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THEARGUS,APRIL1,1999
OPINION
VisittoKimJin-kyoon,thepresidentofJinboNetwork
NewFieldOpensThroughSolidarity
ESTABLISHED1954
TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
higheststandardofcampusjournalismandacademicexcellence.
?President,Publisher
ChoKyu-chul
¡°L
et¡¯s see you at the next
theorybutitisnoteasytopractice
inferior work environments and
?ProfessorEditor
LeeSun-woo
general meeting, on the
thewords.¡±
against the oppression coming
?CopyReaders
ParkJeong-woon,PeterJ.Grieco
Internet. ¡°Kim Jin-kyoon, the
Thereporterwonderedifhehad
from employers. The labor move-
?HeadEditor
ChoiYun-jin
presidentofJinboNetworkCenter,
any problems in constructing
mentbegantobudfrom1970and
?EditorialConsultant
YoonYoung-nam
openshismouthatthefirstgeneral
solidarity between progressive
reached a climax in 1980. Mr.
?PlanningDirector
meeting of his organization. Mr.
parties.¡°Evenifeachpartywereto
Kim Jin-Kyoon could not turn his
YoonSe-kyong
Kim lives a busy life at present
insist on different opinions, the
face away from labor problems
?AssociateEditors
JeongJee-won,JeongMin-hee
because he is absorbed in the
purposewouldbethesame.Ifyou
which were continuously unco-
KimYoo-nie,LeeChang-nam
extensionofJinboNetwork.
persuade them to collect power
vered,andsohebecameamember
OhDong-chun,ParkHyo-joo
Jinbo Network was founded on
toward the joint object, solidarity
of Korean Conference of Labor,
?Reporters
Kim Jin-young,KimYun-jung
November 14th, 1998 and began
will be built naturally,¡±Mr. Kim
thepredecessoroftheKCTU. Mr.
LeeSang-yun,ParkJung-young
its normal service next day.
answered.
Kim remains actively engaged as
270,Imun-dong,Dongdaemun-gu,seoul,Korea(PostalCode130-791)
Thoughithasashorthistory,ithas
Hehasexperiencedmanyupand
anadvisertotheKCTUnow.
Tel:961-1453,4467 Fax:962-7128
been working vigorously. During
downs in Korean society,
Hewasrelievedofhisuniversity
San89,Wangsan-ri,Mohyun-myon,Yongin,Kyonggi-do,Korea(PostalCode449-791)
the general strike led by the
including the Korean War, the
post along with three other SNU
Tel:(0335)330-4113 Fax:(0335)330-4581
Korean Confederation of Trade
Student Revolution on April 19th,
professors from 1980 to 1984
PrintedbyHONGDESIGNTel:464-5167 Fax:464-5168
Unions (KCTU) in January 1997,
and the struggle for democracy in
because they announced a joint
the movie and communication
1980. Whenhewasfourteen,the
statementwrittenagainsttheChun
Editorial
department of another network
Korean War broke out. Fortunat-
Doo-hwan regime signed by 104
was established, and televised this
ely,hedidnotsufferfromthewar
professors. Reinstated, he orga-
event through the Internet. Taking
because he lived in Kyoungnam
nized the Korean Professors
this opportunity, several progre-
Province at this time. There, a
Association for Democratic Soci-
ForaSpecialBirthday
ssive parties suggested that they
teacher influenced his childhood.
ety and served as the joint
need a place to exchange each
This teacher taught him from
president. Then the demo-cratic
others opinions freely and con-
elementary school through middle
wavecamesurgingintotheschool.
verse without any interruption by
school. Mr.Kimhasexpressedhis
He led the professors movement
OhDong-chun/TheArgus
H
ankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) will greet its 45th birthday on the
thegovernment.
respectstotheteacherinanotherof
for school democracy and
20th of this month. Founded in 1945, it was established as a country¡¯s unique
Mr.Kimhasproposedtoexpand
hismanybooks,¡®MyTeacher¡¯.
sity, he entered graduated school.
economic development in 1960,
struggled in solidarity with the
higher institution of learning in foreign languages. First started with only five
thenetworkthroughthesolidarity.
After graduating from high
There,hestudiedindustrialsociety
the military regime of Park Jung-
students.
departments-English,French,Chinese,Germany,andRussian,ittookalmost20years
He says that the birth of Jinbo
school, he wanted to enter an of
and modernization. Researching
hee, announced that the future of
Reviewing his activity, we
toformwhatisnowtoday.
Network means the start of
institute of technology but fell
hismajor,hefoundthattherewere
the country would depend on the
notice that Mr. Kim has been
Comparingwithotheruniversities,HUFSdoesn¡¯thavealonghistory.However,the
renewed solidarity in progressive
shortofhisexpectations. Hewent
many situations in which laborers
growth of industry. We would
activelyengagedinvariousfields.
status of our school was higher than any other schools in Korean society. With the
parties. He insists on struggle
on to the department of sociology
toiled under unfavorable hygienic
have to achieve the growth of the
It has not always been easy for
people¡¯s desire to have the economy grow and active exports in the 1960s, we have
through solidarity in his sociology
in Seoul National University
circumstances and companies did
economy prior to asking for
him to practice his values as an
growncontinuouslyandhaveour5milliongraduatesallovertheworld.Nevertheless,
booksandarticles. Moreover,Mr.
(SNU)andgotamaster¡¯sdegreein
nothing to improve working
democratic institutions and
intellectual. Mr.KimJin-kyoonis
thisstatusisshaking,forHUFShasn¡¯tdevelopedmuchsincethe80s.Ofcourse,seeing
Kim tries to descend from the
sociologyin1964. Whenhewasa
conditions. ¡°When I was studying
politics. Park¡¯s military regime,
a good example of the highbrow
from outside, it may seem that we have grown, but when looked inside nothing has
ideals of theory to realities
senior at SNU, 4?19 occurred.
mymajor,therewerenoinvestiga-
therefore, exerted pressure upon
who tries to execute his purpose
changedmuch,ofcourse,nothinghasimprovedforthestudents.Althoughtheschool
practice. He connects his theory
Thatday,hejoinedthedemocracy
tions about industrial society and
thepeoplemoreandmore.
and struggles for the progress of
bragsofthefacilities,suchasneweditionsofbooksinforeignlanguagesandthoughthe
notonlywiththelabormovement
movement of the people against
labor conditions because Korea
Many huge factories which
society. Until a truly democratic
schoolbragsofourSoundLibrarysystems,ithasitslimitsinseatsforthestudents.The
but also with other movements,
Rhee Syng-man¡¯s dictatorial
was an agricultural country then,¡±
depended on armies of male
nation is built, he will work to
curriculums haven¡¯t been changed during the recent years. And in some classes, the
even concerning the screen quota
government. ¡°All people fought
heexplained. Hisstudiesrevealed
workers were built as heavy
constructsolidarityunceasingly.
studentsarestilllookingatthetextbookswhichwerefirstpublishedinthe80s.Tothese
system, human rights and other
eagerly against Rhee¡¯s dictator-
that the deplorable conditions of
industry was established. Many
reasons,somecompaniesjusttrainspeciallanguages-Thai,Malay-Indonesian,Turkish
issues. He says,¡°Solidaritymeans
ship.They became one for demo-
agriculturallaborersandthedirtiest
labor unions were then founded
andetc.,totheirworkersratherthanrecruitingthelanguagemajors.
holding together and gathering
cratization. Iwasnotanexception,
jobs done by laborers in the city
and began struggling to protect
ByOhDong-chun
To make the things worse, the government had announced to open the door of
power from each other. We gene-
either,¡±herecollected.
leftmuchtobedesired.
laborers¡¯rights. Workers began
educationtotheworldalongwithourothermarkets.Inshortterm,forthestudentsit
rally think it is a very simple
After graduating from univer-
Making a five year plan for
organizing themselves to fight
AssociateEditorof NewsSection
may provide more wider opportunities to learn from competent professors, but when
seen in a longer term, the Korean universities could be encroached on. Especially,
LettertoTheArgus
Reader¡¯svoice
HUFS,whenithasspecialityinforeignlanguages,thepositionoftheuniqueandbest
university in languages will be threatened. To overcome this, there are lots of things
HUFShastoprepare.Firstofall,thoughourschoolhasover70sistershipschoolsin45
MoreFuture
Thailand¡¯s
InformationTechnology:
countrieswhichisprobablythemostinanyotheruniversitiesindomestic,therehasn¡¯t
been much beneficiarys. It is no wonder, for it hasn¡¯t been advertised much and the
chancesareveryrare.Also,theapplyingconditionsareveryiron-boundfortheordinary
¡®SongklanDay¡¯
Information
InternetTransformsOurSociety
students,suchasthehighlimitsinaveragegrades.Butthenitalsodoesn¡¯tworkinthe
otherwayaroundeither.Thestudentsfromourothersistershipschoolsareveryhardto
see, too. Consequently, all the bragging might as well be an another showoff. There
shouldbemorepracticalbenefitscomingfromthesistershipwhichtheschoolshouldtry
e¡¯re living in a world informations.
suallyeverycountryhasitsownspecial
nformation technologies are becoming
transformations that will occur as these
I
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U
toworkonmore.For,ifthestudentscangetthepriveligescomingfromjustbeinga
Readers are struggling to reach the
holidays. Thailand has its traditional
an integral part of peoples lives,
technologiesmature.
HUFSanandstudyinginthisschool,thereisnoneedtogotootherschoolsnorforeign
best parts before the others. But the readers
holidaywhichiscalled¡®SongklanDay¡¯.The
businesses, and society in general. The
Theuseanddiffusionoftheinternetbased
branchschools.
of¡®The Argus¡¯are different. Since it¡¯s
word¡®Songklan¡¯means¡®pass through¡¯or
advancesincomputingandcommunications
on Web have made it possible to signifi-
Andthesecondthingisthatthestructuralreformshouldtakeplaceinthecampuslike
published ones a month. they try to receive
¡®moveon¡¯inSankritlanguage.Indetail,the
technologies including microprocessors,
cantly enrich and transform the ways we
the ones in the companies. This reform doesn¡¯t mean only the size of the school
themostimportantnewsesofthemonth.I¡¯m
sun is suppose to pass through the ecliptic
memories,softwareandthewideacceptance
communicate. Now over on billion people
managementbutalsothecontentsinthewholeeducation.Integratingthedepartmentsto
sure they give us the main stories of each
completely in Songklan Day. This day is
ofInternetstandardsandtechnologiesmake
around world can access the internet
adivisionisnotgoingtodoanygood,becausethisisthetimewhenalltheschoolis
monthsandI¡¯msoproudofthat,asoneof
April14thofthesolarcalendar.
itpossibletobuildglobalcomputernetwork
simultaneously and participate in on line
seeking the way to live, and the universities are working hard to develop their own
thereadersofourschool¡¯sownnewspaper.
Formally Songklan holiday is held from
of networks, as well as to enable develop-
meetings and MUD games, download the
uniquespecialities.Integratingintodivisionsisgoingbackwardtothesetrends,foritis
I, however, would like to talk about some
April13to15.OnApril13th,thedaybefore
ment of powerful system at a reasonable
dailynews,conductfinancialtransactions,or
ignoring the special characters of the each departments. Also HUFS had many
insufficient parts of the paper¡®The Argus¡¯,
Songklan day, Thai people clean up around
cost.
talk to friends, professors, and relatives
absurditiesinthefoundationandstillhasinappointingprofessors.Thisisbecausethe
that is, for the better of our school¡¯s only
theirhousesandprepareflowersandcandles
Sinceancienttimes,networkshaveoffered
worldwidewithnolimitationswiththehelp
school hadn¡¯t guaranteed any clearness in managements and personnel appointments.
Englishpaper.
whichisoriginatedfromBuddhism.Theyset
lots of opportunities for growth and
of the development of information
HongikUniversity,forinstance,iswellknownfortheircleanandclearmanagements.
Mostreadersof¡®TheArgus¡¯are,asfasas
the flowers and candles up in front of
innovation and provided structure to our
technologies.
Theyopenallthingsliketheprofileofnewlyappointedprofessorsandthecontentsof
I know, either students who want to know
Buddhist statue and all the members of a
economic and social systems. From the
The internet lies in the middle of our
theaccountstothepublic.
what¡¯s going on around the campus or
family have very polite ceremony that is
roads and aqueducts of the Roman Empire,
communication revolution. But the current
NextcenturywillbeatoughforalluniversitiesinKorea.Theschoolswhoknowthis
students who want to read newspapers in
rememberingtheirforefathers.
to the telecommunications, broadcast, and
internet must scale so that it can
factwell,hasalreadybeguntoprepareforsurvival.ButHUFShasalongwaytorun.
English to improve their intlligence. But
OnApril14,itisthedaythatconnectsold
satellitenetworksofthe20th century,they
accommodate anticipated growth in usage
Comparingwithotheruniversities,wehadabadstart.Butifwethinkabetterwayfor
whatabouttheotherreaders?Therearelots
yearandnewyear.Thaipeoplepreparefoods
haveallowedustoovercomebarriesoftime
and demands for reliability comparable to
theschool¡¯sdevelopment,thisyear¡¯sbirthdaywillbeaspecialone,onethatwillbea
ofstudentswhowantstoknowaboutfuture
for Buddhist priest with a devout hearts. In
and space, and to access and open new
that of the modern telephone system. New
newpageinHUFS¡¯shistory.
informations. Many of our students would
thisday,peopledon¡¯tblameanotherbecause
frontiers for human interaction and
and improved modes of human interaction
like to know what and where the shcool
they believe if they blame someone in this
ingenuity. Now as we approach the new
with computers must be developed to
eventsaregoingtobeheldandhowtheycan
day, their tongue will go rotten. For this
millennium, Clearly information infrastruc-
significantlyenrichandsimplifythewaywe
participate. Some might want to know the
reason,Thaiscontrolthemselveswellandget
ture theinterconnectednetworksofcompu-
communicate.We must understand the
termsofimportantschoolactivities.
readyfornewsituationsinthenewyear.
ters, devices, and software have greater
behavior of extremely large-scale and
The readers who first read the paper
Next day, April 15th, the formal New
impact on worldwide social and economic
complex systems and address the potential
usually say the stories are mostly about the
Year¡¯s Day, people starts the day by
structurethanothernetworks.
fragility of large numbers of autonomously
new of politics or student¡¯s revolution. If
donatingfoodstheyhavemadeforBuddhist
Theadvancesininformationtechnologies
interactingsystemsofsoftware. Perhapsthe
therearepartsaboutculturalevents,inmost
priests and pray for their forefather. In the
- we call it revolution of communication -
biggestchallengeofallistounderstandhow
casesit¡¯sthestoryabouttheeventsthathas
afternoon, they splash water to all people
havetransformedthewaysinwhichweview
humanbeingscanbesttakeadvantageofthe
already happened or a criticism about the
who are on street. This ceremony means
ourselves, our relationships with each other
new electronic communication infrastruct-
event.Thesestoriescanbeboringtothenew
washing all the old things and wishing their
andwithothercommunities,andthewaysin
ure, the internet, both one-on-one and in
readers.I¡¯dsaymanycollegestudentswould
happiness.
which we obtain a variety of services,
groups.
liketoknowaboutculturalperformancesthat
AsthepresidentofThaiDepartment,Iam
ranging from entertainment and commerce
takesplaceoutsidethecampus.Forinstance,
planningtoholdthefestival,Songklanatthe
to education and health care. Even so, we
ByOhKang-tak
is would be a great pleasure to know about
OpenTheater,onthe14thofthismonth.On
have only just begun to grasp and the
NationalizationComputerizationAgency
new movies and books, or even plays and
this day, the festival will start with the¡®Piti
opportunities and to experience the
dramasofthenextmonth.Besides,theycan
Ratnoon¡¯,whichisaneventstudentssplash
gettheseexcitinginformationsofourculture
water over our professors. It means wishing
ANNOUNCEMENT
inEnglish.
goodlucktothem.
Now there are many freshmen strolling
And as a part, Thai traditional perfor-
around the campus. They¡¯ve been strictly
mances like singing Thai popular sings and
regulated from the pure culture. My best
dancing its traditional dances are going to
TheArgusispleasedtoannouncethenew14cub-reporterswhohavebeenselected
wishes for¡®The Argus¡¯is that it can give
shown.Inaddition,agameofthrowingwater
afteranexamination.
them informations about cultural life. Let
balloons will take place in the center of the
They are Ahn Sue-bean (BE-1), Cho Yoon-joo (E-1), Choi Yu-mi (F-1), Kim
themknowwhat¡¯stherealcultureofcollege
RedSquare.
Jeong-eun(F-1),KimJi-yoon(Ir-1),LeeHyun-jin(C-1),andLeeSun-jun(S-1)from
students and help them to get colse to it in
Finally I want to say that I hope every
ImuncampusandKimJin-woo(I-1),KimJong-sung(SCIC-1),LeeEun-young(Cz-
English. Besides we all came here to study
HUFSans would enjoy this festival together
1),LeeGun-yee(F-1),ParkEun-ji(HUM-1),ParkWon-jae(Af-1)andYooWon-ki
foreignlanguage.I¡¯dsaythiswillbeagreat
and feel the high spirit of Thai through this
(Af-1) from Wangsan campus. The Argus expresses congratulations to the cub-
funwithgainningintelligenceinourway,in
festival.
reporters,hopingthattheywillbecomeexcellentreporters.
theHUFS¡¯sstudenstway.
Forthismonth¡¯sissue,TheArgushasreducedits12pagesto8pagesduetointernal
difficulties.TheArgusdeeplyapologizestothereadersandpromisestodoitsbestto
fulfillHUFSans¡¯expectations.
ByParkJi-ae
ByKimHanna
Sophomore of EnglishDept.
Juniorof ThaiDept.
YangYoung-chul/CartoonistofTheArgus

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