[KS] The Korean War in color

[Kwang On Yoo]

Dear Brother Anthony,

Hope you will enjoy this about Mr. John Rich;

  (Re: 7.4.(1972) 남북 공동선언) " Most of the world, however, greeted the
surprising news of the conciliatory joint statement with soaring optimism
about the chance for a rapprochement between the two bitter enemies. Among
those most fascinated were the veteran correspondents who had covered *the
Korean War *and still following events on *the divided peninsula. * *Keyes
Beeech, *Tokyo correspondent of the *Chicago Daily News*, was among the most
eminent of these. At the outset of in 1950, *Beech* had telephoned NBC
correspondent *John Rich *in the Japanese capital to tell him that
hostilities had broken out at *38th parallel*. ' We'd better get over to
Korea, there's war on,' said *Beech*. Twenty-two years later, after hearing
the dramatic news of the North-South joint statement, *Beech *again
telephoned *Rich *and reminded him of their 1950 discussions, This time it
had a different twist. 'We would better get over to Korea,' said *Beech, *there
is a* peace *on.' Both men were in Seoul with in days."

p26, The Two Koreas, A contemporary History, New Edition 2001
Don Oberdorfer





2010/5/10 Brother Anthony <ansonjae at sogang.ac.kr>

> To people living in or visiting Seoul I would like to recommend a visit to
> the exhibition of John Rich's wonderful color photos of the Korean War
> currently showing at the Cheong Wa Dae Sarangchae (near the fountain in
> front of Cheong Wa Dae) from May 5 to June 30. Sixty of Rich’s photographs
> are on display. In a few days' time a book ( 2 editions, one in Korean, one
> in English) with the complete series will be availabe, Korean War in Color:
> A Correspondent's Retrospective on a Forgotten War By John Rich 170 color
> photos. 248 pages. Seoul Selection. 60,000 won.  A good selection of the
> photos and an article about them can be viewed at
> http://www.seoulselection.com/index.php/article/single/korean-war-in-color/ It is amazing to think that Rich had no training in photography and was not
> a professional journalist, but that is probably the secret of these photos'
> appeal, he was not thinking of the need for a dramatic shot that he could
> sell to a newspaper.
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> Brother Anthony
> Sogang University, Seoul
> http://hompi.sogang.ac.kr/anthony/
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