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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=718322300-29012003>Dear
Mike,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=718322300-29012003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=718322300-29012003>Historically in Korea, as you well know, anti-American
demonstrators have been friendly and welcoming to individual Americans even
while shouting anti-American slogans(think of me blinking through the teargas at
the Yonsei main gate while the students tell me "we're so glad you came to see
us express our feelings.") This time, however, there were more than the
normal number of incidents of physical harassment of individual foreigners who
were thought to be American, and not only of those who looked military.
These incidents were widely reported in the international
press</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=718322300-29012003>, and I read about them when I was in the US over
Christmas and got a bit worried. But now that I'm back in Korea, the
story appears different. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=718322300-29012003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=718322300-29012003>First, fortunately, the incidents seem to have
stopped, as far as I can tell; the "trend" is no longer "rising." (The
most recent demonstration was 60,000 churchgoers on the other side, who
interestingly took care to emphasize that they were not pro-American, but
anti-anti-American.) </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2><SPAN class=718322300-29012003>More to the point, Fulbright has in Korea
right now about 75 American grantees, mostly young college graduates, mostly
people who are not only American but look like what Koreans think of as
American. These Fulbrighters have been running all over the country for
months; about a dozen have had siblings or parents or grandparents visit them
recently. Though the Fulbright office has strongly instructed all grantees
to tell us about ANY incident, and though all of them have heard
startlingly anti-American sentiments from Korean students and teachers, not a
single Fulbrighter has reported a single case of physical intimidation or even
overt hostility directed at them personally.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=718322300-29012003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=718322300-29012003>Tell
your group to come.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=718322300-29012003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=718322300-29012003>Horace</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=718322300-29012003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=718322300-29012003>
<P><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>Horace H. Underwood<BR>Executive
Director (Fulbright)<BR>Korean-American Educational Commission<BR>168-15
Yomni-dong, Mapo-gu<BR>Seoul 121-874, South Korea<BR>Ph:+82-2-3275-4000;
fax:+82-2-3275-4028<BR>hhu@fulbright.or.kr<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.fulbright.or.kr"><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2>www.fulbright.or.kr</FONT></A></SPAN><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
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<P><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=718322300-29012003> </SPAN>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
Koreanstudies-admin@koreaweb.ws [mailto:Koreanstudies-admin@koreaweb.ws]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>mrobinso<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:29
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws<BR><B>Subject:</B> [KS]
anti-Americanism in ROK<BR><BR></P></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear List: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am working with a group who are preparing a
study tour of Japan and Korea this summer. It has taken quite a while to
get the organizers to realize how valuable Korea is to such a tour. Now
I discover that the issue of "dangers" and Anti-Americanism has clouded the
issue or whether to include Korea in this year's program. We would be in
Korea between roughly June 20-28. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My question to my colleagues living in the ROK
is: what is your assessment as to the actual chances of our tour members
being hassled or set upon by Koreans who are upset at the recent string of
U.S. gaffs on the peninsula and the rising trend of anti-Americanism reported
in the U.S. press. My sense is that there couldn't be a better summer to
be in Korea and understand the underlying dynamics that have driven political
development here for the last 50 years. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I need some ammunition to use against my
liability focused organizers. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael Robinson<BR>East Asian Languages and
Cultures<BR>1011 East 3rd Street<BR>Bloomington, IN
47405-7005</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>