<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">As a footnote to Do Hyun's kind invitation: Might I urge anyone<BR>
visiting Seoul to be sure to go see the "gentrified place" he mentions.<BR>
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The restored Cheonggyecheon stream, to my eye, changes the character<BR>
of Seoul - much for the better. Notwithstanding Mayor Lee Myung-bak's<BR>
political ambitions, the result has great character and charm. More, please!<BR>
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Aidan FC<BR>
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AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER<BR>
Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea, Leeds University <BR>
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In a message dated 01/12/2005 17:48:44 GMT Standard Time, ecclehan@aks.ac.kr writes:<BR>
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Date:01/12/2005 17:48:44 GMT Standard Time<BR>
From:<A HREF="mailto:ecclehan@aks.ac.kr">ecclehan@aks.ac.kr</A><BR>
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To:<A HREF="mailto:Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws">Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</A><BR>
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<IMG SRC="http://mailserve.aks.ac.kr/cgi-bin/setconfirm.cgi?k=1133453692796688241&u=ecclehan&d=aks.ac.kr" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="1" BORDER="0" DATASIZE="43"> Dear colleagues,<BR>
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The Academy of Korean Studies plans to hold an international conference on Cilivzation and Peace from December 5 to 7, 2005. As part of this form, on Dec 6, a movie showing is prepared: Welcome to Dongmakgol. This movie is the most popular one in 2005 in Korea. For international audience, English subtitles are provided. Director Park Kwang-Hyun will be with us. He will give a short speech for the audience. In addition, The Academy of Korean Studies will hold 2005 JangSeoGak Special Exhibition: Royal Women of the Chosun Dynasty, from Dec 2 to 10, 2005. International participants of the Forum will be cordially invited to the post-conference tour at </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=4 PTSIZE=14 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">CheonggyeCheon, a gentrified place, and a combination of tradition and modernity.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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Please vist us at: <A HREF="http://dialogue.aks.ac.kr/english">http://dialogue.aks.ac.kr/english</A><BR>
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This forum is sponsored by the Committee on the 60th Anniversary of Korean Liberation. In this conference, we will have sessions: Global Leaders' Address, Debaes on Bioethics, Asian Traditions and New Humanity, Peace after the Cold War, Dialogue among civilizations after September 11, Truth and Reconciliation in East Asia, etc. We have invited former president Kim Dae-Jung, former president von Weizsaecker. And about forty distinguished scholars join this conference as either paper presenters or discussants. If you are in Korea from December 5 to 7, 2005, I cordially invite you to this forum. <BR>
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Best regards,<BR>
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Do Hyun<BR>
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