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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
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color:black;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Fulbright Forum!! </span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
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color:black'>Fulbright in Seoul (the Korean American Educational Commission) is
pleased to invite you to attend the Fulbright Forum for June, which will be held
on Friday, June 17, 2005, at 6:30 p.m. at the Commission offices in Mapo. </span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black'>This forum ¡°The North Korean Defector through the Lenses of Women
and Literature<span class=MsoCommentReference><span style='mso-ansi-font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt'>¡±</span></span> features Fulbright
researchers Cathy Hong and Janet Kang.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>They will examine the North Korean community currently residing in South
Korea, but from different angles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Their presentations will provide a better understanding of this select
group of people who have overcome innumerous challenges and tragedies to start
their lives over in South Korea. </span></font><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;
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<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Cathy Hong is a
poet and journalist who graduated from Oberlin College and Iowa Writer¡¯s
Workshop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>She will briefly discuss
her project translating the works of North Korean writers who have defected to
South Korea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>She has also invited
a special guest, Choi Jin I, who is a North Korean writer, to read the poems
she wrote while she lived in Pyongyang.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Cathy Hong will then read the English translations of
Choi Jin I¡¯s poems with a brief explanation of her work.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Choi Jin I was a well known poet in North
Korea before she defected to China where she was a victim to female
trafficking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A few years
afterwards, she escaped to South Korea and is now obtaining her PhD in Women¡¯s
Studies at Ehwa University.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Her
novel about her experiences in North Korea and China will be published this
summer.</span></font><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black'>Janet Kang, who graduated from Northwestern University¡¯s Medill
School of Journalism and Georgetown University¡¯s Master of Science in Foreign
Policy program, will examine North Korean <span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>female<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b></span>defectors (a
special subset within the defector community) currently residing in democratic
and capitalistic South Korea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Because <span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>female</span> defections
currently outnumber male defections, North Korean female defectors deserve
greater attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Moreover,
special considerations need to be made, because often <span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>female<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b></span>defectors are
victims of gender-specific crimes, such as abuse, rape, and trafficking.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Those that offer support to defectors,
such as the South Korean government and the NGO community, must take into
account gender when producing a resettlement program.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>One positive move has been the establishment of a separate
all-<span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>female</span> <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>hanawon</span></i> (the South Korean government¡¯s
short-term resettlement program).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>In addition, Ms. Kang will provide an overview of the challenges
confronting the defector community as a whole, and she will offer
recommendations on how to ease the North Koreans¡¯ difficult task of
assimilation into South Korean society.</span></font><font size=3 color=black
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle21><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The
presentation will be followed by a buffet reception.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>If you plan to attend the buffet, please <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>R.S.V.P</span></b>. to Dylan Davis at <a
href="mailto:executive.assistant@fulbright.or.kr">executive.assistant@fulbright.or.kr</a>
so we can plan accordingly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We
hope many friends will come to enjoy the lecture, the discussion, and the
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Jai Ok Shim</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Executive
Director</span></font><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Korean
American Educational Commission (Fulbright)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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