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SEPTEMBER1,2003
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REUNIFICATION
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Afterparticipatingthefirst“Jiudaupeacecamp”
815youthsgatherwithhopeofreunification
betweenHaegumganghotelandtheHyundai
tourists.Amongthefour,Kuryongwaterfall
Hansunguniversity.
Aforeigner’sperspective
Six reporters from The Argus
Asan camp course where only buses were
and Manmulsang are the courses that
After a short break, there was a
participated in the “Jiudau Peace
allowed to enter previously. 800 youths
participants could actually climb.
performance by the Moranbong circus
Camp,” which was an event that
marchedabout2hourstowardtheircampat
Manmulsang was about 3 kilometers from
troupe.TheCultureDepartmentmanagerof
celebratedthe58thanniversary ofthe
Onjungak.TherewereNorthpeopleswaving
the parking lot, which was half of the
the Hyundai travel agency explained that it
Liberation Day. Several university
theirhandswithdelightontheothersideof
distance of the Kuryong waterfull course.
wasnotsimplyacircus.Hesaidthattheso-
C
students visitedMt.Kumgangasapart
theironfenceontheroad.Thechildrenover
However, the journey was much more
called “Kyoye” was a artistic expression of
alling all foreigners! If you haven’t
oftheprogram.and thereportertalks
the fence were playing in the rivers, riding
difficult because the hills were very steep.
thoughts and ideas through physical
attended a Peace Camp in the
about the atmosphere of the Peace
bicycles peacefully. The people who were
The view of the 800 participants going up
technique and that was supported by the
KumgangMountainsofNorthKorea,then
Camp from an informal, personal
living in old-looking small buildings stuck
the mountain at the same time was also a
North Korean government. During the
you’re missing out on something very
pointofview.
...Ed.
their head out of the window and waved
spectacular sight. All the participants were
performance, all photographs were strictly
special.Sure,likemanyothercamps,there
hands. Iron-made barriers between the
walking step by step toward peace in the
forbidden.
are beautiful sights (although not as
marchers and the North people looked
KoreanPeninsulastepbystep.
TheMoranbongcircusstartedwitharope
beautiful as North Korea), as well as
A
lovelymorningonthe13thofAugust
uselessinthewaveofhandsandsmiles.
When we arrived at Manmulsang, we
comingdownfromtheceilingoftheculture
camping, hiking, swimming, games, and
was the start of a magnificent event.
Onthesecondday,themaineventwasthe
could see the many craggy outcrops of the
dome. Four women were hanging onto the
music.
815 university students got together at the
ropes and they circled in the air with
However, unlike most camps in the
Auditorium of Yonsei University. At 12
dangerousyetstabledmovements.Thenext
world, these campers had previously only
noon, 26 buses with the students arrived at
performance was special rope-jumping. A
dreamed of visiting this site. You see, it’s
the South Korean customs, inspection and
group of performers lying on the ground
not every day that South Koreans get to
quarantine office (CIQ). After passing
jumped on the rope and while a group of
venture into North Korea, and I had the
throughcustoms,allthestudentsthrewtheir
performers jumped rope, the man who was
uniqueopportunityandprivilegeofjoining
towels to the skies and marked the opening
turning the rope also jumped with another
them as the only foreigner of 700,
oftheJiudauPeaceCamp.Jiudauisanon-
pair. They showed off other marvelous
primarilyuniversitystudents.
profit-making organization founded in July,
techniques and the audience in the seats
I must admit that the students and I
that works for the peaceful coexistence of
couldn’t close their mouths and admired
didn’texactlyhititoffimmediately.Asif
bothNorthandSouthKorea.Theyplanon-
their performance. When each performance
insomewayIhadintrudedintheirspace
the final act: The Curtain Call. After a
line activities such as creating community
ended,therewasastormofapplause.
uninvited, the first question generally
brilliantshow,theacrobatswalkedontothe
sites and provide support for cultural
Photographs were finally allowed at the
asked of me was, “What are you doing
stage to receive the much-deserved
interchanges like sports and art exhibitions.
end of the performance. The circus troupe
here?” followed with, “Are you the
ebullient ovation from the audience. This
Jiudauandtheuniversitystudentscommittee
andtheaudiencesangthesong,“Ourhopeis
media?”inaclosesecond.Initially,Iwas
audience, though, was no ordinary
had planned for an event like this for a
reunification,” together. Most of the people
taken aback, however, I quickly came to
audience.Wildcheersweresoonreplaced
considerabletime.
were moved to tears. It didn’t matter who
realize that underneath these somewhat
with singing. Astonished, I watched as
Leaving the country, students crossed the
was on which side, all of the participants
probing questions were additional curious
NorthandSouthKoreanssanginunison.
demilitarizedzone(DMZ)bybus,andwent
heldhandstogetherandmadeawavewhile
questions,suchas,“Canwetrustyou?”as
“They know the same song,” I said to
forward another homeland of theirs. On the
singing the song. It was a tremendously
wellas,“Isitpossiblethatyou,aforeigner,
myself. And although I could not
way to Changjun harbor, where the North
heart-warming sight. All the people in the
an American to be more specific, to
understandthewords,Iunderstoodandfelt
Korean CIQ is located, the Hyundai Asan
LeeJun-gul/TheArgus
culturecomplexbecameoneunderthename
actuallysupportKoreanunification?”
the sentiment while tea! rs fell from my
On August 13, participants are throwing their towels and marks the open of the
guidegotonthebusandnotifiedusthatall
ofreunification.
ThebarriersquicklyfellandIthenheard
eyes. They were not South and North
camp.Theyalsohadashortinterview.
photographing was forbidden. Crossing the
Finally,thelastevent,celebratingthe58th
themostpassionateandardentconvictions
Koreans, but rather, Korean brothers and
MilitaryDemarcationLine,therewasafirst
LiberationDayofKorea,startedat8p.m.In
regarding the future of Korea. Many
sisters,sadlyandlamentablyseparated.As
meeting with a North Korean soldier. The
tourtoKuryongwaterfallvalley,whichwas
mountain range. The weather was a little
the opening speech, Mr. Kim Jin-o, the
studentsconveyedtheirhopes,aspirations,
thesingingcametoanend,noonewanted
hearts of 800 Peace Youths fluttered with
a natural monument of North Korea. The
cloudy so the clouds had gathered in the
representative of Jiudau, said, “University
and dreams of a united Korea.
toleave,asif,forthatmoment,theycould
either fright or curiosity. Two military
course was about 5 kilometers, The 150
craggymountain.AtthetopofManmulsang
studentsarethemainstreamofhistory.Let’s
Additionally,theyintimatedtheirfearsand
becomeone.Thismoment,etchedforever
uniformed soldiers with stiff faces got into
meterslongKuryongwaterfallwithitssteep
therewasaplacewithaniceprospectcalled
have more interchanges between North and
frustrations with foreign interference
inmymemory,iswhatIbelievethecamp
each of the 26 buses, and checked the
slopewasamagnificentviewthatcannotbe
Chunsundae. Mr. Choi Jong-won, a
South Korea and spread the energy of
namely, US aggression toward North
wasallabout.
number of persons and luggage. After the
seeninthesouthernpartofKorea.
personnel manager of the Hyundai travel
peace.” After the celebration speech, Lazy
Korea.
Truly,Ifelthonoredtohaveparticipated
soldiers got off, the people on the buses
There were many North Korean guides
agency who went along with the students
Bone, an underground rock band, Han
Theyaresickandtiredofthestatusquo
inaneventthatissodeartotheheartsof
heaved a sigh of relief. The atmosphere in
and environment preserving officers on the
said,“TheChunsundaecourseisopenedfor
young-ae, a famous actor and singer, and
and they want change, but they also want
many Koreans. Conversing with them,
thebuswasstrained,butthemeetingwasa
wayup.Mr.KimChul-bum,whowantedto
the very first time and you are the first
Jeon In-kwon, another famous singer, filled
to handle the situation with North Korea
listeningtotheirhopes,desires,aspirations,
memorableone.Thoughitshouldhavebeen
let us know his name, said “The South
students to climbs it.” The height was 936
thestage.Astheeventcametotheend,the
themselves, peaceably, without foreign
and dreams was far more than I had ever
natural,listeningtothesoldiersspeakingthe
Korean students have amazingly different
metersandthepeaksofMt.Kumgangwere
atmosphere was superheated with the
intervention.“Doyouknowwhatismeant
imagined. Koreans can count on me to
same language as us was so unexpected. In
hair colors and their appearance makes me
visibleallinrows.AnyonewhoclimbsMt.
passionoftheyouths.
byanti-Americanism,”onestudentasked.
spread the word of unification for Korea,
theshortmeeting,thestudentsfeltwewere
wanttoavoidthem.Ifeelreluctanttotalkto
Kumgangwillbethrilledwiththespectacle
800studentsandotherparticipantswrotea
“I do,” I said. Then he asked me to
as well as fighting peaceably against US
brothers and we should be united again a
them.”Hewasworriedaboutthedifferences
of nature and the beauty of the rugged
newhistoryinthisfirstJiudaucamp.Forthe
explain so that we had a common
aggression. I feel like a changed person
matter of course. By 3 p.m., 26 buses were
between the people of the two nations.
surroundings. With a deep impressions
participants,itwasapersonallysignificantto
understanding. Though, as a US citizen, I
and,asaresult,Koreawillalwaysbeinmy
driving through the territory of the Isolated
However, he also said, “Aren’t we all
imprinted in hearts, the students who
havemadecontactwithpeopleoftheNorth.
felt saddened by such questions, I
heart.
Nation.Acrosstheroads,therewerebarbed-
Koreans by race? We eagerly desire to be
climbedshouted“Yaho!”repeatedlyandthe
Theeventitselfmaynotbeaextensiveone,
understoodcompletely.
wireentanglementsthatmarredthebeautiful
one even though we do have some
hill of Manmulsang resounded with their
but all we believe the day of reunification
The event that consummately
sceneryofNorthKorea.
differences of opinion and also, there is the
echoes.
shall come if such events are repeated. The
summarized the peace camp was the
“We welcome our brothers (Hwanyong-
barrierofideology.”
“Ithinkthere’sagapbetweenusandthe
youths’marchwillbecontinued.
performancebytheNorthKoreanacrobats
BrentHymer
hamnida),” read a banner hung up at the
Thenextday,whichwasLiberationDay,
NorthKoreanpeople,butIalsofeelthatthey
yet, not so much for the actual
Thewriterisaparticipantin
Changjun harbor CIQ. All the students and
the students were guided to another tour
have pure self-respect. They have
performance. I could easily go on and on
“Jiudaupeacecamp.”
participants started their march holding the
course which was Manmulsang. There are
maintained it from the time of national
about the mind-boggling acts that
HeisavolunteerspecialistofJewish
ByYeoHee-soo
white flag with the symbol of a single blue
actually 18 tour courses total in Mt.
division,” said Shim Hae-tek on the way
captivated the entire audience, but those
VocationalService,USA.
AssociateeditorofNationalSection
KoreanPeninsula.Itwastheveryfirstmarch
Kumgang,butonly4coursesareopenedto
down.Heintroducedhimselfasastudentof
amazing stunts were nothing compared to
Large-scaledrallyunifedinonevoice
Anti-warexhibitionheld
On the second floor, the exhibition was
Dong-ik, 23, stated, “I only looked at them
leading the ceremony. Before starting the
Chi Hwan. The songs included radical
Jonggak
Kyunghee Univ.
divided into Intro-Hagsal-Jibae-Jeonjaeng:
for a brief moment but I never realized the
mainceremony,theunionsswungtheirflags
verses,harshlycriticizingBush’spolicy,and
Hagsal means slaughter in Korean, Jibae is
extend of the damage the U.S. military had
OnAugust15,thetrafficwasrestrictedin
and small performances went on. For
the U.S. Armed forces, stationed in Korea.
At the College of Physical Education of
controlled, and Jeonjaeng means a war.
done. The exhibition was very interesting
themainintersectionofJonggak,andtensof
example,thegiganticmodelofTaekwonV
The crowd sang along, enthusiastically
Kyunghee University, the title of “Arrogant
Compared with the previous exhibitions,
and provocative. The picture of the North
thousands of people gathered, shouting out
beating up a person who has disguised as
waving dove-shaped fans, marked “No
U.S.A.”exhibitionswereheldindisplaythe
which was composed of only photographs,
Korean leader Kim Jung-il and South
“Nowar”and“Peacewithourownhands.”
president Bush, and a delightful play of
War.” As the sun set, a video presentation
anti-U.S. and anti-war sentiment. An art
thisexhibitionincludedvisualmaterialssuch
Korea’s ex-president Kim Dae-jung shook
Thislargescaledanti-U.S.andanti-warrally
Samulnori.
about the war crisis in Korea was shown.
exhibition was being shown at the entrance
asmodels(forexample,theF117Nighthawk
their hands together gave me a deep
was held in commemoration of Liberation
The main ceremony was divided in to 2
People began to take out candles in their
ofthebuilding.Thisexhibitionwasdivided
and the Seoul-Shinuiju railway train), and
impression.Thatpicturetellsusthatweare
day. About 20,000 people participated with
parts and it was mostly performances by
hands and soon the dark street was filled
intomanysectionsincludingthesectionsfor
video presentations. Both of these
theone.”
the Hanchongryon and the labor unions
guests, such as the well-known singer An
with brightly shinning candle lights. Jeong
satirical comics of the U.S. army, paintings
ByJoJae-hyoung/TheArgus
exhibitions drew favorable reactions. Jang
Deok Hui of Gyeongsang National
ofU.S.armycommittingatrocities,pictures
University,quoted,“Itmayseemimpossible
ofmenandwomenwhohavelosttheirlives
now, but as all of us put our strength
totheAmericanarmy.
together,wewillmakeourvoicesheardand
Students, citizens and activist from civil
groups and NGOs were participated this
changethesituation.”
AtKyungheeUniv.,a
exhibition.SeoEun-jin,asophomoreofthe
Inthisrallytheatmospherewasenergetic,
OnLiberationDay,
studentisdrawingfor
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies said,
not only the student groups or civic groups
childrenaresinging
thephotograph
“Through this event, I firstly knew the fact
butforeignersandcitizensofSeoulshowed
inJonggak.
exhibition,
that there were so many victims who
outstandingparticipation.Theycamehandin
onAugust15.
suffered, tortured and even killed by U.S.
hand with their families or close ones,
military.Ithinkitistimetofightingtogether
showingunification.
againstarmed-power.”
ByLeeHyae-myung/TheArgus

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