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THEARGUS,MAY1,2000
OPINION
InterviewwithChoiWan-gyu,theprofessorintheGraduateSchoolofNorthKoreaStudies
SeekingStrongerTiestoAchieve
ESTABLISHED1954
TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
higheststandardofcampusjournalismandacademicexcellence.
PeacewithNorthKorea
?President,Publisher
ChoKyu-chul
?ProfessorEditor
LeeSun-woo
?EnglishAdvisors
TimothyWatson,SuhKyung-hee
T
he two summits meeting of South and
to be as a political, not a
make a new project absorbing
?HeadEditor
KimYun-jung
North is expected to be held in June,
humanitarian matter in North
two different systems.
?EditorialConsultants
YoonYoung-nam,KimJae-young
firsttimeeversincetheKoreanwar.Thisis
Korea. These are one complex
Breaking down one structure
?PlanningDirector
actuallythesecondofficialannouncementof
circumstance behind the matter.
by the other system without
KimJin-young
the event; the first historic attempt between
Not only the seniors who have
warisimpossible,too.
?AssociateEditors
JeonKyu-man
ex-president, Kim Young-sam and Kim Il-
beenpartedfromtheirfamiliesby
Therearetwoaspectsinthe
KimJeong-eun,KimJi-yoon
sungin1994,hadbeencalledoffduetothe
38th parallel but also many
unification. One is a federal
KooSung-chan,ParkEun-ji,ParkWon-jae
Pyungyang leader’s sudden death. Such a
descendants are interested in the
systemwhichmeansthatthere
?Reporters
HongJoo-hee,LeeJae-hwan,LeeKyong-min
tensionandaninterestfocusedontheevent
issue. That’s why this problem
are two different systems in
SongHye-min,YeoJee-yeon
with careful presumption of what will be
will be solved gradually, no
one country. It has small
discussedbetweenthetwo.
matter when, but we must not
chance because the power of
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The Argus met Choi Wan-gyu, the
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the central government is so
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professor in the Graduate School of North
Korea.
strong in both countries. The
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Korea Studies, the first research school on
R: Can you explain how the
other one is becoming the
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theNorthKoreasociety,establishedin1998.
North Korea has changed their
United States of Korea as an
Choiisthecelebratedexpertinthefieldand
attitude to foreign countries over
independent country with
also the author of ‘Where is the North
past several years, especially to
mutualconsentwhichisbased
headed to?’ which was said to discuss the
theSouthKorea?
on the international law. In
Editorial
quiterealityoftheNorth,in1996.
C: There are about four
other words, two different
differentwaystoexplaintheword
countries, after all, get to exist
Reporter: It is announced that the South
‘change’ when we talk about the
inKoreapeninsula.
and North summits meeting is going to be
attitude. First is their policy
Itisalongwaytosolvethe
DrawingAttentionto
held in June. Most Koreans are paying a
changes.Secondistheshift-overs
complicated problem with
great attention to this meeting. What
in political powers. Structural
conflicted interests. Now we
meaningwouldyoufindinthistwosummits
changes in the society is another.
need to convert the traditional
meetinginthe21century?
And lastly a new principle in
policy to realistic one. We
PlightofWorkers
Choi Wan-gyu: It has two meanings,
defining a country would be the
musttrynottounitelegallyby
generally. One is that this could be a really
one. In case of North Korea, the
signingatatimebuttoarriveat
JeonKyu-man/TheArgus
unifyingmeetingofthetwoleadersbetween
second subject, tracing political
peace and normalization of
the nations. The other one is a kind of an
power shift-overs could explain
diplomatictiesgradually.
M
ayhasalwaysbeenameaningfulmonth.Allthisfloraburstingintolifemakes
official and perfunctory meeting, which
their changes and trends. It is so important
donate,themoregoodsmustbegiventothe
R: Finally, would you tell me about the
youthinkoftheinfluenceoffamilyandteachersontheimpressionableKorean
would generally agree on the already made
for them to keep their communistic
poor,ourbrothersandsisters.
viewpoints of reunification that the
youth. The most meaningful day of the year is May Day, also called Labor Day. It
negotiations between the both sides.
conception. Even if there is a necessity to
This is essential. Let’s suppose that we
universitystudentsmusthaveatpresent?
hasn’tbeenthatlongsinceLaborDayachievedsuchimportanceinKorea.Itisaneven
However,asweknow,themeetingwouldbe
reform, they wouldn’t just easily give up
were one nation, why wouldn’t we help
C: I heard that many students have a
shortertimethatlaborershavehadtrueaccesstohumanrights.WhyisLaborDayso
the first meeting between the two leaders
theirideology.Inotherwords,theyareopen
those people in northern side. This is aid
negative viewpoint on the unification. They
meaningful, then? What is the importance of laborers to the Korean community
since the Korea peninsula was divided into
limitedlytothosethatwouldnoteffecttheir
sharing the pains and suffers of our people.
need to look at the unification in the long
anyway? This community seems to be very concerned about laborers, but now it’s
two different systems. It may be an
structure. Which means that their changes
In addition, the governmental aid must
run. Unless the two Koreas are united, we
turningitsbackonthem.
opportunity to remove the long-lasted
areprettymuchgradualandslow.
ceaselesslybringmoreprivatecompaniesto
cannot remove restriction in the domestic
Thelaborerswhowereoncelookeddownonandnotguaranteedtheirfundamental
misunderstandingbetweenthetwo.Alsothis
R: What do you think about the
participate.
andexternalnegotiations.Fromthenational
rightshavenowgainedtheirrightsthroughconsiderableeffort.Thingsarebetternow
isabeginningpointtoestablishthepeaceon
nongovernmental exchanges between the
R: What do you think is the desirable
viewpoint, it is so reasonable to reunite the
but still not good enough. Many laborers are not respected and are living below the
Koreapeninsula.
two countries with President Kim’s
policyforreunificationofKorea?
samepeople.Atthesametime,othernations
poverty line. Every single day, you hear about laborers’ rights through mass
R: As one of the promising results form
‘Sunshinepolicy’?
C:ItisimpossiblefortwoKoreastounite
couldnevertreatuscoldlyanduseourwar-
communication.
Pyongyang meeting, the separated family
C: Quite many people think that
perfectlythroughnegotiations,Ithink.How
break-out possibly as a negotiating
The abuses are especially severe for foreign laborers. The article about a sane
members are expected to meet soon. What
supportingNorthKoreaneedstobestopped
onearthtwoKoreascanbecomeonecountry
weakpoint.
Nepalesewomanwhohadtostayinthementalhospitalfor6longyearsbymistakeis
SouthKoreancanexpectfromthismeeting?
because the goods do not seemed to be
withsatisfyinginterestsofeachpartywhich
absolutelyastonishing. Thehabitofforcingtraineestoperformlaborinsteadoftraining
C:InSouthKorea,thisissueisconsidered
distributed evenly to the public but to the
holds totally different systems and ideas? If
BySongHye-min
them properly, in order to promote cheaper labor costs, is still prevalent. A Filipino
asahumanitariansubject.Ontheotherhand,
army mostly. This is not desirable
the country must be united in one system,
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laborerrecentlylosthisfingeratworkandwasnotpaidfullindemnity.Recently,these
the reunion of separated families is thought
consideration at this time. The more we
there is no way but to appeal to arms or
kinds of things are happening with disturbing frequency. Would the situation be the
same if they were Korean? Things would be very different if they were from an
Reader’sVoice
advanced nation. We should be ashamed to learn that such disturbing things are
happeninghereinKorea,wherepeoplehaveahistoryofimperialruleandbeingtreated
Library,PlaceforEverybody
FirstSteponCampus
as inferiors. Even after the foreign laborers return to their homelands, they will never
forgettheirawfulmemoriesin“BlackKorea”.
Anotherproblemistheobligationofemployingphysicallychallengedpeople.90%of
F
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the companies with more than 300 employees are not observing the obligation. Even
inding an empty seat in the library
opportunity to benefit from the school
wo months have passed since the first
disappointments I was going through in
among civil servants the percentage of physically challenged people is only 2 out of
during examination terms is as hard as
facilities. It will not be necessary to remind
semester started and only two more to
collegetoonesophomore.
100. Korea has a very inadequate welfare system. Physically challenged people are
getting an airplane or train ticket for the
thatwepaythesameamountoftuitionfeeto
gountilthesummervacation!That’senough
“Welcome to college, dearie. Just hope
human beings and members of society just like anyone else. It’s dishonorable to be
Lunar New Year or the Thanksgiving Day.
convince someone this simple fact.
time for all the freshmen to “settle in” and
thatyourlife’sincontrol.”Sheshruggedand
livinginacountrywheretheycan’tfulfillthemselves.
Onehastocomeatleastbefore7O’clockto
Reserving a seat or more seats is
stoplookingsowide-eyedandnaive.Maybe
her remark left me more confused. Then a
Afewyearsago,KoreajoinedtheOECD(OrganizationforEconomicCooperation
find a good seat in the library. Obviously
contradictorytothisapparentfact.Nooneis
not all students may feel comfortable
junior gave a pat on my shoulder, “Take it
and Development), an organization that includes many advanced nations. But can we
studentswholiveneartoschoolhavemore
privileged to take more than a seat just
adjustingtoanewsurroundingbutitcanbe
easy,havesometimeforyourself.”
reallyconsiderourselvesamemberstateofthatorganization?AmongOECDnations,
chance to take a seat since they can arrive
because he or she came earlier than other
the time to think about what I have
MaybeIdidn’ttakeenoughtimetoreally
weshowthelongestworkinghoursandhighestdeathlevel,3.33forevery10thousand
earlierthanthosewholiveinafardistance.
people.
accomplishedsofarandwhatIhaven’tyet.
think. Instead of following people to noisy
dyinginwork-relatedaccidents.Thelaborers’workingenvironmentisevenpoorerthan
However that’s not the problem. “First-to-
Many reserved seats were noticed during
Ithoughtthatcollegelifemeantfreedom,
cafes, and gossiping endlessly, I should do
thatofthelessdevelopedcountries,andworkinghoursarelongerthanthose.
come-takes-a-seat” seems to most of us as
the past week of mid-term exam. What is
freefromtheregulationsandtheworldwas
myself some good and find a nice, quiet
May 1st is Labor Day also known as May Day. May Day is a day to honor the
the most reasonable principle for the
more deplorable is that the situation is
supposed to be mine at least for 4 years
place to sit. The resolutions I made, the
Declaration of Workers’ Rights in order to achieve a higher standard of living for
distribution of seats. The problem is that
getting from bad to worse each year.
whileinschool.ButnowthatIthinkofit,its
hopes I had for my life ahead. They might
workersingeneral.DoestheKoreanMayDaystrugglestillholdasmuchmeaningasit
there are some students who misunderstand
Approximately 1 out of 2 seats were
beenhectic.Speakingofcrazy,therewasthe
have not been very mundane but at least I
did 110 years ago? Shortened work hours and increasing the quality of life has a
this principle and interpret it as “first-takes-
reserved by some students. It’s to grieve
mid-term,thedreadfulweekofexaminations
hadsometimeofmyowntothinkandmake
reciprocaleffect.Ashortenedworkweekdemandsthatworthyactivitiesbeprovidedfor
all”system.
deeply that some university students, who
last week. There wasn’t much of
decisions. quarter of the school year have
theirsparetime.Thosethingsshouldbeimprovedifwearetobecomeatrulyadvanced
Itseemsthattherearesomestudentsdon’t
are considered to be intellectuals, can only
memorizing of textbooks as in high school
passed but that also means I still have 3/4
nation.Thefundamentalstatusoflaborersisthefoundationofournation. We’vebeen
think it wrong to reserve seats for friends.
claim for his or her right while infringing
exams, but they were hard enough. How
more to go. With positive attitude toward
too apathetic about laborers’ rights and welfare. With May Day providing the
But it is definitely wrong and is one of the
others’.
awkward it was to face a blank sheet of
things,IthinkI’llgetthrough.
momentum, we should engrave the true meaning of labor in our minds and put the
most serious problems in the library that
paperandanhourtofillthepaperoutwith
nation’slaborersfirst.
needs to be gotten rid of. They just don’t
whatever’sinyourheadthatmightconvince
have right to do that. Nobody has right to
your professor that you deserve an “A”.
YoonSung-il
LeeMin-a
have more than one seat at one’s disposal.
Breathlessfromsuddenchangesinmylife,I
Seniorof FrenchDept.
Freshmanof FrenchDept.
Everysinglestudenthasrighttohaveequal
babbled on about the hardships and the
Reporter’’s Note
Nomore...
RiseupAgainstInjustice
S
uccess of April Revolution has been
the spirit by riding bicycles on April 18th.
rememberedasaprogressivemovement
About700studentsgatheredandcarriedout
in Korea history which had been made by
a demonstration in front of the president’s
people.Theyfoughtwiththeirbarefists,but
officeinmainbuilding.Thentheybeganto
succeededinprotestingagainstadictatorand
ridebicyclesfromImuncampustoSoouri.
oppressive government. It was begun to
More than 2,000 people were injured.
resisttheunjustrulersandputoursocietyon
Students played the leading part in this
A.Program:DegreeofDoctorandMaster
atracktowarddemocratization.
revolution. They were called “young lions”
AsanannualeventeveryApril19th,there
because they fought for justice and
B.Major:Korean-English,Korean-French,Korean-
was a marathon. Especially, there was a
overthrowcorruptelements.
Culture Festival after marathon several
In this days, the drift of student toward
German,Korean-Russian,Korean-Chinese,
Dong-a-ris attending in the tuition fee
struggle is generally not so good. In this
uprisingshowedtheirperformances.
situation, the spirit of April revolution:
Korean-Japanese,Korean-Spanish,Korean-
To memorize this honorable day,
freedom,democracyandjusticeissospecial
Wangsan GSC held various events in front
to us. We should be urged to renew our
Arabic
ofLanguage&LiteratureBuildingonApril
determination to fight resolutely again
19th. As one of tuition fee uprisings in
against injustice and corruption. Then
C.Applicationformsaccepted:May29th-June3rd
campus,GSCheldaprotestdemonstrationto
studentscanbeobtainedawarenessthatthey
the office of General Affairs in main
arethemainbodyofGSC’sactivities.
D.EntranceExam:
buildingwithmanystudents.Theytookout
all facilities in an office in main building.
partI-June17,10:00A.M
Thereweresomeconflictsbetweenstudents
BySongHye-min
andschoolauthoritiesinprotesting.”
JungSu-nam/CartoonistofTheArgus
argusnews@maincc.hufs.ac.kr
On the other hands, Imun GSC honored

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