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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:
bold'>SOAS Centre of Korean Studies<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=GramE><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>in</span></font></span><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'> association with the <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Arts Council Korea</span></b> and the <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Daesan Foundation</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
line-height:150%;mso-fareast-font-family:HYGothic-Extra;font-weight:bold'>Literary
Event with Korean Novelist<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:
HYGothic-Extra;font-weight:bold'>Hwang Sok-</span></font></b><b><font size=5><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:HYGothic-Extra;
mso-fareast-language:KO;font-weight:bold'>y</span></font></b><b><font size=5><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:HYGothic-Extra;
font-weight:bold'>ong<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:time Hour="4"
Minute="0"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>4.30-7.00pm</span></font></st1:time><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:date Month="12"
Day="14" Year="2005"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wednesday, 14 December 2005</span></font></st1:date><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Khalili
Lecture Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>SOAS, </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><span
lang=EN-GB>University</span></st1:PlaceType><span lang=EN-GB> of </span><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB>London</span></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<div style='border:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:8.0pt 6.0pt 8.0pt 6.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:8.0pt 6.0pt 8.0pt 6.0pt'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:
KO;font-weight:bold'>“</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Hwang Sok-</span></font></b><b><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO;
font-weight:bold'>y</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>ong</span></font></b><font size=2><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'> is arguably </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>Korea</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>'s most recognized and
renowned author. </span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO'>Drawing artistic inspiration from his own
experiences as a vagabond day laborer, student activist, Vietnam War veteran,
advocate for coal miners and garment workers, and political dissident, he is
embraced as a writer and champion of the people. His historical novel, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Chang Kilsan</span></i>, an extensive parable about a
bandit that described the contemporary dictatorship, was serialized in a daily
paper from 1974 to 1984 and sold an estimated million copies in North and </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO'>South
Korea</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font size=2><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO'>. I</span></font><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>n 1993 there was international
outcry when Hwang was sentenced to </span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO'>seven</span></font><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'> years in prison for an
unauthorized trip to the North to promote exchange between artists in North and
</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt'>South Korea</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>. In 1998, he was </span></font><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO'>granted</span></font><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'> special pardon by the new </span></font><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO'>South
Korean </span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>president.
The recipient of Korea's highest literary prizes and shortlisted for the Prix F</span></font><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO'>é</span></font><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>mina</span></font><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO'> É</span></font><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>tranger, </span></font><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO'>Hwang
has seen his</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'>
novels and shorts stories published in North and South Korea, Japan, China,
France, Germany, and t</span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO'>he U.S.</span></font><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO'>Hwang was born in
1943 in Xinjing, Manchuria (now Changchun, China).”<span style='mso-tab-count:
1'> </span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:
0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;
text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 36.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:
KO'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>—<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span
dir=LTR><font size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:
KO'>‘About the Author’ in Hwang Sok-yong’s <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The
Guest</span></i> published by Seven Stories Press (2005)<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:
KO'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO;font-weight:bold'>The SOAS
Centre of Korean Studies has been honoured to host Mr Hwang Sok-yong’s stay in </span></font></b><st1:City><st1:place><b><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:KO;font-weight:bold'>London</span></b></st1:place></st1:City><b><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:KO;font-weight:bold'> (as associate
member of the Centre) over the past two years. The Centre is pleased to host
this event in honour of the celebrated novelist, who was shortlisted for this
year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, as he leaves London and SOAS for Paris where
he will be affiliated with the University of Paris over the next two years. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Mr Hwang</span></font></b><b><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:KO;font-weight:bold'> will </span><span
lang=EN-GB>discuss his works and read from his novel, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Guest</span></i> (</span></b><b><font size=2
face=Batang><span lang=KO style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Batang;
mso-fareast-language:KO;font-weight:bold'>손님</span></font></b><b><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:KO;font-weight:bold'>), the English
translation of which has been recently published by Seven Stories Press.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>A book signing and drinks reception will
follow.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO;font-weight:bold'>This event is
kindly supported by the </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Arts Council </span></font></b><st1:country-region><st1:place><b><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Korea</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO;
font-weight:bold'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:KO'>For further information or
queries, please contact Grace Koh (<a href="mailto:gk5@soas.ac.uk">gk5@soas.ac.uk</a>)
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:
KO'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:
KO;font-weight:bold'>ALL ARE WELCOME<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:
solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;
mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
mso-fareast-language:KO'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:
KO'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-language:KO;font-weight:bold'>Praise for Hwang Sok-yong and his
novel, <span class=GramE><i><span style='font-style:italic'>The</span></i></span><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> Guest</span></i></span></font></b><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:KO'>“Hwang Sok-yong is
undoubtedly the most powerful ‘voice of the novel’ in </span></font><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-language:KO'>East Asia</span></font></st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-language:KO'> today…. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Guest</span></i>
is simply great.” [Kenzaburo Oe, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-language:KO'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:KO'>“A ghost story of striking
originality, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Guest</span></i> is also an
extremely relevant journey into the heart-break of collective violence and
possible redemption.” [Ariel Dorfman, author of <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Death and the Maiden</span></i> and <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Mascara</span></i>]</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
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<![endif]></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:KO'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.5pt;font-family:Arial'>“Writing that refuses to ignore suffering, but at the
same time refuses to let itself be destroyed by destruction—which is a great
challenge to any author.”</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:KO'>
[</span></font><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Le Figaro Litteraire</span></font></i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'>]</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-language:KO'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.5pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
“Hwang Sok-Yong is the most committed, politically active writer of all those
who have translated the Korean in recent years.”</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-language:KO'> [</span></font><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Lib</span></font></i><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;font-style:italic'>é</span></font></i><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>ration</span></font></i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'>]</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-language:KO'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.5pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.5pt;font-family:Arial'>“More has been expected of Hwang Sok-Yong than almost
any other Korean writer of the past quarter century. Ever since the early
1970s, when Hwang began to write stories about the nameless millions on whose
backs the Korean 'economic miracle' was realized, he has been regarded as a
champion of the people.” [Bruce Fulton in </span></font><span class=GramE><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-language:KO;font-style:italic'>T</span></font></i><i><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
font-style:italic'>he</span></font></i></span><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i><st1:City><st1:place><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
font-style:italic'>Columbia</span></font></i></st1:place></st1:City><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
font-style:italic'> Companion to Modern East Asian Literatur</span></font></i><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-language:KO;font-style:italic'>e</span></font></i><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-language:KO'>]</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Seven Stories Press (</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'>U.S.</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
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publishers for <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Guest</span></i>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.sevenstories.com/Book/index.cfm?GCOI=58322100929170"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>http://www.sevenstories.com/Book/index.cfm?GCOI=58322100929170</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Zulma (French
publishers for Hwang’s works in French translation)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.zulma.fr/AuteursDetail.asp?Id_Personne=228"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>http://www.zulma.fr/AuteursDetail.asp?Id_Personne=228</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-no-proof:yes'> (in French)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>[English
translation of the Zulma webpage, via Yahoo:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://216.109.124.98/language/translatedPage?tt=url&text=http%3a//www.zulma.fr/AuteursDetail.asp%3fId_Personne=228&lp=fr_en&.intl=uk&fr=fp-tab-web-t-1"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
yes'>http://216.109.124.98/language/translatedPage?tt=url&text=http%3a//www.zulma.fr/AuteursDetail.asp%3fId_Personne=228&lp=fr_en&.intl=uk&fr=fp-tab-web-t-1</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-no-proof:yes'>]</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-no-proof:
yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Amnesty
International Entry<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/south_korea/document.do?id=ADA72295FC38A184802569A600603979"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
yes'>http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/south_korea/document.do?id=ADA72295FC38A184802569A600603979</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;mso-no-proof:yes'>Der
Spiegel</span></font></i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'> Online (English version)
Article about Hwang, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>“</span></font><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'>FRANKFURT</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'>
BOOK FAIR SPECIAL: The Master of Survival”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,380632,00.html"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
yes'>http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,380632,00.html</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Institute</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-no-proof:yes'> of </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>East
Asian</span></font></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>
Studies, UC Berkeley<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2005.11.02-2.html"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2005.11.02-2.html</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>-----------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Grace E. Koh<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Lecturer in </span></font><st1:PersonName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Korean Literature</span></st1:PersonName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Languages and Cultures of </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Japan</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'> and </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Korea</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>SOAS, </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'>University</span></st1:PlaceType><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'> of </span><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'>London</span></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:Street><st1:address><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Thornhaugh Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>London</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'> WC1H 0XG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:
yes'>United Kingdom</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Tel) +44 (0)20 7898 4290<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Fax) +44 (0)20 7898 4229<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Email) gk5@soas.ac.uk <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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