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OPINION
Visiting
Deliverwarmthinhumanvoice
Editorial
important things for the childhood are to
ByKimEun-hye
Whatisgoingon
establishthepointofviewtounderstandthe
ReporterofCampusSection
worldandtheformationofemotionsthrough
diverse experiences. Especially, I think the
ontheKoreanPeninsula
Y
oo Yeol(T - 84) won the first prize in
music you hear in childhood is the most
1986attheCampussongfestivalwith
important and valuable thing. So I made a
the song called ¡°As it is now.¡± His sweet
musical animation. I tried to add sensitivity
voice is loved by many people since then.
andexpressionofchildrentothenaturalness
Many people know him only as a singer.
ofmusic.Forthatreason,Ihaveabigdesire
However, he is running an audio book
of placing excellent and emotional sound
L
ast October was controversial period- at least on the Korea peninsula. An
company, ¡°U media dream¡± using his
effectsinmusicalanimations.
announcementfromNorthKoreahasshockedandshakenpeopleasathreatfor
attractivevoice.¡°Umediadream¡±istherole
America¡¯spolicy.ThatwasN.K.didanucleartest.Mostofmediafocusedthehidden
modelforKoreanaudiobookindustry.The
R: What is the most important thing
intention and procedures of the N.K.¡¯ nuclear test, the expecting moves of other
company is considered as a pioneer in the
whenyoumakeaudiobooks?
countries and so on. There are great concerns for what the outcome-Kim Jong-il¡¯s
audio book market of our country. What is
Yoo:Ithinkthattruthfulnessofthevoice
KimEun-hye/TheArgus
CEOYooYeol(T-84)emphasizesthetruthinpeople¡¯svoice.
nextstep-willbeinKoreapeninsula.
he like as a CEO of the audio book
isthemostimportantthing.Iwasconcerned
N.K.announcedtheirpositionas¡°Ifourpowerbecomesweakwecannotmaintain
company?
About five years ago, there was a section
released at the same time when the paper
aboutthesincerityofbook-tellerswhenthey
ourregime,thenshouldfrustrateourautonomyandobeytoimperialists.Wewillbe
called ¡°Man who reads you a book¡± in my
books are published. However, in our
read a book. The voice determines the
guaranteeofnuclear.¡±
Reporter:Whatkindofastudentwere
radioprogram.Manypeoplewholistenedto
country, many publishers that make
content. Plus, I think being natural is very
In South Korea, opinions between conservatism and progressivism are standing
you?
myradioprogramlovedthiscorner.Also,I
bestsellers avoid producing an audio book.
important. So I am concerned about two
face to face about coping with N.K.. Among the public, the extreme right and left
Yoo Yeol (Yoo): I attended another
lovedthissectionandIthoughtthatIwould
Thatisbecausetheyregardaudiobooksasa
things: truthfulness and sincerity of the
claimtheirvoiceandgathertorally,manytimesinSeoulCityHalllawnsquare.And
school before servicing the army. After
make a good job out of it. So I made an
rivalofpaperbooks.Next,anotherreasonis
book-tellervoice.
somevoicesrevaluateto¡°sunshine¡±policy,inplacesince1998,whichamountstoan
beingdischargedfromthemilitaryservice,I
audio book as well as a musical animation,
coming from short driving time in Korea.
all-carrots,no-sticksapproachtorelationswithPyongyang,asprosandcons.
studied again and entered HUFS. At that
called ¡°Mudongi¡¯s musical animation,¡± that
Busy people who cannot read books while
R:Whatisyourgoalandcommentfor
There are big conflicts of value-different ways forward to N.K. as one nation or
time, HUFS¡¯s academic reputation and the
is different from common animations. It is
drivingbegintoacquireaudiobooksinother
HUFSans?
other country with other regime. But still, most of university student doesn¡¯t have
global image motivated me to apply for. I
notlikejustreadingabook;whileyouread
foreign countries. However, driving time in
Yoo: I hope to maintain the standard
interestingaboutthissituation,anddangersofnucleardonotgiveanyawarenessor
didn'tdoanyspecialactivitiessuchasstudy
it, it feels as if you are actually watching a
ourcountryissoshort,ascomparedtothat
music which describes our life and make
haverealitytotodaypublic.Ifyoungmanoftodayknowsthedangerofnuclearand
groupsor¡°Dongari(clubsofextracurricular
musical. ¡°Mudongi¡¯s musical animation¡± is
of foreign countries. And audio books are
audiobookswithgoodquality.AlsoIwould
don¡¯tforgetgeographicalposition?weareonsamepeninsula-,thissituationlooked
activities)¡±becauseIwasareservedsoldier.
what I put my best into. I even carefully
not widely known to the public in Korea.
like to make ¡°creative musicals.¡± I hope to
different.
I continued my part time job and attended
planned minor things such as sound effects
Thus,thesefactorsdiscouragethegrowthof
do what I am good at and make people
Then,whataretheauthoritiesconcerneddoingtoconfrontedsituation?Procedures
school. There were four reserved soldiers,
withthegreatestcare.Also,Ispentalotof
theaudiobookmarketandcreatechallenges
happybyrunninga¡°happybusiness¡±using
look not good. On October 31, the statement of the heads of delegation to the Six
includingme,inmymajor.Weallhadspent
money to arrange actual actors for the
for the audio book industry. But in the
mytalent.
Party Talks from China, the N.K, and the United States were announced after
our times for studying and received
musicalwhilerecording.
future, I hope that the audio book business
I want to tell HUFSans to have critical
informalmeetinginBeijing.AndthethreepartiesagreedtheSixPartyTalksbeheld
scholarships.HadImaintainedmystudying
willbeenlarged.
views, open mind, and passion. Youth is a
soon. What did our governments this day? Why this important situation progress
Iwouldhavegraduatedearlyasanexcellent
R: What is the present state and the
valuablething.Ibelieverealdiscussionsofa
without our attendance? Our government answered to this question ¡°the result of
student. However, because I had become a
prospect of the audio book market in
R:Whydoyouworkforchildrensuch
lifearepossiblewhenyouareyoung.Ihope
common-andbroadapproach.¡±Whocanbelievethisridiculousanswer?
singer in my junior year, I had got a worse
Korea? And what problems do you
asmakingmusicalsforchildren?
that HUFSans love themselves and become
Beforethisagreement,SecretaryofStateCondoleezzaRicemadeofficialvisitsto
gradeandthus,Icouldn'tgraduateearly.
encounter?
Yoo: I produced the musical animation,
the one who can develop themselves and
NorthEasternAsiacountries,andtheresultisremarkable.Shegotaconclusionlike
Yoo:Thereareaudiobooksectionsinthe
¡°Band of Bremen.¡± The musical was
evenacceptcriticismsagainstthem.
¡°Chinawillbethemaincompany,¡±¡°theU.S.willprotectJapanwithsupportpower,¡±
R: What made you begin the audio
international market. However, the scale of
selectedasafineworkofartofthenextyear
¡°WithRussiawillhavecooperationwhilestillslighttension.¡±Butthepresspredicts
bookbusiness?
theaudiobookmarketofourcountryistoo
by the Culture Art Promotion. It will be
shehasstrongdissatisfactionandwillpressureonSouthKoreatoalerttheN.K.
Yoo: I ran a radio program for 12 years.
small. In other countries, audio books are
played in many places. I think that the
grace@hufs.ac.kr
Like these, high-tensioned situation, around Korea peninsula, there are needed
solutionforpeace,sothenextSixPartyTalksisthemostimportant.Andourcountry
Blue Print
all the people, diplomacy ministries and young people should have awakening and
keep in mind. N.K. wanted to threat or resist to U.S. as having nuclear power, but
SouthKoreaisitsneighbor.Weshouldprotectoursafetybyourselves.
Whilethisburdensituation,therewasgoodnews.World-widewatchesoneKorean
BuildbridgebetweenKoreaandtheworld
man, a new secretary-general of the United Nations. Magazines introduce him as
¡°TheTeflonDiplomat,¡±¡°ATrueDiplomat,¡±andBushsaidtohim,¡°Mr.Landslide,¡±
andcongratulatedhim.AnyonecannotgreetselectedhimthanSouthKoreapublic,
andwelookforwardhisimpact.WeKoreanexpecthewillvisitPyongyang,which
Koreansnotalwaysintheimage,whichwe
wind¡± refers to the shaky but unbroken
the identification of the old culture/value
wasformerKofiAnandidn¡¯tmakethat,andfindsolutionforworldpeace.
holdof.Thiscourseisdesignedtoreducethe
existence of Koreans who have survived
paradigms set apart from new values.
perceptiongap.
theirneighboringtormentors.Thefateof¡°a
Learnersareinspiredtoshapeacriticalview
The contents of the course are organized
shrimp in a row of whales¡± speaks for the
of Koreans by tracing their distinctive
around a theme that alternates between
turbulent history that Koreans have
behavioral and attitudinal patterns to a
Korea and the World. These two words
experienced as a weakling destined to take
dominant value. In the final stage of the
suggestacolossalgulftobecrossedandan
beatings. Coming into the 19th century, the
course, learners are led to objectify their
attempt is made to build a bridge between
wheel of history began turning faster,
understanding of Koreans¡¯ behavioral and
thetwo,which,intheend,istantamountto
keeping Koreans gasping for relief from a
attitudinal patterns positioned on the
discovering the cognitive location of Korea
series of mishaps. Reactions of Koreans to
spectrum of particularism and universalism.
in the world. The implacable move toward
the repeated poundings of the imperial
Seekinganswersto¡°whetheruniversalismis
globalizationbeckonsajourneyintothepast
hammers show a uniquely xenophobic
compatible with the Korean particularistic
Prof.HongSah-myoung
in order to mark a port of departure in a
aversion to foreigners, rooted in a sustained
moresornorms¡±and¡°whatisourchoicein
daunting journey into the future of
seclusionofthecountry.Neverawareofher
the confusing welter of values¡± will lead
T
he course ¡°Korea and the World¡±
uncertainty. Hence, this course begins with
frailtyvis-a-vistheimperialpowers,Koreans
learners to an objective and critical
enjoysaseven-yearhistory.Thiscourse
anunderstandingofthehistoricalidentityof
resolutely confronted imperialistic
identification of self. This course draws an
apparently is an outgrowth of the
Koreans. The term ¡°identity¡± finds it¡¯s
encroachments and acquired the reputation
analogy to ¡°a big leap from a tadpole in a
heighteningconcernforglobalization.Erich
meaning in comparison with others.
of¡°anintrepidpuppy¡±notafraidoftiger.
well to a frog reveling in a wider pond,¡±
Frommonceremarked,¡°Mancanbedefined
Therefore, reference to parallel histories of
The historical reality of Korea is one
comparabletotheprocessofhumangrowth
as the animal that can say ¡®I¡¯ that can be
other countries is a continuing refrain
dimension of this course. The view of
intheglobalcontext.Theverynatureofthe
awareofhimselfasaseparateentity.¡±Every
throughoutthecourseofstudy.Digintothe
Koreans as the product of culture spurs
studyfeaturesaninter-disciplinaryapproach
humancarrieshisorherownimageofself.
past is based on the assumption that the
learners to delve into underlying value
that weaves various strands of
But the subjectivity of the self-image is
historicalpathofKoreansisthecorollaryof
assumptions.ThevaluestructureofKoreans
understandings into one tapestry. In this
tempered by being aware of how one is
humaninteractionswithgeo-politicalfactors.
isanotherrealmofinquiryinsearchforthe
process, learners are led to widen their
perceivedbyothers.Developinganobjective
This lays stress on the effect of value
Koreans¡¯character.Anattempttograspthe
horizon to the world and objectify their
view of self-narrows the perception gap
judgmentinresponsetohistoricaleventsina
Korean value encounters the colossal
perspectivesintheglobalcontext.
betweenthetwoandthisprocessinvolvesa
given geo-political context. Comparative
complexity of discerning a dominant value
continuing process of self-assessment
view of Korea gives rise to some
fromthegrandamalgamofdifferentbeliefs.
through the mirror of comparisons with
metaphorical description of how Koreans
Search for the value identity of Koreans
others. Others perceive Korea and the
have survived. ¡°A candle light before the
inevitably suggests the need to begin with
(Visitingprofessor,¡°Koreaandtheworld¡±)
LettertoTheArgus
AfterseeingUniversity
Nomoreindifferenceto
KimSun-woong/CartoonistofTheArgus
Syntheticvaluation
NorthKorea
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he University
they learned at school and even at work
ll through
indifferent behavior with issues regarding
Synthetic
place,afterthestudentsgraduateandgoout
October, the
theirowncountry:thecolonizationofKorea
Valuation result carried out from Jung Ang
to the society. The university makes them
news that North Korea went through a
by Japan, and the dividing of Korea as a
ESTABLISHED1954
Daily News in September was announced.
think like this; ¡°The university where I
nuclear experiment made the world hold
result of the Cold War. There is a chance
PublishedmonthlyexcepttheschoolholidaysbyandforstudentsofHankukUniversityof
HUFSholdranking22placeinthistime.No
graduated gives me a great aid to live. The
their breath. UN passed the resolution that
thattheU.S.willusemilitaryforceonNorth
ForeignStudies.TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
students who inconvenience themselves as
universitydon¡¯thavetomaintainmorewith
callsforsanctionsonNorthKorea,theU.S.
Korea just like they did on Iraq. Japan will
higheststandardofcampusjournalism.
thestrikeforaindefiniteperiodofthelabor
reputationofformertimes.Alsothestudents
and Japan started to pressure North Korea.
also pay attention and strengthen their
unioncanimaginethatkindofU.S.Vresult.
must recognize themselves that they are
The Korean government also showed
military. This indifference might lead to
?President,Publisher
ParkChul
The students are not in mood of come and
owner of the university. And they have to
movements according to this situation.
another situation where Korea will have to
go to their university. Of course, you don¡¯t
learnasmuchasthingsfromtheuniversity.¡±
However for the Korean people, this was
actagainstitswill.SouthKoreahastolook
?Editor-in-Chief
LeeSang-hee
needtomentionit.Becauseitdidn¡¯tconduct
Iftheuniversityismadeupofitsstudents,
only another ¡°little¡± fuss that North Korea
at this situation as a serious one, but also
by spacial agency. But we can¡¯t totally
theimageoftheuniversitydependsonhow
made to get attention. Koreans looked as if
think of it as an opportunity to take action
?EditorialConsultants
LeeHyae-myung,YeoHee-soo
ignore it in this time. Since the university
the students do. He isn¡¯t ready for doing
they were the onlookers or the passer-bys,
andfindsolutionstothesecurrentissues.
?AssociateEditors
Anna,ChaHyun-jin,KimJeong-eun
had that name, the educational purpose of
somethinghimself,evenmoreheblamehis
whenwewerereallythepeopleinvolved.
The Korean Peninsula is not in peace.
the university and the social recognition
school. Of course, Everybody knows that
This indifferent onlooker behavior seems
TheremightbenobattlebutthetwoKoreas
?Reporters
KimEun-hye,KwonEun-jung,MunHyeon-gyeong
have already been settled. At that time, the
decisionisonething,andactionisanother.It
to manifest the post-war generation. They
arestillinastateofwar.Thereisnomaking
NamSeok-ho,SongDan-ah,YunJi-hun
university had its own way. But it doesn¡¯t
issameforme.Butnotonlyforuswhoare
seem to think that the North and South
surethatthewarwillnotstartagain.Every
mean¡°theend.¡±Evennowitisnottoolate.
in the process of attending but considering
Koreaarejusttwoneighboringcountriesand
Koreanpersonhastokeepthatinmindand
?ProfessorEditor
ChaeMyung-su
Nowisthetimefortheuniversitytochange.
the seniors graduated already, and the
mostdonotreallyknowwhythetwoKoreas
take interest in the North Korea nuclear
Likedifferentuniversities,HUFShavetodo
juniors will graduate in the future, we have
aredivided.ThenewsaboutNorthKoreais
experiment issue. This is especially true for
?EnglishAdvisors
MarkNicholson,ParkJi-hye
its best to get a financial source. With
totryit.ThePicodellaMirandolasaid,¡°The
justanothertypeofnewsthatpeoplesimply
theyounggenerationwhodonotknowwhat
continuousinvestmentandchanges,wehave
humanbeinghasafreewill.¡± Theschoolit
ignore because it is not as exciting as the
Korea went through during the war, but is
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