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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you so much, all of you, for your very
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I knew about the Revolutionary Martyrs' Graves and
the Patrotic Martyrs' Graves that Stephen mentions. Studying their images in
fact made me wonder where the other thousands postcolonial war heroes of that
country are buried. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris's comments are amazing and the notion of an
ideologically deathless land is deafening (I've just ordered your book). Your
idea of absent memories of mass war death as an instrument of a militant
political order is really interesting. However, it seems that something is not
right. War cemeteries are not necessaily evidence of mass suffering but can be a
powerful instrument of political legitimation and social mobilization.
Those in Europe were originally invented precisely for these grand purposes,
meant to function to translate the meaning of tragic loss of human lives to a
heroic sacrifice for the collective, and this certainly applies to the dominant
culture of commemoration in the southern part of Korea. Why did the DPRK leaders
decide to conceal the Korean War mass death instead of using it? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For Kenneth, I once again thank for your
illuminating story. Let me add that in this wild political world, it seems DPRK
is not the only state that forgets how to use the remains of war constructively.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>heonik kwon</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>