<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Well surely, Prof. Frank, you are aware that one nation's martyr-hero is usually the other nation's terrorist criminal -- pretty much a constant throughout human history. I always bring this up when teaching my students about Korea's cultural history and we come to Nongye (1592) -- still a highly-honored hero in today's SK, her shrines visited and Jangsu-gun & Jinju-shi proudly promoting her image (I wonder if she's still lionized in the North, does anyone know?) -- what's the diff beteen her and today's Iraqi suicide-bombers that target American soldiers? </DIV>
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<DIV>Raising the question makes the Korean students uncomfortable, which is good, get 'em to think about such issues; amuses the other students, but they are reminded that almost every country has such cases. It's usually not resolvable on either side -- just a real good case for discussion of values.<BR> <BR></DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Sun, 9/5/10, Kwang On Yoo <I><lovehankook@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Kwang On Yoo <lovehankook@gmail.com><BR>Subject: Re: [KS] Official end of WWII in Asia<BR>To: "Ruediger Frank" <ruediger.frank@univie.ac.at>, "Korean Studies Discussion List" <koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws><BR>Date: Sunday, September 5, 2010, 9:30 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV id=yiv1398954444>Dear Mr. Frank,<BR><BR>I understand your distaste but desperate time bears desperate heroism.<BR><BR>Kwang-On Yoo<BR><BR>
<DIV class=yiv1398954444gmail_quote>On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Ruediger Frank <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="http://us.mc335.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ruediger.frank@univie.ac.at" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:ruediger.frank@univie.ac.at">ruediger.frank@univie.ac.at</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dear all,<BR>am I the only one who has second thoughts regarding this thread? <BR>Let me put it this way: In today's world, would Mr. Yoon's deeds be regarded as an act of heroism? Or as an example of another -ism? Not that such a discussion would lead us very far on this list, but I find it interesting to observe how blowing up a person (or ripping off one of his legs) with a bomb can be interpreted in very different ways depending on... on what? On context? On culture? On vantage point? <BR>Best wishes,<BR>Rudiger Frank<BR><BR></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table>