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JUNE2
JUNE1,2002
OPINION
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DatingwiththeexecutiveeditoroftheKoreaHerald,LeeKyong-hee
Editorial
“Womenhavemoreadvantages”
Peaceforwhom?
T
hisyear,thefirstfemalechiefeditorof
turnedouttobeagoodchoice.
discriminate against
T
heKoreanConfederationofTradeUnion(KCTU)haslaunchedageneralstrike
KoreaHeraldwasappointed.
Leehasdevotedherlifetointroducingthe
woman.Despitethis,
ahead of the World Cup finals. The government advised the KCTU to suspend
She made it in the area, which has been
Koreancultureandhistorytotheworld.One
Lee Kyong-hee was
disruptive labor actions during the soccer games, threatening a decisive measure
believedasman’sforalongtime.Thisable
ofthepurposesoftheEnglishnewspaperis
promoted to the
otherwise.
andfortunatewomanisLeeKyong-hee(E-
tointroducetheKoreanculturetoforeigners.
editor-in-chief, and
FollowingtheannouncementoftheKCTU,theworkerswerecriticizedseverelyby
66), the executive editor of Korea Herald,
Most foreigners are not aware of Korean
finally became the
the major news media that they are going to take the World Cup as a hostage.
which is the oldest and most authoritative
culture, people, or history. There have not
firstfemaleexecutive
FurthermorethepressreportedthatthestrikewouldleadtoconfusionduringtheWorld
EnglishnewspressinKoreasince1953.The
been enough efforts to inform the world
editorinKorea.
Cupgamesandthusruintheglobalsoccerfestival.Whatpartsofthestrikecanexactly
ArgusmetherattheKoreaHeraldeditorial
about Korea and there are also few people
She said, “there
affect the World Cup games and even if that happens, who is to blame for that? The
office to select her as the hero of Shooting
who have the ability to explain the Korean
was
no
more
one-sidedreportofthemajornewsmediatarnishedthesubstanceofthisstrike.
StaronJune.
culturetothepeopleofEnglishbackground.
discrimination after
Before launching the strike, KCTU demanded that the government discontinue
WhentheArguscametoherofficearound
As a reporter of the culture section, Lee
getting this position.
oppressingthelaborers,adoptthefive-dayworkweekwithoutanychangeinworking
5 p.m., she had an editorial meeting with
Kyong-hee has been on the frontline to
A woman reporter
conditions, and withdraw the privatization plan of the basic industries. The KCTU
editorial staffs and her professional power
introduce the values of Korean cultural
has more advantages
denouncedemployersforthecollapsednegotiationsonshortenedworkhoursandpay
was displayed in that scene. People usually
heritageandtheuniquecharacteristicsofour
because women are
hikes. It also demanded that the management hold collective bargaining with union
think that the woman, who made a big
customs.
more amiable with
groups by industry, instead of with individual labor unions. If the government and
success in her carrier in spite of gender
During 8 years in the 90s, Lee traveled
intervieweesandfind
employersdonotaccepttheirtermsoftheagreement,thestrikewillbeonlywayfor
discrimination, may have stern and
nationwide and met human cultural assets
news materials from
themtoopposethepowerful.
charismatic personality. However, Lee
who have developed the Korean traditional
a
woman’s
AheadoftheWorldCup,thegovernmenthasurgedthelaborunionstoannouncea
Kyong-hee is a calm and humble woman,
artsandcontributedaseriesofarticlestothe
standpoint.” On the
peaceful relationship between the labor and the management. In fact, however, the
contrarytothepublicexpectation.
KoreaHeraldonceaweek.Shecollectedthe
contrary, she felt
government has oppressed the workers through coercive means. Since the Kim
Shegreetedthereporterwithsmile,saying
series and published a book named “Korea
g e n d e r
administration seized the power, 752 workers have been retained on charges of labor
she first knew the Argus when she was
Culture: Culture: Legacies and Lore” in
discrimination, when
disputeandsoon.Seventysixareeitherkeptincustodyorputonthewantedlist.Dan
interviewedasanhonorfreshmanof1966.
1994. She also published the “World
media covered her
Byung-ho, the head of the KCTU has been also in custody since last October on a
Lee decided to go to English Department
Heritage in Korea” in 1998 to cover the
promotion, because
chargeofleadingthestrike.
of HUFS because she liked English very
Korean cultural heritage chosen by
theyjustfocusedthat
Alsothegovernmentscheduledtoadoptthefive-dayworkweeksystemthisyearbut
much.
UNESCO.
sheisafemale.
nowitisuncertainwhenitwillbeimplemented.Labor,managementandgovernment
“Atthattimetherewereafewsourcesand
Lee’s English articles introducing Korean
Lee
usually
representativesdiscussedonthelegislationofthefive-dayworkweeksinceMay2000.
materials which helped students study
customs and culture were highly evaluated
worked from 7 a.m.
But the discussions have not yet been finished and there are wide differences of
English compared to the present
likeapearl.Shehasneverlivedoverseasor
to8p.m.orlater.Lee
viewpointoneachside,especiallyonsuchspecificissuesasthetimeofenforcement,
surroundings. I listened to AFKN radio
studied abroad. However, she has a high
said she held more
MINERVA
thenumberofpaidholidaysandtheratesofovertimepayment.
programs to make my ears familiar to
reputation as a writer of English. The
responsibility and
The labor is demanding no regress in working conditions with the shorter working
English.Ilovedtolistentopopsongsandto
atmosphereoftheEnglishnewspaper,which
burdenasaneditorandamanager.
aroleasbeingthewindowtotheworldand
hours while employers are very anxious about weakening of the industrial
gotothetheatertoseeHollywoodmovies.I
isfreefromsubscriptioncompetition,helped
TheKoreaHeraldhaspursuedthewayof
she wants to make it the best qualified
competitiveness and rising personnel cost caused perhaps by the proposed five-day
triedtocopythelinesandlyrics.Ithinkmy
her to be able to develop her writing skill.
the independent press who stands firm
EnglishnewsmediasourceinKorea.“Ihope
workweek. But the government insists that it is possible to enforce the five-day
interests in pop songs and movies really
Lee said, “People often asked me how to
against the pressure of the government and
theKoreaHeraldhelpsstudentstostudyand
workweekwhilemaintainingthepresentworkinghoursandwagesthroughregulating
worked. Imitation is a good method for
improvetheirEnglishwritingskill.Ijusttold
advertisers.“Newsmediaisthewatchdogof
learnEnglish.”
legalholidaysandmonthlypaidholidays.However,thatwillruncountertothemeaning
masteringlanguage”
themtoreadplentyofstories,notonlynews
society.TheKoreaHeraldhastriedtotakea
ofthefive-dayworkweek,thepurposeofwhichistocutworkhoursandimprovethe
After graduation, Lee Kyong-hee joined
articles but also literature such as novels,
sensible yet critical stand against
qualityoflife.
KoreaHeraldin1969.Atfirst,shewantedto
poems, and essays.” Lee said one must
government policies and social injustices.
Nowtensionsbetweenlaborersandthegovernmentarediminishingasworkershave
be a reporter of political, national or
improve logical thought and have an
Lee always said to her cub reporters that a
decided to cancel their strike in many workplaces. And the Korean society is in a
internationalsectionsbecausetheywerethe
abundantknowledgeoftheworldaswellas
superbreporterisasuperbperson.Reporters
‘peaceful’ mood as most of Koreans wanted. Actually, most people are critical or
essential parts of the newspaper and were
linguistic ability to write a good style of
should have sincere affection toward both
ByKwonHye-mi
indifferenttothisstrike.Thestrike,however,isnottoupsettheWorldCupeventbutto
only allowed to men. However, she was
English.
weakandpowerlesspeople.”
EditorofInternationalSection
expresstheirrights.Andtheresponsibilityrestswithnotonlytheworkersbutalsothe
positioned to the culture section and this
The press has been notorious to
LeehopesthattheKoreaHeraldwillplay
employers,whodonotbargainwithworkerssincerely,andthegovernment,whohas
clamped down on workers. For the Korean economy being revived recently, the
peaceful relationship among them is keenly required. The government and employers
FromtheFacultyLounge
shouldnotjustsay“peace”butrealizeit.
Meanwhile, in national workers’ rally on May 25, the KCTU declared a powerful
struggle during the World Cup unless their demand is not met. If a nation hosts the
Dustinwind“Hwang-sa”
globalsoccerfestivalsuccessfully,theworldwouldrecognizethenationasasuccessful
host.Butissuchahonorsuitableforanationthatrefusestounderstandthesituationof
itsworkers?
A
lmost every spring, no matter where
feldspar, mica, clay minerals and carbonate
andtheNorthChinaPlain.Thesedesertand
highly developed industrial and agricultural
we live in the north-eastern part of
grainsinvaryingproportion.Itisdistributed
loess deposit areas are the primary regions
areasaswellasthedenselypopulatedareas
Asia,weoccasionallywillseeaskyovercast
widelyandaccumulatedextensivelyoverthe
for atmospheric dust generation over the
of the world. The economy as well as the
byyellowishlight.Asitisusuallyforecasted
northern China, especially northwestern
Asia.Thereisalsoaconsiderableamountof
history of mankind is closely linked to the
promptly by the meteorological service
China and Mongolia where there is a semi-
dust.stormactivityinourowncountry.Dust
distributionofloess.LoessregionsinCentral
bureauandrepeatedlyhappeningthroughout
arid or arid climate. However in the early
storm activity in Asia is minimum in the
Asia and China were important centers for
ourlife,evenitsoverwhelmingvisibleeffect
Pliocene, Tibet stood at an average altitude
winter because of the frozen ground and
thedevelopmentofearlyhumanculturesand
might not generate much concern or
of only 1000m above sea-level and
snow cover. It is greatest in the spring as a
civilization.“Hwang-sa”itselfnotakindof
curiosity among us. We are used to living
northwestChinaexperiencedamoisttropical
resultofthecombinedeffectsoflowrainfall,
challenging environmental problem-either
withitandassumeitdoesnotlastlong.Itis
climate influenced by the Indian Ocean
increased occurrence of high winds
global or regional-we aware recently and
called as “Hwang-sa (Yellow Sand)” in
monsoon. By the end of the Pliocene the
associated with cold fronts, and freshly
need to agee for some sorts of international
Korean,whiletheChineseandJapanesecall
average altitude of Tibet was 2000m and
plowedsoilforspringplanting.About85%
resolution or protocols. It is rather benign
it as “Huangtu” and “Kosa”, respectively.
limited maritime-type climate. Continued
of “Hwang-sa” events occurred between
eventothinkwehavethedirectcontrolover.
Internationally, it is referred to as “ Asian
upliftraisedTibettoanaltitudeofmorethan
March and June. There is a considerable
While its existence and distribution can be
Dust.” Contrary to the general public’s
4000m by the end of the Pliocene. Uplift
year-tp-year variability in “Hwang-sa”
attributed for sake of “Nature”, it’s
expectation, our scientific knowledge about
created a barrier which impeded the
frequency during the spring maximum
frequency, intensity, and implications are
its formation, transportation, and eventual
northwardmovementoftheIndianmonsoon
period, as the dust-storm generation
closely connected to subtle changes of our
setting hasn’t been significantly expanded
into Central Asia, leading to progressive
subsequent long-range transport are very
ownenvironmentsatlarge.Currentscientific
until a decay ago. Only recently, we have
desiccation of basins in the northwestern
sensitive to meteorological climatic factors.
intereston“Hwang-sa”isfocusedtohavea
learned more about its formation and!
China and Mongolia. Lakes dried up, river
Dust deposition does not always harm man
goodunderstandingoftheselinksbytheturn
atmospheric transportation by the use of
systems were avandined, the winds got
and the environments. It adds valuable
of the century. Next time you see the
research aircraft and scientific satellites. “
stronger and dune fields initiated. Reduced
nutrients to soils and open oceans and
“Hwang-sa”,youmayrealizeitisonlydust
Hwang-sa” refers to fine mineral particles
precipitation and increasing frequency of
accumulates fertile loess soils which are of
unthewindnomore.
suspended in the air. Mostly, these dust
strong winds transported dust with a higher
major agricultural importance. Loess covers
particles originated from a subareal deposit
rate from one region to other. After all,
about 10% of the land surface of the Earth
LeeKang-ung
called“Loess”.Loessisdefinedsimplyasa
present,desertsinthenorthernofloesswith
and os concentrated in the temperate zones
ThewriterisaprofessorofEnvironment
terrestrial windblown grayish yellow silt
a total area of a million square km in the
and in semi-arid desert margins: in the so-
Department
HanSe-jung/CartoonistofTheArgus
deposits consisting chiefly of quartz,
middle reaches of the “Hwang-Ho” River
called “world wheat belt”, which are the
LettertoTheArgus
DearReaders
Peopleshouldunderstandothercultures
The Argus corrects an error on the
ESTABLISHED1954
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002 Korea-Japan World Cup has
treated as barbarous people only for the
weneedtoinformthatwedistinguishedible
last issue. In Dating on Sunday on 8
PublishedmonthlyexcepttheschoolholidaysbyandforstudentsofHankukUniversityof
become the most interest event as the
reasonthatKoreaneatdogs?
dogsfrompetdogs.Inadditiontothat,Itis
page, the interviewee’s name (student
ForeignStudies.TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
‘May’isdrawingnear.NowKoreahasbeen
The cultural relativism means the variety
necessary that the way of butchering the
number),“ParkHyun-a(00)”shouldbe
higheststandardofcampusjournalism.
tryingtopublicizeitselfforagreatchanceto
of cultures of each country needs to be
edible dogs is improved considering of its
changed into “Park Hyun-aha (01)”.
seek the maximum tourism effects not only
respected, and every culture should be
badcrueltyinfrontoftherestofdogs.
We’resorryforthemistake.
?President,Publisher
ChoKyu-chul
initsrevenuebutinmakinggoodimagesof
evaluated in its specific condition and in
The ‘2002-World Cup’ is the first time
TheArgusispleasedtoannouncethe
?Editor-in-Chief
KamEun-jin
Korea.
historical and social circumstances. From
thatitisheldinasiancountries.Perhapsitis
additional four cub-reporters in
?EducatingDirector
However,thistimewasnottheexception
this point of view, judging other countries
natural that there are a lot of cultural
Wangsancampus.TheyareJungSoo-
HongJoo-hee
that eating dogs custom has been an issue
without consideration of their history and
misunderstandings between western and
jin(C-02), KimYe-ji(T-02),Kyeong-
?Editors
KimJae-hyuk,KwonHye-mi
everytimeKoreaheldthebigevents,andso
theirlivingwayisnotcorrect.
eastern. Nevertheless, the real ‘barbarity’ is
jin(T-02)andYoonSun-yong(T-02).
?AssociateEditors
HaKyung-hwan,LeeJoo-hyun,
wasitinthe88-SeoulOlympicsaswell.As
Informerdays,afamousactressinFrance
noteatingadog,butcriticizingothercultures
TheArgushopesthattheywillbecome
LeeSo-jeong,LeeSo-jung
you know, a certain comedy TV show in
offered Korean an insult. Insistence that
ononlyaccountofdifferencefromtheirown
excellentreporters.
?Reporters
KimHong-ran,KimYu-kyung
France broadcasted the contents that
eatingdogsisabarbarousactbythereason
cultures. World cup is the place that many
ThismonthTheArguspublishedthe
disparages Korean with the eating dogs
that she loves dogs is from the intellectual
countrieswhichhavevariableideologiesand
final issue for this semester. We are
?ProfessorEditor
SungKyung-jun
custom.
ignorances. How is it possible that they
cultures can harmonize each other with a
gratefultoreaders’attentionduringthis
?EnglishAdvisors
RheeSeong-ha,ShinMyoung-sup
In addition, you cannot forget that Jay
blame Korean despite they are eating horse
sport,called‘soccer’,andisthebestchance
semester.
Leno, a famous master of the TV show,
meat,snails,andevendoves.Comparedwith
to make them understand how wonderful
Wehavenopublicationforsummer
mentionedaKoreanskaterenragedatlosing
the culture of western countries, eastern
Koreais,andhowgreatourcultureis.
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