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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=448005122-13022011>De</SPAN>ar members of the KS list,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>I would like to announce the recent publication
of <SPAN class=448005122-13022011>a special issue of Critical Asian Studies
on Truth and Reconciliation in Republc of Korea</SPAN>.<SPAN
class=448005122-13022011> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN
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class=Apple-style-span><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The following excerpt from an
abstract for an introductory essay by Jae-Jung Suh provides an
overview:</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0px"><EM><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The Korean
War is multiple wars. Not only is it a war that began on 25 June 1950, it is
also a conflict that is rooted in Korea's colonial experiences, postcolonial
desires and frustrations, and interventions and partitions imposed by outside
forces. In South Korea, the war is a site of contestation: Which war should be
remembered and how should it be remembered? The site has been overwhelmed by
Manichean official discourse that pits evil communists against innocent Koreans
and that seeks to silence other memories that do not conform. But the hegemonic
project remains unfinished in the face of the resiliency embodied in the
survivors who have withstood "triple killings" by the state. The historical
significance of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Republic of Korea
(TRCK), lies in its success in bringing back to life the voices of the silenced
that complicate the hegemonic memory of the war as yugio, the "June 25th war."
At the same time, the Commission embodies the structural dilemma that the effort
to give voice to the silenced has turned to the state to redress the state's
wrongdoings. The TRCK as such stands on the problematic boundary between
violence and post-violence, insecurity and security, exception and normalcy.
Truth and reconciliation, and human security, are perhaps located in a process
of defining and redefining the boundary. The historical contention over the
Korean War constitutes such a political struggle for the future.</FONT></EM></P>
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face=Arial></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>The issue is available at
the<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><A
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0px"><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT><BR><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The introductory essay by Jae-Jung
Suh, "</FONT><A style="COLOR: rgb(0,82,194); TEXT-DECORATION: none"
href="http://criticalasianstudies.org/issues/vol42/no4/truth-and-reconciliation-in-south-korea.html"><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>Truth and Reconciliation in South Korea: Confronting War,
Colonialism, and Intervention in the Asia Pacific</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=2>," is available for free<SPAN class=448005122-13022011>
for a limited time at <<A
href="http://criticalasianstudies.org/issues/vol42/no4/truth-and-reconciliation-in-south-korea.html">http://criticalasianstudies.org/issues/vol42/no4/truth-and-reconciliation-in-south-korea.html</A>>.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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face=Arial></FONT> </P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0px"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The remaining
articles in the issue (subscriber-only access) are:</FONT></P>
<UL>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Kim Dong-Choon, The Long Road toward Truth
and Reconciliation: Unwavering Attempts to Achieve Justice in South
Korea </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Suh Hee-Kyung, Atrocities Before and During
the Korean War: Mass Civilian Killings by South Korean and U.S.
Forces </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Charles J. Hanley, No Gun Ri: Official
Narrative and Inconvenient Truths </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Jeon Seung-Hee, War Trauma, Memories, and
Truths: Representations of the Korean War in Pak Wan-so's Writings and in
"Still Present Pasts" </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Lisa Yoneyama, Politicizing Justice:
Post-Cold War Redress and the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission </FONT></LI></UL></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">J.J.
Suh<BR>Associate Professor<BR>Director of Korea Studies<BR>The Paul H. Nitze
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)<BR>Johns Hopkins
University<BR>1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW<BR>Washington, DC 20036
U.S.A.<BR>202-663-5609 (tel); 202-663-5736 (fax)<BR>202-663-5830 (Jennifer
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