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Forwhomisricenegotiation?
Agreedamountofriceimportrateangersfarmers
ingeneral.Likethis,thefarmerswerenotpreparedto
ByKimAh-reum
protecttheirlivingandtoacceptthefallenpricedueto
ReporterofNationalSection
theopenmarket.
“Intruth,theproposalofanotherdefermentwasfor
O
n November 15th, the National Assembly
the farmers. But disadvantageous treaties in WTO
Buildingwastremblingwithcriesoffarmers.
conventionareaggravatingthefarmers.Ifimportrate
The day’s demonstration was to oppose the Grain
of rice increases to 7.96% and the price-competitive
Validate Policy Convention (GVPC) which has been
riceofforeigncountriesisimported,farmerswillleave
laid before the assembly on November 23. Around
their farm because of the dropped price. Finally, our
fifteenthousandfarmersputupafightwiththepolice
riceindustrywilldisappear,”KimhwangKyeong-san,
forceofahundred.Thefarmersinflamedsevenpolice
apolicydirectorofJunnong,said.
carsandtheymadeablockadetocontrolthetrafficof
As GVPC has been presented to the National
the area. The farmers totally destroyed the civil rest
Assembly on November 23, imported rice will be
area. Yeouido park was filled with broken bricks and
openedtothemarketbytheJulyof2006.Koreahasto
collapsed basketball goal posts, and the farmers
import 2.83 million rice at 5% dutifully, and that
flashedwithanger.
amount is 11.8% of the total consumption of rice
November 11 was the Farmer’s Day. Although,
withinthecountry.Inthepast,farmerssufferedfrom
ironically, not one farmer celebrated the day like he
loss of 2 trillion won per year because the processed
ThefarmersareonstrikeattheNationalAssemblyBuilding
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wassupposedto.Ontopofthat,JeongYong-pum,a
imported rice was opened at 4% level for ten years.
farmer,killedhimselfonthisday.Hisdesirewasthe
another ten years from WTO. But, the convention of
farmers.Farmershadtoresistagainstthedemand.
But if the unprocessed rice is imported at 7.96%,
revivalofagriculture,andhedepartedfromlifewitha
WTO has also a problem. That is, Korea has to
Thegovernmentkeptitsfirmdecisionofgettingthe
farmerswillexperienceseveredamage.
heartlongingforatruefarmer’sday.Also,GangGi-
increasetheimportrateofricefrom4%to7.96%,and
ten-year deferment. “If presentation is delayed, the
“Thegovernment’shastyattitudetowardslayingthe
gap,anassemblymanofDemocraticLaborParty,had
30% of all imported rice should be offered to the
contractwillbecomenullified.Itwillbringaboutthe
billbeforetheNationalAssemblymightputournation
gone on a hunger strike against the presentation of
marketasoriginalrice,nottheprocessedone.Thefact
loss in Korea’s credit in international society.
vulnerabletotheexternaldangers.Ourricesharesits
GVPC from October 28 to November 23. Thus,
that the imported rice would be freely opened to the
Moreover, Korea is labeled as promise breaker
fatewithournationfor1.4thousandyears.Wehave
farmers’ antipathy has grown more and more. The
publicbecamethesourceofangerforthefarmers.
already. Korea will face disadvantageous position in
the longest history of farming in the world, and it is
government, in response, delayed the presentation of
Theprocessofconferencebetweenthegovernment
all international contracts. If the National Assembly
unprecedented in the world for a society to rely this
GVPCfromtheoriginaldateofNovember16to23.
andWTOalsohasproblems.First,thegovernmentdid
doesnotpassthepresentationofratificationofrice,the
much upon rice. 76% of the farmers are engaged in
The farmers are planning on continual struggle to
notrevealtheprocessofconventiontothepublic,and
world will disregard Korea,” Lee Myeong-su, a
riceindustryandhalfofthefarmingprofitisfromrice.
opposetheGVPCagainstthegovernmentauthorities.
they did not report to the National Assembly. Then,
deputy secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and
The most important of all, the fact that rice occupies
Theconflictbetweenthegovernmentandthefarmers
they made a promise to participate a professor as a
Forestry,remarked.
95%inacountrywhosedegreeoffoodself-supportis
onlydeepens.
representativeoffarmers,butitwasonlyconventional
only25%indicatesriceisdifferentfromalltheother
and the government, at last, expelled him from the
TheproblemofGVPC
farmingindustries.
AbouttheGVPC
meeting. These facts were informed to farmers after
But in actuality, the support of the government
Ifthegovernmentisconsideringtheimportanceof
In 1994, Korea was allowed to defer tariffs by
theconvention.
duringthefirstdefermentperiodwasinsufficient.The
rice,itshouldforeseetheendangeredfarmersandrice
WTO. This is because WTO considered rice as
farmers had received support using eco-friendly
industry before persisting to achieve the presentation
Korea’s most important source of food. So, for ten
StandpointofthegovernmentabouttheGVPC
fertilizers,butitdidnothelpimprovingthequalityof
ofGVPC,”Gangremarked.
years,thegovernmentandfarmershadtoendeavorto
Thegovernmentsupportedeco-friendlyfertilizerin
rice. Using the fertilizers raised profit to 23%, but it
build competitive power before the end of the
agriculture for the ten-year period. It was for
increased the liabilities of farmers to 105%. Farmers
Awaitingsolution
defermentoftariffintheyear2004.Importrateofrice
improvementofqualityofricebecause,withthesmall
have suffered throughout the first ten years with the
Currently, the government has not investigated the
started at 1% in 1994, and would increase gradually
amountoflandavailableforriceproduction,theonly
debt,andalongwiththat,theyareinagonyfromrice-
expected damage which farmers will face after the
fortenyears,andatthesametime,theimportrateof
wayforKoreanfarmerstocompetewiththeworldrice
priceslumpthisyear.
acceptance of GVPC. Junnong and Democratic labor
ricehastobe4%bytheendofdefermentperiod. At
market is through quality, not the price. The
The government’s alternative proposal to the
party demanded the investigation. They also claimed
that time, importing of rice was allowed, but the rice
government put off 3.5 years for the farmers to pay
internationaltrendoffreetradeonlyresultedinsharp
for a countermeasure for their handicap. Also, the
had to be changed into another form of processed
backtheirliabilitiesoffarming,anditalsoprovideda
declineinriceprice.Thegovernmentusedtointervene
government should reconsider the failure in
food.
supportforthepoorfarmers.However,ten-yeareffort
inthemarketanddecidedthestandardricepriceand
improvementofspeciesforthelasttenyearsandhave
Ten years have passed. WTO debated about the
wasnotenoughtohavethefarmersfullyreadyforthe
quantity in the past. But on March 2 of 2005, the
to progress systematically. The government’s support
Korea’s rice tariff in 2004. Farmers persisted to the
upcomingagony.
policy was changed. It guaranteed self-regulation in
hastobestrengthenedtosupportthecompetitiveness
government, arguing that opening the door of rice
Accordingly, the government proposed at WTO
market without the intervention of the government,
of farmers completely so that in case of open-door
importationwithunprepareddomesticcompetitiveness
conference for another deferment of ten years as an
which applied the price of the market as rice price.
tradeofrice,thefarmerswillbefullyprepared.
would directly result in the problem of survival.
adjustment period. Still yet, the conditions WTO
Thismadefarmersanxiousandmadethemlowerthe
Therefore,thegovernmentreceivedthedefermentfor
demanded were overwhelmingly disadvantageous to
price.Thepriceofricethatyeardroppeddownto30%
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Whensatirecomicsviewsociety
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donation there would not be any problem,
foundwasnothingmorethanalimitationof
cartoons for the first time. These changes
ByKimHan-sem
ByKimAh-reum
but because of the unique relationship
whathecoulddothroughthejob.Thushe
madegoodimpacttothepublic.Newspaper
AssociateEditorofNationalSection
ReporterofNationalSection
betweenaprofessorandaresearcher,asin
gaveupthejobasateacher.
was so hard for the children to read. He
employer and employee, the declaration
At that time, formal president Jeon Du-
drew the cartoons so that general people
I
n high school, learning about logic, my
makesitunethicalforadonationtohappen
D
o you remember the cartoon with a
hwan was in office. The society was in
couldreaditeasierandtheycouldfeelmore
class had a discussion on the issue of a
inthis.Theemployercaneasilyextortwhat
frog have tadpole’s dead body in her
confusion,andhefoundsocialcontradiction
familiarwiththenewspaper.
needed criminal. Let’s say that there is an
he wants from the weak and allege that it
arms and is filled with tears? The cartoon
and our nation was under dictatorship, and
Park described the estranged in many
artistsogenius,thereisnoonewhocanbe
wasadonation.
described Korea at that time when the
the dictatorship was conflicting with
cases. At that time, they had eager to
like him; that makes him “in strong
Accordingly,themediaexaggeratesabout
countrywasfilledwithindustrialsewagein
democratic idea. And there, democratic
democratize but had no financial support
demand”. The problem comes in when he
whether Korea will lose its power as the
accordance with Korea’s rapid economic
principlealwaysbecamevictim.Finally,he
needed for informing and instigation. He
commits murder, the penalty for which is
first in stem cell research. Since Hwang’s
development. It is a vivid expression of
decided to hold the pen to stand up for
helped them by drawing the dictatorship.
death. He says he did so in order to get
great achievements drew the world’s
collapsed ecosystem by comparing the
justice through his cartoon. The place he
Heinformedthedemocratizationandspoke
sentimental imagination needed for work.
attention to the small country, his moral
mother’sdeepgrief.ThecartoonistisPark
firstworkedforwasdrawingstairecomics
for the people of estrangement. The fund
Experts say that he is a genius that can
failure can be reflected as the nation’s
Jae-dong. He is famous for his sharp
forKoreaNationalNewspaper.
gathered up to around one million won
rarely be born only once in thousands of
image.Manyworldrenownedscientistsand
criticism on the social issues. The Argus
Korea National Newspaper was founded
strictly from donation. He has afforded
years, and also the public
hospitalshaveturnedtheir
metParktoasksomepersonalthings.
only by the people’s fund raise in 1988.
many cartoons that could prosecute
TheEye
demand for his works is
back on Hwang already,
ParkJae-dongwasbornpoor.Hisfather
When he drew the desultory criticism in
contradictionofthesociety.
so strong, the manias
makinghimisolatedinthe
managed a small comic-book store. As a
Korea National Newspaper for the first
If the cartoons he was drawing were a
strongly suggest his
medicalsociety.
child,hereadcomicssomuchbecausethe
time,cartoonsweretreatedcontemptuously.
shout for the democracy and ecosystem at
release. Now, is it
Now, a question. Does
store was his home. Also he practiced
And socially, discrimination of occupation
thepast,heisallabouthumanrightslately.
ParkJae-dongathisoffice
justifiable to kill him for
Koreareallyhavegainsin
drawingbytracing.Hisdrawingpiledupin
existed and cartoonists were not an
These human right cartoons ranges from
whathedid?
continuing the stem cell
the garret and formed a heap. Through the
exception. On top of that, the pressure the
student’s right to the disadvantaged of
foreigners,is infringementofhumanright.
The answer can be
research? The answer is
passion about the comics, he was growing
administration had total control over the
society. Moreover, in his collection “Be a
“Asocialcartoonshouldlookattheflow
differdependingonwhere
both yes and no. Yes
thedreamofacartoonist.
media.Itwasatimeofhardknocklifefor
humanbeing”,hecommentedonneglection
of the society and manage the important
one puts his focus on. If
because Korea will want
ParkJea-dongfoundcartoonineverypart
thesatirecartoonists.
about the weak people while the
issuesallthetime;ithasaroleguidingthe
one values justice, then
to keep its first place in
of his life. And it was when he started
ButParkputforthhisstrengthtodowhat
government only pursues raising the GDP
public.ThetimeIlivedisthetimeyoucan
the artist must be hanged
the field of the research,
college he began to think seriously about
hehadthewillfor.Neverthelesscontrolof
bar.
only meet through history books. Our
in order to keep the
but no because the
the cartoons. He graduated from Seoul
thegovernment,thesmallcorneredspaceof
The book was describing students as
society was under dictatorship, and the
societyinpeaceandstability.Ontheother
international image of Korea will be
NationalUniversity.Andthere,hemajored
the newspaper always spoke up. His satire
gorilla. It criticized that the society forced
people were eager to bring the democracy
hand, valuing more on the progress of the
trampled on ground, not to mention the
inArt.Aftergraduation,hetookthejobas
comics in newspaper was new to Korea,
the study only, pursued the university. He
intoreality.Lackofmoneywasthebiggest
culture, one would try to save the artist as
struggle among religious and political
anartteacherhereandthere.Afterallthose
anditwasshockingtothepublic.
contradictedtobeallstandardof academic
problem.Comparing our time to that, we
well as his talent to make advancement in
groups.
yearsofstudyingandteachingArt,whathe
Hismostimpressivecartoonisthatafrog
cliqueinoursociety.
have attained much advancement. Of
fieldofartandculture,because,killinghim
It has already been a year since the
have tadpole’s dead body in her arms and
Recently, he published the criticism
course, not 100% complete, and I believe
would make us wait another thousands of
famous TV series “Dae Jang-geum” was
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cried. The cartoon had experienced several
cartoon named ‘Sipsiilban’ which means
that in big portion social cartoons have
years.
last on air. The show finished in happy-
trialanderror.
unitedefforttohelpaperson.Thetopicof
contributed to this achievement big time.
Lately,themediaishotwitharticlesand
ending. Here’s the brief summary of the
In his first drawing, the frog was
thisbookisaboutseriousdiscriminationof
But still, there remains many things in our
broadcastsaboutProf.Hwang.Whatmade
scenes from last episode: As the king lays
watching the tadpoles who were dead by
korea society. The purpose of publishing
currentsocietythatneedtobefixed.There
Hwang an international lier is the fact that
on his deathbed with the disease incurable
industrial sewage. But the cartoon did not
thisbookistoresistthediscrimination.
aremanysatirecomicsfloatingaroundthe
he used eggs of his own research worker
withtheera’smedicaltechnology,heseeks
take his fancy, so he changed the cartoon
Actually, he choose the topics and
netthesedays,andIhopethattheycanbe
and that he made a comment on “Nature”
for Jang-geum’s help. Dae Jang-geum, the
fivehoursbeforethedeadline.Second,he
collected materials of book himself. For a
the guides for revisions of today’s social
that had followed all ethics completely.
firstwomanmedicaldoctorofKorea,knew
describedfrog’smindwatchingthetadpole
depth criticism, he collected data, learned
problems. The problems are not quite the
Those who oppose him say that he has
how to cure his illness?a Caesarean
swept away the river. Editor advised that
from lecture and eventually published a
sameastheolddays.Theyneedtocomeup
violated the Helsinki Declaration, which
operation. She couldn’t do it, however,
the cartoon seems a ‘Danger past, God
book.
with new ways to not only for the society
includes the explanations about medical
because cutting the king’s belly wide open
forgotten’, So he changed to the now
Through the book, he tried to tell the
but also to contribute to the satire comic
ethics. Hwang is now confessing of what
justwasnottherightthingtodobackinthe
cartoonbefore30minutes.
public about the difficulties that women,
industry. If our social cartoons keep on
wentwrong.
days.Butwhatifsheperformedthesurgery
Park’s cartoons were unique because he
poors, and foreign labors should endure in
developing more and more, our society
Those who support Hwang say that he
anyway? Probably the king would survive
triedtodrawitindifferentformatandview.
this society. Since individualism is spread
wouldsomedayattaintruedemocracy,just
either never knew about the illegally
and continue to rule, but the unethical
Itwasdifferentinviewbecausehewasthe
outalloverthesociety,manyyoungpeople
like the cartoons back in the days have
obtained eggs or he was not aware of the
decision would cause domestic discord,
first to draw a satire comic, and it was
are starting to recognize the importance of
changed the formal society into what it is
Helsinki Declaration. Neither of the two
making the country vulnerable to the
different in format because all cartoons
human rights. But it is true that until now,
now.” Park Jae-dong, having described all
were denied by Hwang himself by his
invasion.Maybehewaswiseintheseriesto
were used to be done in four cut whereas
the upright notion of human rights is not
socialproblemsfromthedemocratizationto
confession, saying that he was fully aware
refusethenewsurgicaltechnology.
Park started an one-cut cartoon. Also the
sinkintooursociety.Especiallypeopleare
thehumanright,remarked.
of the donated the eggs. If it was really a
krakysmurf@hufs.ac.kr
This picture had an unprecedented
chat balloons, which were only used for
hardly notice that
discrimination,
affectonpublic
children’s cartoons, were used in criticism
discriminationofgender,richandpoor,the
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