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THEARGUS,MARCH1,1999
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NATIONAL
ReportingthelifeofYoungnamCommittee
PoliticalPrisonersSufferingfromNSL
I.Theinfringementofhumanrights
increased 4.6 times in arresting political
hesixthdayofFebruary,somefamilies
prisoners compared with the early years of
T
InterviewwithKimSam-seok
of Youngnam Committee have
the former regime. Moreover, the present
struggled for the release of the prisoners of
regime seized labor leaders for NSL to
conscience in Myungdong Catholic
oppresslabormovement.Atypicalexample
CathedralsincetheycameuptoSeoulonthe
is the case of Youngnam Committee. This
Reporter : Would you please tell us
KimKyeong-pyo/TheArgus
4th. The name Youngnam Committee was
eventhappenedbecausethepolicemadeup
about the life after the release from
intentionallymadebythepolice,thatis,the
to suppress labor movement intentionally.
prison?
policemadeuptooppressthelaborers(who
Accordingly, they claimed their innocence
Kim : I am suffering from Security
participatedinthelabormovement)ofPusan
and then asserted injustice of NSL. The
Inspection Law (SIL) for public security.
andUlsan.Atnight,theyweretalkingabout
police, however, are making every effort to
It is an obvious infringement of human
the truth of Youngnam Committee with the
restrainlaborleaders.
rights. At present, about 6,100 political
director of National Federation. They
In this situation, The Argus met some
prisonersaretroubledwithSIL.
discussedwithhimhowwecouldinformthe
families of Youngnam Committee in
people of the truth of this case. He
Myungdong Catholic Cathedral, which
R:Whatdoyouthinkabouthuman
emphasizedthattheyneedtoobtainvarious
intended to message reality of political
rightsofthepresentregime?
kinds of evidence to contradict the
prisoners.
K:IthinkthattheKim’sregimecannot
statementsofthepolice.Moreover,theysaid
gain high scores in relation to the policy
year, the government required political
that Kim’s regime is infringing on personal
II.Therealityofpoliticalprisoners
of human rights. It was proved owing to
prisoners to write the written promises
rightsasever.
The father of Lee Eun-mi was suffering
the oppression of student movements.
abided by the rules and regulations of
WhenKimDae-jungwasintheopposition
fromdiabetesmellitusfor13years.Tomake
Since the launching of Kim Dae-jung’s
Korea. It is only another infringement of
party, he made a fight to gain a real
mattersworse,hehasbeendrinkingheavily
government, three or four students have
freedom of consciences. Accordingly, I
democracy.Intheend,hecouldn’tthrowoff
sincetheoccurrencehappened.Hesaidthat
been arrested almost everyday. Now, the
insisted the injustice of the new system.
KimKyeong-pyo/TheArgus
the yoke of political prisoners. Though he
he couldn’t sleep without drinking. Three
numberofarrestedstudentsisover300.
Nowadays,Imakeaconcreteprojectlike
had insisted that he would abolish National
members of his family were arrested for
ThePresidentwouldknowthewoesof
movements for abolishing NSL. I will
Students asking for ‘abolition of NSL and release of political prisoners’ at Seoul
Security Law (NSL), when he was elected
violating NSL in accordance with this case.
social movement for people because he
also make an educational plan sooner or
StationonFebruary21.
Presidentin1997,hedeniedhavingsaidso.
At present, his daughter, Lee Eun-mi is ill
hadexperiencedthecaseoftheopposition
latertoestablishahumanrightsschool.
He held the same idea with the former
withherniaofanintervertebraldiskofwaist.
III.ContradictionsofNSL
Movement Council for Practice of
party in the past. Unfortunately, he
President Kim Young-sam. The former
However, it is difficult for her to overcome
KimSam-seok,whowasimprisonedfrom
Democracyannouncedthatabout100people
misusedthem.Heisapplyingatheoryof
R : What do you expect about the
President Kim Young-sam insisted that he
this sickness because she cannot undergo a
1993to1997underthesuspicionofbeinga
outof200spiesweremadeupforNSL,in
mutuality, which is that if government
hopeforhumanrightspolicy?
needtomaintainNSLafterhewonPresident
cure easily. It is natural that her father is
spy, argued for abolishing NSL. Now, Kim
December,1989.
requires the written promises abided by
K:Mostofall,aunificationmovement
in 1992. That is to say, Kim’s regime was
worryingoverherhealtheveryday.
Sam-seok serves as a member of the
Last, we need to observe domestic and
the rules and regulations of Korea,
for people is most necessary. Sooner or
repeating such a conduct like the former
Another anxiety is that her four-year-old
permanent committee at the committee of
international public opinions. A few years
politicalprisonerscanescapefromprison.
later, the present regime will substitute a
regime.
daughter is under the charge of Children’s
People’srightandliberalizationforprisoner
ago,Americarecommendedourgovernment
newactonthe‘defenseofthedemocratic
Until now, the present government has
HouseofSunshineforshecannottakecare
conscience.Hesaidthatguaranteeofhuman
toreviseorabolishoftheNSL.International
R : What kind of activity are you
order’forNSL.Wemustmakeeffortsto
arrested more than 300 people for NSL. It
of her daughter. Her father said with bitter
rights couldn’t exist without guarantee of
organizations concerned with human rights,
doingnow?
obstruct the substitutional legislation.
grief,“Inoursociety,immoralbehaviorsare
unification movement of people. The NSL
including U.N. Human Rights Committee,
K : I am always working for the
Before this, we need to understand the
stillcommitted.Howonearthcanthepolice
hasfourcontradictions.
also advised our government to abolish the
guaranteeofnaturalrightsofpeople.Last
essenceofthenewact.
do such a thing? We have no choice but to
First, the present unification policy is
NSL. The judiciary lately turned down the
think of this case as the police made up to
incompatiblewithNSL.In1998,JeongJoo-
petition of victims against NSL because of
repress labor movements intentionally. It is
young, the honorary president of Hyundai
insufficiency of evidence, which brought
sure unjust of this police to arrest labor
Group, visited North Korea with herd of
about the problem of this law again.
Media Reading
leaderswithoutobviousevidence.”Also,her
cattlebywayofP’anmunjom.Inaddition,he
Moreover, some opinion poll institutes
father is worrying whether the young child
made a project of pleasure boat for
proved that people wanted NSL to be
willknowhermotherafterwardsornot.
Kumgangsan sightseeing. He recognized
abolished.
This is not the only case. Park Kyung-
North Korea as a main body of unification
The NSL with these contradictions is
PowerMirroredin
soon, who worked as a representative at
andtheprojecthadthesupportofthepeople.
losingitsraisond’etrevalue.Inlessthanone
‘Evergreen Bookstore,’ and Kim Yi-kyung,
Nevertheless, if the things apply to NSL,
year, 21C comes in our lives. In this
his wife, come under the matter. They are
theycan’tescapefromthe7thArticleofthe
situation, we need to understand what the
LocalMedia
placed under restraint in jail, which made
law.
NSLdoesasameanstosuppresstheliberty
theirten-year-oldsonraisedbyotherpeople.
Secondly, liberty-democracy rights of
of labor movements, and that of organizing
Thesechildrenarelivingdaybydaywithout
Chapter2ofConstitutionoftheRepublicof
laborunions.Itwasprovedbythespeechof
knowing why they are separated from their
Korea cannot meet with NSL. It proves
the present regime. In September, 1998,
ournalism, generally known for its unique role and particularity, is a western
J
families. Park Kyung-soon (41) is suffering
through ‘All people have the liberty of
Kim’s regime announced that we need the
concept that American and European journalists have become accustomed
from cirrhocis of the liver. However, he is
conscience’, its 19th Article of Chapter 2.
NSL because of the economic crisis. This
specializingin;butthisisnottrueoftheKoreanjournalistbecauseofthepress’sshort
slightly better. It is because a herb doctor
Recently,thelawyerssaidthattheyneedto
speech implies that the NSL exists to
historyandimmaturity.Accordingly,Koreanjournalistshaven’tbeenabletoreporton
treats him with acupuncture twice a week.
require the basic argument for knowledge
suppresslabormovement.
thenation’ssituationinasfairandunbiasedamannerastheyshould.Forinstance,there
SomefamiliesofYoungnamCommitteeare
whether the NSL can match with the
Accordingly, we hope that the present
wasalotofabsurdreportingduringthemilitaryregimeofChenDoo-hwan.Inthose
yetworryingabouthissuddenhealthdanger.
principleofliberty-democracyornot.
regime will not infringe the freedom of
days,theKwang-judemocraticdefianceactuallybecamedistortedbymostofthepress
KimKyeong-pyo/TheArgus
InMyungdongCatholicCathedral,however,
Thirdly, the arrested person according to
expressionandconscienceanymore.
lesttheyshouldlosetheirpowertomanagethepressitself.
The father of Lee Eun-mi, with families
theyalwaysdon’tlosetheirsmileinspiteof
the3rdArticleofNSL,‘spycrime’,isonly
Inlightofthis,thepresshasbeendominatedbypowerpoliticsheavilyinfluencingits
of Youngnam Committee, protesting
thishardsituation.Allofthemsaidthatthey
1.2% of all after 1987. In addition, most of
determination of what legitimate and just reporting is. This also has come into effect
against the riot police at the first human
don’thaveahardtroubleiftheythinkofthe
spy events were made up on political
through subordination financially and politically to both capitalists and senseless
rights rally on February 6. He said that
ByKimKyeong-pyo
circumstance of those who are confined in
purpose. The so-called Youngnam
politicians.
thestreetrallyshouldnotbeblockedby
AssociateEditorof NationalSection
prison.
Committee case proves this. Families
Whatdoyouthinkofthisreality?Peoplewanttospottheirdailylives,butaspeople
thepolice.
acknowledge,seeingourpoliticalandeconomiccondition,neithertherealnorourideal
futureactuallyshowsanypossibilityofbeingenhanced.Aslikelyasnot,peopledayby
daywatchTV,andreadmagazinesandnewspapers.Amongthese,whatnowattracts
personal insight towards social and economic points of view is the newspaper,
UsingHangulwithChineseCharacter
specifically the local newspaper, that has existed as a region-oriented spokesman to
makeknowneachlocalregion’ssituationindetail.
LocalnewspapersshouldhaveagravedutytofreezeoutKorea’sprimaryregionalism
whichhasbeenusedasatoyandideologicaltoolbythesuper-class.Disappointedby
ourexpectation,aslikelyasnot,thisprinciplehasn’tbeenwellobservedaccordingtoan
analysisoftherecentpoliticalterrainledbythecoalitionparty.
HangulRepresentsOurCulture
UseitsSupportingMeans
Cons.
Pros.
Asanexampleofthis,duringaspeechbyParkJi-won,aspokesmanofthePresident,
expressing a tough stance toward the Yeung-nam region’s newspapers, Park angrily
said,“WhydoestheYeung-namprovincepressgetonthewrongsideofallthecurrent
hyweshoulduseKoreanandChinese
improve Korean itself. We should have a
ros and cons about the usage in
farwecan’tunderstandverticalnewspapers
government’spolicies?”Amomentlater,anunexpectedhappeningcameaboutinthe
W
P
together?
correctunderstandingthatChinese-Character
combination with Hangul and Chinese
andnamecardswhicharefulloftheChinese
pressconferenceroom.AreporterfromYeung-namIl-boasked,“Whowouldsay,are
Because of government’s new policy,
education is not only to teach foreign
is the nowadays headache in not only
language. Due to thoughtless use of the
youabletoproveittobetrue,whatyouaresaying?”
people are interested in using Korean and
languagebuttoeducateKoreanasamother
academic world but also administrative
Chinese and foreign words, the Hangul has
After receiving this unexpected question, spokesmen Park, quits his public speech.
Chinese Character together. First of all, I
language.Ifaccordingtoourneedswecould
affairs. Is it truly right to give equal
been gradually shriveled. Though we have
Although this came to a halt as an episode, through this, we can see how deeply
thinkthisdebateisveryusefulandIconfirm
use Chinese Character with excellent
treatment for two languages, Hangul and
native, nice and great our alphabet, our
regionalism is rooted into people’s consciousness, even down to the politicians who
thatsuchabenefitislarge,ifsomeproblems
Korean,wewillbeabletorealizeourideaof
Chinese?
language,thereasonthatpeopleoverissueor
shouldkeepjustice.
aresolved.WhyshouldweuseKoreanand
using letters. And it will be a great part of
The Hangul has a long history. But since
mix the Chinese language is the result that
Moreover, and more seriously, regionalism is mirrored in local headlines?such as
Chinesecharactertogether?
prosperityofourownculture.
invented in 1445, the Hangul has been
theydon’tfreethemfromthetoadyism.
“Ho-nam region active, Yeung-nam dying”, “Yeung-nam remains paralyzed and
First, Korean language has lots of words
Asmentionedabove,itdoesn’tharmusto
treated contemptuously by just us. And
For example, a long time ago, the word
undeveloped,” and “We made a mistake in the 15th president election”?which have
fromChineseletters.Butbecausethosekind
use Chinese Character with Korean, if we
except a minority of linguistics, we haven’t
“Karam” disappeared and the word “Kang
appearedintheTaeguIlboandYeung-namIlbo.
of words have Characters, same sound but
solve the problems very well, it will be
developedthesuperiorityofit.Afterallthe
(River)”waswidelyused,oractedasahost.
Furthermore,inoppositiontothesecriticisms,theHo-namregion’snewspapersstood
othermeaning,somepeoplewhodon’thave
beneficial to our life. Chinese Character is
pace of cultural growth is very slow, so
Besidestechnicallyscientificwordsareused
againstthoseofMu-deungandKwang-juIlbo.Thatis,theypresentedanoutragedand
knowledge about Chinese Characters may
not a foreign language but a supporting
Korea still falls behind the advanced
astheystand,insteadofbeingrefinedinthe
revengeful response to the Yeung-nam region newspapers’ speaking ill of them in
misunderstand the content. So new
means.
countries in some respects. The end of the
Koreanlanguage.
headlines such as, “Who can say Ho-nam is in progress?” and “Economy hearing
government’s policy is the solution of this
20th century, we don’t get out of machine
On account of the upper reasons, there is
shouldundernocircumstancesbeakindofevent,”andaddingtothisheadline,“Just
problem.
civilization,either.
no choice but to have the stratum of
making excuses for relieving the victims’ trouble and momentarily repenting those
ByJinYoon-sang
Second, including Korea, East Asia is
With Chinese conventional methods, our
language. The conquerable process of the
accusedontheallegedofeconomicfailure.”Inresponsetothis,theYeung-nampress
Juniorof TradeDept.
dominatedbyConfucianism.Andnowadays
culture steps backward as time goes by. So
stratumsubjectistouseournativelanguage,
mainly indicates cynically: “Parliamentary hearings are not a perfect one by half,”
theworldleanstowardeconomicandculture
Hangulasmuchaspossible.
attaching the comment: “The unstable situation the coalition party gets through now
block. So, to use Korean and Chinese
The situation of the world changes into,
draws dark an unpromising prospect whether spontaneous compromise can make it
Character together and to expand Chinese-
what is called, “cultural age” after the third
possibletoadopttheparliamentarycabinetsystemornot.”
letter education is useful to bind East Asia
wave,informationage.Sotospeak,anation
Asyousee,thelocalpresshasitsownpartanddutythatthecentralpresscan’tfulfill;
and to promote joint benefits. Therefore we
that has strong culture survives and
however,therealityisthatlocalpressesseemtoforgetsomething:thepressshouldkeep
canmoveontothecenteroftheworld.We
dominatestheworld.Bytheway,alanguage
a fair eye on various social issues regardless of political contending and regional
can realize the necessity of its education
mostly represents a culture. To hold the
discrimination. Now, suffering the reality that local presses must get through their
seeingthatevenNorthKorea-theyusedonly
language is to protect the culture, to defend
financialandeconomicdifficulties,thelocalpressmaywellcarryitsweightbybeing
Korean has begun to educate Chinese
thecountry.TheexclusiveuseofHangulisa
morefairandputtingitselfinthepositionoftheWatchDog.Localreportersalsomust
Characteragain.
shortcutforMillennium.
have sharp insight to get the jump on the other reporters about good items, plus they
Third, it will be economically helpful to
A fact that we Koreans don’t know the
musthaveanationwidesightinseeingsomeissues.Thisisgoodadvicealsoforcentral
use Chinese Character together on the road
superiority of the Korean language all the
pressreportersanduniversitypressreportersalike.
signals.Threefourthsofforeigntouristsare
worldenviesmakesmyhearthurt.
the people who live in the Confucianism
culturearea.Untilnowallofourroadsignals
used Korean and English only for less than
one fourth of foreign tourists. If we use
Chinese Character on the road signals, they
ByLeeChang-nam
can easily remember our country and more
ByKimKyung-hoi
AssociateEditorof NationalSection
peoplewillcometoKorea.
Sophomoreof KoreanEducationDept.
Last, the most important reason is to

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