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OPINION
http://maincc.hufs.ac.kr/~theargus
InterviewwithSangpeelParkoncivicgroups’prospect
Civicgroupsturntonewvenue
ESTABLISHED1954
TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
R
ecently, critical voices about the
store. What opinion do you have about
higheststandardofcampusjournalismandacademicexcellence.
activitiesofcivicgroupsaregradually
theseassertions?
?President,Publisher
rising. The civic movement of our society,
P: The points above-mentioned are just
ChoKyu-chul
actually,canbesaidtohavebegunafterthe
models of the early developmental stage of
?ProfessorEditor
SungKyung-jun
“JuneStruggle”intheyear1987.Thecivic
civil society. In fact, though the citizens’
?EnglishAdvisor
FredBlair
movement history, therefore, can be said to
participation is more lively than the
?HeadEditor
SongHye-min
be too short compared with that of the
Japanese, it is not enough yet in the
?Editors
KamEun-jin,LeeMin-a
Westerncivicculture.Somepeoplesaidthat
viewpointofthestandardoftheWest.Also
?AssociateEditors
KimJae-hyuk,KwonHye-mi
expecting too much of the civic groups,
thecitizens’demandsaretoovariousthough
?Reporters
HaKyung-hwan,KimSang-min,LeeJoo-hyun,
when considering our existing condition, is
civic groups are not completely specialized
an unreasonable demand. Anyway, now
yet.
LeeSo-jeong,LeeSo-jung,OhEun-hyuk,
civic groups are clearly coming under
At present, civic groups cannot but take
challengefromtheoutside.
charge of the demands in the situation that
The Argus met Sangpeel Park, a visiting
the state can’t grant requests in everything.
270,Imun-dong,Dongdaemun-gu,Seoul,Korea(PostalCode130-791)
professor in Kyung Hee University of the
The civic movement is formed on the
Tel:961-4153,4467 Fax:962-7128
GraduateSchoolofNGOstudies.
foundation of a few men of high reputation
San89,Wangsan-ri,Mohyun-myon,Yongin,Kyonggi-do,Korea(PostalCode449-791)
or it looks like the movement of an
Tel:(031)330-4113 Fax:(031)330-4581
Reporter: What do you think about
emporium, which are natural phenomena
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suggestions that outside verification is
now. Of course, civic groups have
HaKyung-hwan/TheArgus
needed considering the expanded power
responsibilities that should induce the
Editorial
ofcivicgroupsinrecentyears?
citizens’ participation and concentrate their
SangpeelPark:Itistruethatthepower
efforts on specialization. The government
rightsandadministeringfinancialassistance.
shoulddointhefuture.
of civic groups has expanded considering
shouldalsoconstituterelatedlawstoinduce
R:Somecivicgroupsshowuscautious
P:Firstly,civicgroupsshouldcheckinner
thepast.ComparedwiththeWest,wearefar
thecitizens’participation.
responses insisting that neutrality can be
populistsentiment.Andtheyneedtoprepare
DJ’sSunshinePolicy
fromthem.Theinfluenceofourcivicgroups
R: The financial independence of civic
damaged by civic groups such as KFEM
strategicplanswhichcansolvetheproblems
isstilltooslight.EventhoughtheWestalso
groups is one of the most problematic
taking part in the local election. Do you
on financial destitution and the citizens’
hasn’t reached there yet, civil society could
issues.Whatdoyouthinkaboutthis?
haveanopinionaboutthat?
participation. They will have to plan with
finallycometocontrolastate.Because,asit
P: It happens because civil society is not
P:Iagreethatcivicgroupscanparticipate
prolonged vision. To further develop civil
indilemma
isstipulatedintheConstitution,sovereignty
mature yet. Actually, in our society, the
inthelocalelectionsinprincipal.Infact,the
society, efforts of the state are also
residesinthepeopleinallrespects.People,
placewherethecultureofdonationhastaken
state can pick out competent persons in
important. The state should rectify their
of course, are included in the civil society.
rootisrare.IntheU.S.,millionairessuchas
every place. However, I think that their
viewpointonhowtheyregardcivicgroups.
Now our civic groups are approaching the
Bill Gates contribute large sums of money
participation is still too early. Seeing the
Namely, they need to entrust civic groups
N
ation Security Law is arousing another controversies by prosecuting some
desirable condition. Nevertheless civic
annually.Ontheotherhand,haveyouheard
current phases of the civic movement, they
withpartoftheirpowerthroughcomplemen-
delegatesattendingjointLiberationDayFestivitiesheldinPyongyangonAugust
groups don’t participate in policy decisions.
about our financial conglomerates donating
makes it their principal aim to check the
ting legal devices. Also universities should
15.Actually,sixteenofthemwereescortedtopolicestationsimmediatelywhenthey
We should not charge them with legal
anything?
powerofthestateandadvocatethecitizens’
takepartindevelopingcivilsocietythrough
arrivedatKimpoairport.Accordingtotheprosecution,theyviolatedNationalSecurity
responsibility. Namely, the term
In addition, I think that the government
rights. So their participation in an election
linkingwithlocalcivicgroups.
Law by doing some pro-North Korea activities and attending the opening ceremony
“verification” itself doesn’t match civic
shouldsupportfundstocivicgroupsbecause
wouldbeseennegativelybythepeople.The
withoutanypredesignatedschedule.Especially,KangJung-ku,aprogressiveprofessor
groups.
I judge civic groups can deal with pending
people have a kind of myth about civic
ofDonggukUniversity,waschargedwithwritingcontroversialwordsontheguestbook
R: Many people have said, “There are
questions more efficiently than the
groups.Maybethereiseveryprobabilitythat
atMangyongdae.
few citizens in the civic movement.”, “
government. Namely, the government
theywillfailiftheytakepartintheelection
ByKimJae-hyuk
This2001jointLiberationDayFestivitiesheldinPyongyangisofgreatvaluebecause
They said that the civic movement is
should entrust civic groups with the
now.
AssociateEditorofNewsSection
ithasbeenoneofthelargesteventssincethesummitmeetinginApril,1948between
currently operating like departments
problems such as the environment, human
R: Finally, tell us what civic groups
thegreatleadersofKorealikeKimkuandKimKyu-siktopreventthedivisionofthe
country.Therefore,thegovernment’spermissiontoattendthisPyongyangeventseemed
FromtheFacultyLounge
to be a hope promoting the depressed inter-Korean relationship, although quite a few
troubleshadbeenplacedhereandtherebeforecivicdelegations’departuretotheNorth.
Wrongromanization,vestigeofwesterninfluence
Actually, when they left for the North, some anxieties remained due to the worse
relationshipresultingfrominternalandexternaldifficulties.
Noonecanforgettheimpressivemeetingsofseparatedfamiliesintwocountrieson
August15,2000,whichmadethepeopleoftheSouthandNorthshedsympathetictears.
I
Mostpeoplerealizedthroughtheirtearsthatre-unificationwasessentialjustbecauseof
have a red cap with four letters on its
languages, the name must be changed to
of the country in 1945. I consider it as an
Iwillneverbesatisfieduntilmycriteriaand
thefactthat“wehadbeenone,sowemustunite.”Wealsorealizedotherpoliticaland
front. And I love to put it on for my
meetthenewneedsforthebestinterestsof
excellentsysteminhelpingtheforeignersto
standard of the transliteration be achieved
financialissuesaresecondaryones.Nonetheless,itistruethe6.15JointDeclarationlost
occasionalwalk-outs. Thosefourlettersdo
theuniversity. Soitseemedtomymind. I
pronounce Korean as correctly as possible.
sometime. The ultimate standard will be
its original light and the relationship between two Koreas is getting worse owing to
not really make an ordinary “four-letter”
wouldimmediatelystressthesignificanceof
ButitisnotwellacceptedbytheKoreansfor
convenience and practicality both for
GeorgeW.Bush’sstrongstrategytowardstheNorthKorea.
word, for they are HUFS? Hankuk
our institutional tradition based upon the
two obvious reasons, one because it was
Koreans and foreigners, with nothing to do
Internal conflicts in the South are another big problems making the situation more
University of Foreign Studies. Naturally
foreign languages, and that mind had never
inventedbyforeigners,andsecondlyforthe
with patriotism, or nationalistic
difficult. Severe troubles have arisen between conservatives and progressives in our
whenever I put it on, I do remember those
beenshakeneversince. Butthenameforthe
several signs used above some vowels.
considerations. I used to have my own
society and it seems that this situation eventually caused National Security Law to
good old days of my younger years with
school might be something like the Oemun
Though there were some other systems of
system of romanization?-simply replacing
prosecute some delegations. But the truth hidden in this happening is that the
faint memories of the English paper of the
University or even Oedae University,
romanization including the Ministry of
oneLatinletterforeachcharacterofKorean
conservative press and opposition party are against the re-unification of Korea,
HUFS in the late seventies and early
instead. Withthismuchchangeofthename
Education System in 1984, they were not
alphabets, so as to make everybody can
distortingandexaggeratingsomebehaviorsoftheattendantsintheevent.
eighties.
of our school we can still call it “Oedae,”
well received by the Koreans. So much so
readily romanize Korean words into Latin
They regarded the progressive professor as a revolting person over-emphasizing
Be more serious, I am often caught up
andOUinEnglishexpression.
that the Korean government had finally
characters, and vice versa. But Korean
accidentialwords“thespiritof Mangyungdae”.MangyungdaeistheplacewhereKim
with the two enigmatic problems in my
Butwhataboutthefirstcomplaintofmine
reversed to the M=R System some years
government had once again decided for a
il-sung was born and Independent Movement was conducted under Japan’s colonial
thought about the word HUFS. One is the
withthetermHankukoftheHUFS. Forone
backfortheRomanizationoftheroad-signs
complex and nationalistic system for the
government. Professor Kang has studied Juchesasasang actively with many other
problem with the first of the four words?
thing,thenamemighthavebeenbetterwith
ofthewholecountry.
romanization, only with small revisions to
professorsandscholarsafterthe6.15JointDeclarationannouncement.Itisanironythis
Hankuk, and the next is the apparent or
“Korean” University of Foreign Studies,
TheninJuly2000,theKoreangovernment
theM=RSystem.
studywhichhasbeendiscussedopenlybecameareasonforhischargeinaccordance
obvious mistranslation of the name of this
instead of “Hankuk,” from the beginning.
came out with a new system, thus turning
Withthesemuchcomplaintsfiled,Imust
withtheNationalSecurityLaw.
university, from the original Hankuk
Hankuk here constantly reminds me of a
Kimp’o to Gimpo, Pusan to Busan, among
confess I myself turns out to be a mere
Some of them attended an opening ceremony in front of the newly-built ideology
University of Foreign Languages into the
very
unfortunate history of the
many radical shifts in the spellings of
grumbling oldman, with nobody’s attention
monumentbreakingthepromisewiththegovernmentandtheywerealsosupposedto
present Hankuk University of Foreign
RomanizationofKoreanforthepast.
Korean words, while abstaining from the
anymore. Nobodyinthisschoolwouldbe
takesternlegalactions.ButweshouldconsiderthesituationtheyfacedintheNorth.
Studies.
Koreawaslateinitsopeningofthenation
radicalchangesofpersonalnamesincluding
willingly follow my advice to change the
Attendantswereatalossandthen100peoplewenttherebecause2millionpeopleinthe
Let me confess that I was a bit
to the West in the second half of the
KimDaeJungandKimJongIl. Recentlyit
name of the school, nor will Korean
North had waited for them for almost six hours in hot summer weather. They just
embarrassed for myself whenever foreign
nineteenth century. When the westerners
wasreportedthattheuniversalRomanization
government follow my simple suggestions
enjoyed the cultural festival and conducted no political actions. That was not the
scholarsweregivingtheirsecondglancesto
had arrived in Seoul, they had begun to
of Korean personal names along the new
foranewromanizationmethod. Ofcourse,I
intentionalbehaviorandithappenedbythelackofsystematicpreparation.
my name card. Often their responses, it
Romanize the names of Korean people and
system would be enforced, to make Kim to
doknowthat. WhatIamtryingtodohere
Althoughthereareobviouslysomefruitfulresultsafterthevisitofcivicdelegations,
seemed to me, were perplexed ones to
placenamesaccordingtotheirconveniences.
Gim, etc. But there seems to be no way
is perhaps my share of grumblings to make
conservativepowershidethem,exaggeratinganddistortingthesmallhappenings.This
deciphertherelevancebetweenthenameof
Naturallytheconfusionwasinevitable.
changing the names of the famous Korean
my records straight? with the red cap of
eventmadeitpossibletoopentheprivateexchangesandpromoteKimJung-il’svisitto
the university on one hand with the major
Whatever the case, the confusion seemed
starssuchParkChanHoandPakSeRiinto
minewithboldlettersofHUFS.
theSouth.Thesewonderfulpartsshouldbeadmittedinthesenoisycontroversies.
fieldofmine?theKoreanhistoryofscience.
to be easily overcome with the
thesamefamilyname.
TheprivateexchangesinvariouspartsbetweenthetwoKoreasareessentialforre-
Franklyspeaking,Ihavecherishedmykind
announcement of the McCune=Reischauer
I am not so sure this government would
unification.Somehappeningsinthisprocesscannotgiveagoodlessonforhinderingthe
of hope for the name of this school. Since
system in 1930. The pioneering efforts of
daretoaccomplishitwithintheshortgiven
ParkSung-lae
exchanges. Nonetheless, it is ridiculous that the government tries to stop the various
the school had changed its status from a
thetwomissionarieswererewardedwithits
periodoftime.
ThewriterisaprofessorofHistoryMajor.
exchangeswiththeNorthduetothesesmallthings.Somepeoplewhomadetroubles
special college with emphases on foreign
persistent survival long after the Liberation
AsfortheromanizationofKoreanwords,
should also recognize their behaviors can cause some difficulties to peaceful re-
LettertoTheArgus
unificationregardlessoftheirreasonsandhavesometimetoreconsiderit.
DearReaders
from my sophomore year. Although I am
Norepentance,nofriendship
enjoying my school life, I would like to
mention one simple thing that I earnestly
The Argus reshuffled its staff
I
t is truly regretful that Japanese Prime
tryingtocomplywiththeemotionalpublicat
hopecouldbefixed.
positionsforthenewsemester.Newly
LonelyandRidiculousPlayground
LonelyandRidiculousPlayground
Minister Junichiro Koizumi pushed
home refusing to squarely face history and
I’m planning to study abroad after
appointed Head Editor is Song Hye-
ahead with his plan to visit the Yasukuni
thus boost his personal popularity, he had
graduatingfromHUFS,soI’mtryingreally
min.TwoAssociateEditorshavebeen
Shrine on Aug. 13, ignoring criticism from
betteradmitithonestly.Also,hemusttryto
hardtokeepmygradesinthebestcondition
promoted to the position of Editors.
homeandabroad.Istheshrine,asymbolof
clear whatever misunderstanding about his
Ipossiblycan.ButunfortunatelyIgotB’son
They are: Kam Eun-jin as Editor of
Japanesemilitarismwherethosewhofellin
shrine visit that he said exists, through
some courses that I had hoped to get better
Culture Section and Lee Min-a as
warsareworshipedas“gods,”aproperplace
actionsbutnotwithdeceptivequibbles.
grades in. I would like to take these classes
Editor of National Section. Two
torenewsuchadetermination?Ourcommon
TheonlywaytodosoistoleadJapanon
again,butourschoolregulationssaythatany
reporters have been also promoted to
sense says it is not. What is even more
its forefront to restore its damaged pride by
classes taken that have a grade over a “B”
the positions of Associate Editors.
stunning is that Koizumi keeps making
recognizing its responsibility for war.
cannot be taken again. If I want to study
They are: Kim Jae-hyuk as Associate
elusive remarks to questions concerning the
Nobody thinks that Germany discarded its
abroad,Iwillhavetogetthebestgradesthat
Editor of News Section and Kwon
responsibility for war. He once said that,
pride by liquidating the Nazi legacy and
I possibly can. But, due to this regulation,
Hye-mi as Associate Editor of
whenhecomesacrossdifficultproblems,he
repeatedlyexpressingrepentance.
my goal has become something harder to
InternationalSection.
recalls the spirit of the Kamikaze suicide
reach. I’ve seen many other students who
Five cub-reporters also have been
commandos.Canthismanbetrustedforthe
werealsocomplainingaboutthisrule.
promoted to Reporters: Ha Kyung-
sole reason that before his shrine visit he
I’m sure such a regulation would have a
hwan (E-01), Kim Sang-min (SCCI-
KooTae-wan(DP-00)
borrowedfromthe1995statementofformer
reasonbehindit,andIknowsuchthingsare
01), Lee Joo-hyun (S-01), Lee So-
Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama
hard to change once they’ve been decided.
jeong(R-01),LeeSo-jung(FE-01),Oh
acknowledging that Japan caused “untold
But I’m sure many other students would
Eun-hyuk(EC-01).
Problemson
damageandsuffering”onotherAsians?
appreciateitiftherulewererevised.
The Argus has created the new
Prime Minister Koizumi has to make a
columns as increasing the number of
retakinglectures
clearer choice. He cannot build on the true
pages. We have tried to make a better
friendship and goodwill with other Asians
campus English newspaper. Please
I
while at the same time satisfying the
’m a freshman studying to enter the
giveusmuchattention.
MaIl-woong(BA-01)
KimYoung-geun/CartoonistofTheArgus
distorted pride of some Japanese. If he is
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