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<DIV><FONT size=4><EM>Apologies to those on the ASCK and BAKS lists for
cross-posting. </EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dear friends and colleagues,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Sorry if this is old hat. But some
remarkable </FONT><FONT size=4>photographs </FONT><FONT size=4>of
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<DIV><FONT size=4>an impoverished Cheongyecheon in 1965 - and a </FONT><FONT size=4>wealth of</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>other images of Seoul </FONT><FONT size=4>i</FONT><FONT size=4>n the 1950s-70s - </FONT><FONT size=4>can be found here:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Many thanks </FONT><FONT size=4>to Tom Coyner and Alan
Timblick for the link.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Already by 1982, when I first visited, there were
no</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>scenes remotely resembling this. The
extraordinary</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>pace of change in modern South Korea may be a clich<SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: small arial, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span><FONT size=4 face="Book Antiqua">é</FONT><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></SPAN>,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>but so stark a visual reminder can still make you
gasp.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Belated Samil greetings to one and all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Aidan</FONT></DIV>
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