[KS] on former President Chun Doo Hwan

Thu Apr 28 19:09:08 EDT 2005

I have been searching for information on former President Chun Doo Hwan's two year stay at the temple Baekdamsain Kangwon-do, but have found merely superficial information on his subsequent conversion to Buddhism. Does anyone have information or leads concerning his relationship with the monks at his temple, his lifestyle there, his contact with people outside of Korea during that time, as well as his conversion. 

In addition, I am also researching the attitudes/treatment of È¥Ç÷, particularly Koreans with Afro-American fathers, during the 1960s. Any leads will be appreciated. 

Thanks in advance, 

Krystn Lee 

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1. SK as a balancer (Ruediger Fá¢ank)
2. Korean attitudes towards "German" Shepherd Dogs, again
(Aaron Skabelund)
3. Re: experimental nuclear reactor in South#32800;Korea (Lucas H?sgen)

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 09:27:06 +0200
From: Ruediger Frank 
Subject: [KS] SK as a balancer
To: koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
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Dear colleagues,

I have recently put down some thoughts on the new foreign policy paradigm 
of South Korea as a balancer in the region. I would very much appreciate 
your comments, either via the list or directly to my email address given 
below; you find the article at:

A New Foreign Policy Paradigm: Perspectives on the Role of South Korea as a 
Balancer,
http://www.nautilus.org/fora/security/0535AFrank.html

Once you are at the Nautilus homepage, you might want to look at some other 
short papers I written on Korean affairs over the last two years:

EU - North Korean Relations: No Effort Without Reason
http://www.nautilus.org/DPRKbriefingbook/europeanunion/EU-DPRK_relations.pdf

North Korea: Gigantic Change and a Gigantic Chance
http://nautilus.org/fora/security/0331_Frank.html

The End of Socialism and a Wedding Gift for the Groom? The True Meaning of 
the Military First Policy
http://www.nautilus.org/DPRKBriefingBook/transition/Ruediger_Socialism.html

The New Image of Kim Jong-il: The First Step towards a New Leadership Model
http://www.nautilus.org/fora/security/0449B_Frank.html

Failure or Success of a Hybrid System?
http://www.nautilus.org/fora/security/0511A_Frank.html

All the best,

Ruediger

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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:18:05 +0900
From: "Aaron Skabelund" 
Subject: [KS] Korean attitudes towards "German" Shepherd Dogs, again
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Thank you for all the responses to my earlier query (below) and please
excuse me for asking a related follow-up question.

In regards to my search for 'textual evidence' of a dislike for "German"
Shepherd dogs among some older Koreans who experienced the Japanese colonial
era, and continuties during the American occupation and subsequent large
U.S. military presence on in South Korea, Kelly Jeong recalled a "short
story by a war generation
Korean author that explicitly pits a weak, Korean dog (a symbol of the
narrator, a disabled Korean man) and a
strong, aggressive German Shepherd that is associated with America and
especially American soldiers." Professor Jeong thought that this offer
might be Yi Ho-ch'ol but was not sure, so I checked his stories that have
been translated into English, "Wearing Thin," "Torn flesh," "Sultriness of a
Cold Evening," and "Midnight" but it is not one of these. (I am a historian
of Japan and, unfortunately, do not yet read Korean.) It could be another
author, or perhaps a Yi story that has not been translated into English.
Does anyone have any ideas, or know of anyone who might know who is not on
this list?

Most appreciated,

Aaron Skabelund

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In relation to a larger project on human-canine relations, I have a
question about Korean attitudes towards "German" Shepherd Dogs. I
have heard from a number of Korean specialists that an older
generation of Koreans dislikes these dogs because of their
extensive deployment by Japanese colonial authorities. Similar
attitudes exist among older people in Manchuria and Taiwan, where I
have been able to find textual and visual evidence of such
historical memories. I have so far been unable to find any material
for Korea, except for some anecdotal evidence. In addition, I
recently heard that some Koreans refer to the breed as "Yankee
Dogs," presumably because of their use by the Americans after 1945.
It would seem that negative attitudes toward the dogs translated
smoothly across eras of colonial oppression and American occupation
and a large U.S. military presence. Any ideas, references, leads, or
suggestions, and even additional anecdotes, are greatly appreciated.

Aaron Skabelund
Research Fellow
Hokkaido University

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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:11:32 +0200
From: Lucas H?sgen 
Subject: Re: [KS] experimental nuclear reactor in South Korea
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Dear Balazs,

the answer to your query may be found (I don't have it myself) in

Oxford Research Group, Current Decisions No13, October 1993

which is supposed to be a background paper on South Korea's nuclear 
weapons program and attempts to obtain plutonium.

Best regards,

Lucas H?gen

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 22:27:32 +0200, Balazs Szalontai 
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> may I have a question about the South Korean nuclear program? In
> Michael L. Siler's article, "U.S. Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy in the
> Northeast Asian Region during the Cold War: The South Korean Case"
> ("East Asia: An International Quarterly," Autumn/Winter 1998), there is
> a reference to that
>
> "Having received substantial U.S. and Western nuclear reactor
> technology and enriched uranium since the early 1960s, South Korea
> willingly ratified the Partial Test Ban Treaty (1964)."
>
> When exactly did the U.S. start assisting South Korea in the field of
> nuclear research and when did the construction of an experimental
> nuclear reactor begin in the ROK? I know that in 1959 the U.S. signed an
> agreement to assist South Vietnam in the field of nuclear research. In
> 1958 Saigon established an Atomic Energy Office, in 1961 a nuclear
> research center was established in Da Lat, and in 1963, just before the
> fall of Ngo Dinh Diem, the construction of an experimental nuclear
> reactor was completed in the RVN.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Balazs Szalontai
>
>

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