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JULY 2009

VOL. 11 / NO. 7

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Cover Photoa panoramic view of

the Nakdong River

and scenic riverareas

06 News in Focus Government Finalizes Plan for Four Rivers Incheon-Seoul Canal Finally Being Made Reality

12 Diplomacy Summit Brings Allies Closer Korea, ASEAN Look Ahead

First Lady Promotes Cuisine, Scenic Beauty

Uniting Asia Through Music

20 Global Korea Aid from Korea Earns Thanks from Mexico

22 Green Growth Harnessing Mother Nature to Power the Future

26 Culture Mounted Warriors of Legend Revealed Korean Wave Engulfs Theatre

Preserving Korean Tradition, But FightingFor Modernity

Exquisite Relics of a Kingdom Now Long

Lost

100 Years of Ups and Downs for Korean

Manhwa Artists

36 Korean Artist Haegue Yang: Exploring Neglected Corners

38Korean Literature

Kim Hye-soon: Pushing Poetic Limits

42 Series Local Nuclear Technology at Core of EnergyPolicy

45 Hidden Champions From Casinos to Malls, Kortex Is Every-where

46 Science One Small Step for Koreas Dream of SpaceExploration

48 Sports Boat Race Nurtures Local Water Sports Koreas Quiet Judo Dynamo

Universiade Returns in 2015

Athletes Conquer Nature in Asias LongestBike Race

56 Korea through the Lens The Crested Ibis Comes Home

58 Travel Exploring a Princes Heaven on Earth

62 People Scholar-Priest Sees Lessons in Dialogue A Hunt for a Challenge Took Her to Korea

and Baduk

66 Foreign viewpoints

Equality for Women Key to Birth Rate

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July 2009 korea 39

Korean Literature

38 korea June 2009

Kim Hye-soon (born 1955), whobegan writing poetry as a student oKorean literature in college, creditsKim Su-yeong as her biggest inlu-

ence, the one who showed her what it means toree onesel rom the conventions o orm. As apoet, Kim has endeavored to move beyondrestrictions, creating unique and unlikely imag-ery by experimenting with language. Her writ-

ing progresses switly and oten disigures theaccepted order o events, orcing the reader toexperience the world rom a new perspective.

Kim deines poetry as a method o readingthe world while living in it, and uses notabstract ideas but the sensual body as the start-ing point or her writing particularly theemale body. hrough her poetry she contem-plates eminine modes o experience. With animagination worthy o airytale, Kim breathesnew lie into varieties o expression that wereperhaps suppressed by a patriarchal society.

Motherhood and womanhood, always whitein Kims work, suer under male chauvinismand patriarchal oppression, symbolized by thecolor black.

Kim says, Women still live under colonialconditions. Colonialism is not merely a societalcondition, but a psychological actor engravedinto our DNA.

In order to destroy this colonial mentality,

deeply entrenched in the emale psyche, Kimoten utilizes exaggerated and bizarre imagesdistinguished by the color o blood, as in redbaby, red embryonic luid and red dew.

By raising her voice in protest against the violence and artiiciality hidden under thetranquil surace o social order, Kim urges us toreevaluate our passive acceptance o the statusquo. he gravity o her message, however, isoten oset by her supple language, resulting inthe creation o an idealistic yet seductive poeticworld.

Women still live under colonial conditions. Colonialism is

not merely a social condition, but a psychological factor.

Pushing Poetic Limits

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Major works

Poetry collections

From Yet Another Star

(Tto dareun beolaeseo, 1981)

My Fathers Scarecrow

(Abeojiga seiun heosuabi, 1985)

Hell in a Certain Star

(Eoneu beolui jiok, 1987)

Seoul, My Upanishad

(Naui upinishadeu, Seoul, 1994)

Poor Love Machine

(Bulssanghan sarang gigye, 1997)

Look, Calendar Factory Manager

(Dalyeok gongjangjangnim boseyo, 2000)

A Cup of Red Mirror

(Hanjanui bulggeun geoul, 2004)

Source: Korea Literature Translation Institute

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Korea through the Lens

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Korea through the Lens

Above: Where no Korean vessel has gonebefore The Araon, the first Korean-madeicebreaking research vessel, set sail fromHanjin Heavy Industries Yeongdo dockyard inBusan on June 11 after five years of construc-tion. The 6,950 -ton vessel will be used forresearch activities in the Antarctic or Arctic.

Above right: Welcome home Acrested ibis rests after hatching in an artificialincubator set up by a Kyungpook NationalUniversity research team at the Crested IbisRestoration Center in Upo Wetland in Chang-nyeong, South Gyeongsang. The crested ibis,which disappeared from Korea 30 years agoand is on the verge of extinction, was desig-nated the countrys 198th Natural Treasure.

Right: Koreas got Britains talent PaulPotts, a British tenor who grew popularthrough a TV show in Britain two years ago,performs at Seoul Plaza in front of an audi-ence of tens of thousands June 15.

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Right: Still marching

The changing of the guard

ceremony held every day

in front of the Deoksu

Palace gate is a big draw for

foreign tourists interested in

the pomp and circumstanceof Koreas monarchy.

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Travel

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Inside the borders o metropolitanSeoul hides a pristine little valleywhere salamanders wriggle, min-nows swim and crawish crawl.

For a long time, people paid little atten-tion to this secret garden, but mountainclimbers began to explore it in March2005, when the ruins o a villa therebelonging to Lee Hang-bok, a renownedprime minister under King Seonjo, the14th king o the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) who reigned rom 1552 to 1608,

were designated the nations 462nd his-torical site.

Lee, whose pseudonym was Baeksa,even gives the valley its name, Baeksasil.In January 2008, the valley was selectedby the central government as one oKoreas most beautiul scenic areas.

Unlike the valley it overlooks, MountBaekak, also called Mount Bukak, hasbeen recognized as an anchor o Seoulor more than 600 years, ever since theounder o the Joseon dynasty selected

the city as his capital. Baekak meanswhite rock, ater the glittering granite

that tops the peak. he mountain, alongwith Mount Inwang, is rich with Joseonhistory. More amous than the valley

itsel is Segeomjeong, or the pavilion owashing swords, where legend has it thesupporters o King Injo, the 16th king oJoseon who reigned rom 1623 to 1649,cleaned their weapons ater eliminatingtheir patrons rival claimants to thethrone. Climbing rom Segeomjeong inBuam-dong north o Mount Baekak,youll pass the ruins o Baeksas villa,which sat near a pond, with spectacularmountains and valleys spread out beoreit. Its simply stunning to contemplate

that this scenic landscape could possiblyremain so unspoiled even with 10 mil-Pr

ovi

ded

by

by

OhSang-m

in

Baeksasil valley in central Seoul

was selected by the govern-

ment as one of the most beau-

tiful scenic areas in Korea. The

ruins of a villa belonging to the

then-renowned prime minis-

ter under the Joseon Dynasty

show the luxuries the ruling

class enjoyed.

Exploring a PrincesHeaven on EarthThe valley a Joseon artist used as the model for a paintingof paradise is still a tranquil haven amidst bustling Seoul

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