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OPINION
http://maincc.hufs.ac.kr/~theargus
InterviewwithParkChang-hee,alectureroftheDepartmentofHistoryofHUFS
DistortedHistory:
ESTABLISHED1954
TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
higheststandardofcampusjournalismandacademicexcellence.
RepeatedWhitewashesofJapan
?President,Publisher
ChoKyu-chul
?ProfessorEditor
SungKyung-jun
?EnglishAdvisors
FredBlair,LindaFitzgibbon
?HeadEditor
JeonKyu-man
I
n these days, the distortion of Japanese
their land, diplomatic rights and also other
havemorepowerthanthey
?EditorialConsultant
LeeSang-jin,SeongKuk-hwan
textbookshasbeenarousedasabigissue
freedoms.ThisisnotjustinKoreabutmany
doinJapanesesociety.
?Editors
ChoHongJoo-hee,SongHye-min
in Korea and also other countries in the
Asiancountries,infact.
?AssociateEditors
KamEun-jin,KimNa-hyun,LeeMin-a
world. This issue makes a big protesting
R: This issue raises an
?Reporters
voice in the point that they have again
R: Why on earth would Japan
inner reconsideration on
KimJae-hyuk,KimMi-ji,
repeated the distortion of history concerned
distortionfactsofhistory?
our history education.
KwonHye-mi
withKoreain1982.
P:Itiscausedfromthefundamentalsocial
What is the purpose of
Nonetheless, Korea has gradually opened
dynamicofJapan.Theyalwayshavefaithin
history education and
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predominating in every field; therefore the
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The Argus met with Park Chang-hee, a
Japanesewilldoanythingforhimandmake
development and good
lecturer of the Department of History of
others follow his orders. They do not want
relationships between
Editorial
HUFS. He was dismissed as a professor of
him to be harmed in any way at the same
neighbor countries due to
this department after being prosecuted for
time.AnotherconceptionisthatotherAsian
inspiring this spirit of
violation of the National Security Law just
neighborsarenotequalpeopletothem,but
patriotismintotheheartsof
becauseheexchangedaletterwithhiselder
inferior people. Japan is a leader of Asian
thepeople.
brotherinNorthKoreain1995.
countries because it is more likely to be
If we, Koreans have a
DiscussAgain
He had led a national campaign as
developed than any other country in Asia
merit, we can think of it
president of the National Campaign on
and equal with Western countries. If this
proudly and if we have a
Changing Elementary Schools’ Names and
fundamentalsocialdynamicisnotchanged,
mistake,wecanreconsider.
HumanRightsCommittee
alsohehasbeenamemberoftheCouncilon
thesehistorydistortionwillbecontinued.
This is just the right
JapaneseIssues.
concept of people. In the
R: There was a similar history
case of Japan, they have
Reporter: What is main problem of
distortion of Japan in 1982. Is there any
fallen in the self-dilemma
ForEssentialPurpose
Japan’stextbookdistortion?
difference between them regarding the
not reflecting on their past
SongHye-min/TheArgus
ParkChang-hee:Therearemanyomitted
responsesinKoreaandJapan?
mistakes.
and aborted parts in the history books such
P: In Korea, it was enough to make it
as details; however, the most serious
focusedonlywithtelevisionandnewspapers
R: What domestic measures can be
committed so far and also it will be
T
hehumanrightsofKoreawasdiscouragedbythepoliticalcircles,regardlessofthe
discrepancy is that Japan colonized Korea
in 1982. People were so annoyed that they
expected?
continued.
NGOsattemptstocarryoutthebillabouttheNationalHumanRightsCommittee.
notentirelybyforce,butincooperationwith
established the Independence Hall to
P:Weshouldnottobelenientbutlookfor
AjointcontrolofSouthandNorthKorea
Of course, the National Assembly passed the bill on April 30th, but, it was far from
localsupportersandwiththeendorsementof
memorialize domestic independence with
measures among the people. It is not
is expected to exercise an influential power
meeting the demand of the Korea NGO Coalition for Realizing Human Rights
Westernnations.
each person’s donation regardless of the
desirable we expect it to revise some
onJapan.Ihopeinternationalstreetprotests
Institution,anofficialnon-governmentcommitteeforestablishingthehumanrightslaw.
Some of the textbooks also justify the
amountofmoney.
distorted and omitted parts whenever this
orralliesamongAsiancountrieswillbeheld
There was little substance in the bill. There were many movements pointing out the
Pacific War and Japan’s aggression against
At present, there are not any active
troubleisaroused.
inSeoulsomeday.
need for a government organization focusing on human rights, however, the “revised
itsAsianneighbors,sayingitwasgearedto
movements comparing to the old ones;
It is so important that we exercise our
bill”isonlythefoodthatispleasanttothepoliticalcircles.
protect them from domination by Western
insteaddetailedandspecializedpersonshave
independent rights as an equal neighbor
Above all, the heart of the committee was to check and prevent the oppression of
nations. Actually, Japan just pretended to
increased,Ithink.Politicalpartiescriticizing
country with continuous monitoring by a
BySongHye-min
nationalpower.Nationalpowersuchasprosecution,policeandsecretserviceswasso
help for the independence of Korea and
its historical crimes are also more extended
specific team in the long run. Because this
EditorofNewsSection
powerfulatthetimethatnoonedaredtodefythem,authoritiesevenusedtoviolatethe
other Asian countries, encroaching upon
in Japan; however, the conservatives still
indirect or direct aggression has been
law for their power. The 4.10 Daewoo violence case showed the wrongful notion of
national power about the human rights. The police inflicted the fatal injury on naked
laborersillegally,butwaspenalizedlightlyfor“accidentaloccurrence”.Thecommittee
forhumanrightsisneededtochecktheviolationofhumanrightsbynationalpower.
But, the “revised bill” had not even a line or phrase about checking power. This is
LoveofKoreaMakesMeTranslateKorean Literature
damagingthepurposeofestablishingthecommittee.
The second problem of the bill is that it is limiting the power of criminal. The
committee,however,cannotinvestigatethecasethattheprosecutionandthepoliceare
inprogressorinconclusion.Thisregulationwouldbringseriousproblems.
Graduate School of Interpretation and
shetranslated.Shesaid,“Ihadatroublein
every week. Though she was not frugal in
KimJae-hyuk/TheArgus
InKorea,thecrimesagainsthumanrightshavebeenoccurredbynationalpowerand
Translation in HUFS. Whenever some
getting the books in print. However, the
herscoldingconcerningherstudentstoread
theoneswhohavethepower.Notmucheffortonrevisinglawsonhumanrightswas
students of hers wanted to give up, she
passion for Korean literature had supported
books,shewasalsogratefultoherstudents
consideredbecause,thecurrentprovisionswerefewofthewaysfortheauthoritiesto
encouraged them to study constantly even
me.”
for their interest in her works of translating
dodge the consequences of their serious crimes. The prosecutor and the police might
justtenminutesaday.Alsoshemadethem
“Yi Mun-yol’s
KoreanliteratureintoGerman.
evensaythattheyaretoobusyandgivetheindulgencelikethe5.18revolutionandthe
awareofthefact,“Motivation,patienceand
remained in my memory more than any
She suddenly felt homesick missing her
4.3defiance.
ability to understand are essentially
other works.”, she answered when the
family who lives in France and while she
At third, the status of the investigating authority is too weak. On the investigation
necessarytotranslatewell.”
reporter asked what kind of books were
worked here in Korea so hard. To mitigate
about the violation crimes on human rights, the committee should have the rights to
During her teaching career of thirty-eight
impressivetoher.“Thisbookmainlycovers
her homesickness she used to soothe her
demand the suspect to be sent for a statement without a summons investigation. This
years,shefeltthenecessityforsomechange
theabuseofauthority.Germanswhopossess
moodwhilelisteningtoGermanmusicfrom
provision is reducing the investigation power about the assaulter of human rights and
in her life even though teaching was not
a similar experience where freedom was
theradioontheKoreaBroadcastingSystem
givingroomstoescape.Also,thesuspectandwitnessareimposedonpenaltyfeesof
boring for her. At this time, Simultaneous
limitedbydictatorswerealsocomprehended
(KBS)FM.Alsoshespendshervacationin
HeidiKang
maximumof10millionwonwhendisobeyingthedemandaboutpresentingdataand
translationattractedher.Itwasnotonlyjust
the contents of the book well.” and she
herhometowntwiceayear.
ProfessorofDepartmentofGerman
attendingtheinvestigation.Moreover,thefalseevidenceasthewitnesscanescapethe
because of the fun of translation itself but
added, “ I like Yi Mun-yol’s works very
Shegavesomeadviceontranslationwith
penalty.Theseproblemsaremakingthenewcommitteelooklikeagimcrack.
absence of an excellent dictionary which is
much because the subject was not only
her various experiences saying that it is
T
Forthethreereasonsabove,thebillshouldbecorrectedagain.Thedesirablestatusof
heArgusreportersmetProfessorHeidi
neededintranslation.Shestartedtotranslate
confinedto‘Han’whichexpressesKorean’s
necessarytoknowandunderstandthewords
thecommitteeistohavethepowertocheckandinvestigateanunjustcases.Tocheck
KangfortheMayissue.Aswearrived
KoreanliteratureintoGerman.However,she
unique spirit of lament. He has also been
and the culture of that country.
theviolencecrimesthatishurtinghumanrightsanddistinctionactbynationalpower,to
at her Room No.309 in the Main Building,
encountered some hardships which were
givingamessageofhopetohisreaders.”
Continuously, she said, however, “there are
relieve the victims of the crimes are the essential functions for true human rights in
the German professor had been already
causedbythedifficultwordsoftheKorean
At the same time, she said that students
no Korean unique things in Korean culture.
Korea.Thepowerofthiscommitteeshouldbeindependentfromthenationalpower.
waiting for us there. We began to talk with
language. Nonetheless, she studied the
should read many books to translate
For this, some measures should be
The President Kim Dae-jung should think about the veto on the “revised bill” and
simple questions concerned with her
words, the cultures and customs of Korea
materials well. Whenever she observed her
established to develop Korean culture and
startdiscussingaboutitagain.Ifhewantstobethe“Presidentofhumanrights”,itisnot
husband. She said, “ I met him in France
withmorepassionthanever.
students carefully, however, she deplored
publicizethemassoonaspossible.”Andshe
toomuchtosaythatheshouldnotpassthedamagedbillbypoliticaldistortionorelsehe
thirty years ago. My last name was taken
“I think that literature is more efficient
that they hardly read any books. She has
emphasized the steady trial on studying
isdemonstratinghimselfthesaying,“Helooksonethingandmeansanother”.
from my husband’s family name.” she
means in introducing a culture of one
thoughtthattheverybookswereoneofthe
translation. After interviewing, The Argus
retortedwithabrightlysmilingface.
country to another than any other mean.”,
best means to develop a perspective on the
could feel her love of Korean literature as
She had once served as an instructor in
shesaid.Actually,shehastriedtointroduce
world.Soshehasbeenadvisingstudentsto
wellasherpassionfortranslation.
“DAAD” which is a German exchange
Korean literature to Germany though this
read many books. She said, “ the Armed
students’ program in Sogang University.
type of translation is not well known there.
ForcesNetwork(AFN)isnottheonlything
ByKimJae-hyuk
Afterthat,shehasbeenteachingstudentsin
Sherememberedhavingdifficultyinlooking
forus.Therearesomanybooksaroundus.”
ReporterofNewsSection
the Department of German, and the
forpublisherswhowouldpublishthebooks
Nowadays,sheisreadingtwoorthreebooks
LettertoTheArgus
Importanceofexperiences
Banagainstnoises Morefacilities
Taxidriversshoudkeepmanners
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here are many dongaris that are based
difficulites. For example, the attitudes of
believethatmanyfreshmendreamlotsof
he weather is getting hotter than last
ars are easily spotted on streets
really keep traffic laws and regulation. We
on a taste in our university, HUFS.
showingandprotectingthecharacteroftheir
things before entering university , and I
year.Therfore,manypeoplestarttoput
violating traffic regulations. They
requiretaxidriversthataremoreconsiderate.
Plentyofstudentstakeanactiveindongaris,
group have made people get the narrow
hopedmanythingsasmyfriendsdidandas
onlighterclothes.Thisyear,thetemperature
make other drivers be afraid and also
and I’m also a member of one group,
sight. There is not any self-development
myotherclassmatesdid.Sofar,notmuchlet
is higher than the usual years. Even the
threatened.Especially,taxidriversareoneof
International Relations Institute. Thanks to
more.Anotherseriousproblemisthatsome
medownandIamstillenjoyingthelifeasa
weathercastannouncedthatthesummerwill
them.
LeeYoung-sang(G-01)
thegroupactivity,Ihavehadafruitfullifein
ofthemwhoneglecttheirmajorowingtotoo
collegestudent.
startearlierinthisyear.
Taxishavemanyproblems.Forexample,
university.Icanenjoymylifewithoutbeing
muchgroupactivity.Inmyviewpoint,that’s
However, there was one thing which I
However, only some of classrooms have
there is stepping of the pedal like crazy,
boring. I think that many dongaris play
a kind of fallacy. That’s an unbalanced and
cannotgetonwith,andthatismakingnoise
air-conditioners and the other classrooms
ignoring signal lights and disturbing
ANNOUNCEMENT
importantroleinuniversitylife.
undesirable life. Also they often waste time
in classes. It is common knowledge that
evendon’thavefans.Moreover,therearea
passengers.
Firstly, they improve personality and
becauseofunnecessaryworks.
whenapersonspeaksyoupayattention,orat
lot of noise from the building site of
Taxi should be safe as a means of public
competence. Secondly, they expand human
We are still young. Also we have much
least,youkeepyourlipsclosed.
constructingnewmainbuilding.Becauseof
transportation. When yellow signal changes
The Argus is pleased to announce the
relationships among people. Also dongaris
dream and passion. However, our point of
Unfortunately, it seems to be that such
these noise, students cannot open the
to green lights, taxi drivers honk loudly
new three cub-reporters who were
leadusalotofassistancenotonlytoourlife
viewisoftenconfinedwithlimitedthoughts.
knowledge does not always work in reality.
windowswhentheweatherishot.
becausetheywanttogofaster.AlsowhenI
selected through examinations. They
in university but life in society in the near
It is required that the students experience
Professors often have to say “Please, be
Many students get hot when they study,
want to go to far place, they refuses to go
are:LeeJoo-hyun(S-01),LeeYoung-
future.Insomecases,thestudentsfindtheir
many things, think many things and feel
quiet.”or“Stopmakingnoise.”inclass.
but the school authority has no preparation
onlythinkingoftheirconveniences.
visionorgoalnotfromtheirmajorbutthese
manythingsthroughgroupactivity.Atlast,
Everyone must cooperate in the lessons
for the summer, they need to get more air-
Whentaxidrivershavetopaymeinsmall
sang (G-01) and Choi Hyun-woo (C-
activities. Namely, dongari activity is just
these activities should come together and
because we are college students are adults,
conditionersinclassroomsquickly.
changes,theyareobvioustoshowirritation.
01)fromtheImuncampus.
importantfactorfortheyoungstudentswho
maydevelopethemselves.
notkindergartenchildren.
Alsotheyoftensmokeintaxisanddisturba
TheArgusexpressescongratulationsto
areyoung.
comfortableride.
thecub-reporters,hopingthattheywill
But many university students haven’t
In 2002, Korea will hold World Cup. If
becometruejournalists.
solvedtheiradolescentproblems.Sometimes
manyforeignerstakethesetaxi,Idon’tknow
KimMin-soo(E-00)
LeeJoo-hyun(S-01)
LeeSo-jung(FE-01)
they make a mistake and experience
how they will respond. Taxi drivers should

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