossible to get a housing with just 8
differs very little compared to the original
acknowledged the validity of our
to Japanese dominium assertion of Dokdo, that the nation called for national
much of a conflict by just looking at this
million won anywhere in Korea. What
price.Thereasonbehindtheargumentisthe
interpretation of the law. They said they
cooperation. In this mood, it would be nice to make the second South-North summit
scenery. But the problem steps in when
PNTCC requests from the government is a
limited range of publicizing the prime cost
wouldexaminetheinterpretationbytheend
conferencethisyear.TheNorthKorearelationshipisthebiggestuncertaintyofcurrent
peoplewholiveinthearealiveinrentedor
reasonable compensation which asks for at
used in construction. This is due to the
ofthisyear.”
Korea,andifthefactorgetremovedwithpeacefulmood,reservepowertocopewith
leased houses. They do not own houses to
leastthesimilarenvironmentasbefore.
company’s security, they say. Obviously,
SungRak-kyoung,aresidentofPungdong
internalandexternalsituationwillgain.
move in, not to mention the illegitimate
there would be no way to estimate the
area, remarked, “What we ask of is not
Anniversary is, so to speak, nothing but a number of date without preparation and
compensationpaidbythegovernment.
Legitimacyoftherequirements
discounted basic utilities cost of housing if
much. If a person lived in a poor condition
action. To make the history meaningful, and to avoid the historical faults,
Situation gets worse with the people who
If the profit amount revealed by CCEJ is
theprimecostremainssealed.
before, he should live in the similar
commemoratingtheanniversaryshouldbeexpressedatallcosts.Itisnotaburdensome
liveintheunregisteredhouses.Thesepeople
true, PNTCC’s 200 billion won request is
Not only the Pangyo residents, but the
condition after the development project. A
formality,andshouldnotbe,butasteppingstonetobeanauthenticnationinEastAsian
havelivedforatleast15yearsunregistered
not such a difficult issue to grant. Kim
residentsofPungdong,anIlsanarea,arealso
developmentprojectthatignoresthevoiceof
community.
in the area. And because they do not have
remarked, “With 200 billion won all of our
agoodexampleofvictimswhofaceagreat
theresidentsshouldbestoppedatonce.”
any recorded documents to prove their
requirementsincludingtheremunerationfor
loss due to KNHC’s interpretation of the
ByLeeJun-gul
residency,theyreceivenoremunerationnor
jobswouldbefulfilled.200billionwonisa
law. On December of 2004, Pungdong
PlanningDirector
any migration measures from the
small amount of money compared to 10
residentsthoughttheywonthestrifeagainst
ByKimHan-sem
government.
trillion.”
the public enterprise by obtaining
ReporterofNationalSection
Most of the New Town regions were
ThelegitimacyofPNTCC’sdemandisnot
“temporaryhousingfortheformerresidents”
Teachers
Solideragainstdispatch
PeaceinAsia,firstpriority
denounce
Dakesima
“I
fthereisonethingthat’sclear,thatis
troopstoIraqwasjusttoohardtobear.“I’ve
LeeJun-gul/TheArgus
I
nanefforttocometoasolutiontobring
hyuk’s dissertation “Nuclear Bomb and
the people of Korea not getting
alwayshadinterestsinKorea-USrelations.I
NorthKoreabacktothesix-partytalk,a
EconomicCooperation:RelatedorParallel?”
involvedwiththeconflictsinNortheastAsia
felt that we, Korea, are being treated
Day
forum “Peaceful Solution for the Crisis in
In his dissertation Baek remarked, “It is
without our own volition,” said President
unequally in the global community,” Kang
Korean Peninsula and the Relationship
obviousthattheoriginalpurposeofstopping
Roh for an answer to the “strategic
remarked.
betweentheNorthandtheSouth”washeld
theproliferationofnukeinAsiahaschanged
K
orean Teachers and Educational
flexibility” proposal of the US Forces in
Hereceivedhisfirstfurloughforfivedays.
at National Human Rights Commission of
to collapsing the entire administrative
Worker’s Union (KTEWU)
Korea,onMarch8.
He did not waste the time; he took the
Korea,onMarch28.
structure of North Korea.” He emphasized
members came out to the Japanese
It has already been two years since the
chance to protest what he had in his mind.
Themainpointoftheforumwasthatthe
the importance of independent South-North
embassyonMarch16todenouncethe
Korean troops were dispatched to Iraq with
There was no well organized campaign
hard-line stance taken by North Korea and
talkwithoutanyinterruptionsfromanythird
establishmentofDakesimaDayandthe
majorityofthepeopleopposingit.Everyone
which he could jump into, but he found an
theUSneedstotakeadifferentroute.Sofar
partyregardlessoftheresult.
publishingofdistortedJapanesehistory
knew there was something wrong with the
advertisementofastrike,whichencouraged
the six-party talk has had no effect in
“As a country deeply related to North
books.
processthatwebelievedtobe“democracy.”
himtojoinin.Hesaysthatheonlywantedto
persuading North Korea to give up the
Korea, we need to seek more moderate
KTEWU asserted that the people of
With the slogan “Government Everyone
join in at just a supporting level, but while
nuclearwarhead,andyettheUSseemstobe
policy to persuade them. The North has to
Koreanotonlyneedtoberagedbythe
Participates,” Roh administration showed
thestrikewasgoingon,herealizedhecould
pushing its demand without any effort of
clearly understand the benefits it will gain
actionsofJapaneseNationalAssembly,
contradictory behavior when they agreed to
use his identity as a soldier to have greater
understandingtheviewfromtheotherside.
when giving up the nuke. And when the
butitisalsoessentialtoreflectonwhat
dispatch the troops. The year of 2003 was
impact about the issue. He was arrested on
Itwasalsotheforum’spurposetosuggest
Northmakesupitsmind,itisournextduty
causedtheproblem.
the year of confusion. However, albeit they
the seventh day of the strike for seceding
the attitude South Korea needs to take in
to prepare for the situation after. More
“At the core of the problem is our
havefailedtostopthedispatchatthattime,
fromthebase.
order to maintain a neutral stance as an
supportineconomiccooperationwouldbea
habit of not being consistant with one
President Roh’s speech on March 8 clearly
“IthoughtIwasgoingtobesentencedto
arbitrator rather than to be involved in the
good example. Bringing peace in East Asia
problem. So far we’ve always showed
showstheirlaborwasn’tidle.
five-yearimprisonmentbecauseofmylack
KangatCatholicUniversityofDaegu.
conflict.
shouldbethefirstpriority,”saidWonHee-
passionate attitude towards national
KangChul-min,alsoknownas“asoldier
of knowledge in law. The actual
The forum was opened with keynote
ryong,amemberofNationalAssembly.
problems, yet it was never durable for
against the dispatch” was paroled on
prosecutor’s demand was three years
speech “Cause of Conflicts between North
The forum was sponsored by People’s
more than a year. How people reacted
February28.Hewasimprisonedafterseven
though. And then somehow the penal
thingstoaccomplishbeforeIcandogreater
Korea and the US, and Fuction of South
Solidarity for Participatory Democracy and
about China’s history distortion of
days of sit-in strike in the Christian
servitudewasreducedtotwoyears,andthen
things against injustice,” Kang remarked
Korea” by Baek Hak-soon, a researcher of
fiveothers.
Koguryo is one example,” remarked
Fellowship Hall, in the winter of 2003. He
minus six months. So that’s altogether one
witharatherbittersmileonhisface.
The Sejong Institute. The speech was
Bang Dae-gon, the chief deligate of
waschargedofdecampmentforseveraldays
yearandsixmonths.OfcourseIwasparoled
To the question of asking his opinion on
followed by a KDI researcher Yim Won-
ByKimHan-sem/TheArgus
SeoulregionofKTEWU.
afterhisfurloughwasover.Currentlyhewas
three months early,” he explains his
President Roh’s speech on March 8, Kang
KTEWU also emphasized that the
releasedonparoleasofFebruary28aftera
confusedmindatthetimejokingly.Afterall,
answered, “I don’t know what to say about
problem shouldn’t be just looked at as
year and three months of life in prison.
hedidnothavetofinishremainingoneyear
it.Imean,Iknowitistheresultofourefforts
Shot On Spot
Korea-Japan conflict, but a possible
Kang’s sit-in strike is significant because it
of his military term because by the law the
and all, but I still think that the president is
factor for discordance in the entire
had a symbolic meaning that even the
duty is exempted if the person is sentenced
being too timid. The fact that we have no
Asia.
soldiersofKoreaareagainstthedispatch.
formorethaneighteenmonths.
waytorefusetheproposalsfromtheUS,and
The chief secretary of KTEWU Ku
Kang, now back in school, looked
To the question if he ever regretted the
thefactthattheUStroopsarestillstationed
Shin-suh said, “The teachers of
somewhat relaxed in a warm Sunday
choicehemade,heanswers,“Icanhonestly
inKoreaallshowthattheroleofcommand
KTEWU believe that the root of
afternoon of spring. He is enrolled in
say that my life in prison was honorable.”
controlduringwartimeistotallyinthehands
today’s problem is caused by passive
Catholic University of Daegu as a fourth-
Evenintheprisonhesaysthathetriedtodo
of US forces. Korea is far from being an
history education. We have started the
yearphilosophymajor.Seemsasthoughhe
his best to continue the strike. With some
independentcountryatthispace.”
‘joint education program’ as of today.
hasn’t been adjusted to the back-in-society
friends he met in prison, he thought of
He also pointed out that the problems in
The joint education will teach the
mood; he was being shy and quiet. It was
putting an advertisement about the
Koreacouldbeboileddownintotwothings:
children from elementary to high
hard to think that he’s the one who once
importance of counter action against the
the tragic division of Korean peninsula and
school level the right way to observe
participated in the strike even with the
dispatch on Hankyoreh, one of the major
the reality that the independence of Korea
the miserable history of the war, and
danger of being imprisoned. But the doubt
newspapersinKorea.Heaskedhisunclefor
has never been settled even after the
find the solution for the conflicts in
soonfadedawayashestartedtospeak.
helpwhenhevisitedtheprisontoseeKang.
liberationfromtheJapaneseimperialism.
Korea-Japanrelations.”
Two years ago Kang was active on
However,thiscausedaproblemforhim.He
“Korea I dream of is a country that is
Several civil organization had
campusasaheadofHumanRightsWelfare
had to spend a month in the disciplinary
democratic,independent,andsensitivetothe
participatedintherally,includingPan-
Department, a part of student council. He
room. Also when Kim Sun-il was killed by
voice of the weak. Of course at the same
National Congeference, NKNStop,
was also involved with a “conscientious
theIraqianterroristslastsummer,hewenton
time there should be no war in Korea. For
Solidarity for Peace in Asia and Right
objector group” that refuses to serve the
ahungerstrikefortwelvedays.Hisparents
thisIamcarefullyplanningamovementfor
KimHan-sem/TheArgus
History Education, and Democratic
militarydutyduetothebeliefheorshehas,
hadtocomeandbreakhisfasting.
thenearfuture.”
LaborParty.
whethertheintentionofthebeliefisreligious
“The life in prison helped me to think
Dok-doHeadquatersishavingasignature-seekingcampaignonMarch28at
ornot.Hejoinedthemilitaryanyway.Itwas
moreclearly.Ihadchancetoreadsomany
thestreetofMyeong-dongfortheabrogationofKorea-JapanFishery
ByKimHan-sem
ByKimHan-sem/TheArgus
adutyeverybodyhadtoservetoprotecthis
books,morethanIhadreadinmyentirelife
Agreement.
ReporterofNationalSection
own country. But the news of dispatch of
beforetheprison.IrealizedthatIhadmany

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