<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">The Japanese used charcoal burning vehicles before and during WWII. Ibuse Masuji <span class="st">井伏鱒二 </span>wrote a story "The Charcoal Bus" [Noriai jidosha 乗り合い自動車] translated by Ivan Morris, I believe. <br><br><div id="RTEContent"><div id="RTEContent"><div id="RTEContent"><div id="RTEContent"><div id="RTEContent"><div id="RTEContent"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://koreanpoems.blogspot.com/">Dr. Edward D. Rockstein </a><br></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br>ed4linda@yahoo.com <br><br><em>Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse</em>--Adlai Stevenson<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 12/9/11, Afostercarter@aol.com
<i><Afostercarter@aol.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Afostercarter@aol.com <Afostercarter@aol.com><br>Subject: Re: [KS] What is the history and use of charcoal in South Korea?<br>To: koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws<br>Cc: i@knigel.com<br>Date: Friday, December 9, 2011, 1:50 PM<br><br><div id="yiv2122839570">
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<div><font size="4">In case your interest in charcoal also extends north
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<div><font size="4">of the DMZ, you may care to take a deep breath,</font></div>
<div><font size="4">cover your mouth, hold your nose and contemplate</font></div>
<div><font size="4">North Korea's surely unique (in 2011) contribution
to</font></div>
<div><font size="4">energy inefficiency, forest depletion, and air
pollution</font></div>
<div><font size="4">- three hits in one! - namely, charcoal-burning
trucks:</font></div>
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<div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/03/03/2010030301014.html"><font size="3">http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/03/03/2010030301014.html</font></a></div>
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<div><font size="4">They actually boast about this, as I noted some years
ago:</font></div></font></div>
<div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/DH14Dg01.html"><font size="3">http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/DH14Dg01.html</font></a></div>
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<div><font size="4">A more academic account, with pictures, is at</font></div>
<div><font size="4"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://japanfocus.org/-Peter-Hayes/3233">http://japanfocus.org/-Peter-Hayes/3233</a></font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Unbelievable but true, like much else about the
DPRK.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Kind regards</font></div>
<div><font size="4">Aidan FC</font></div>
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<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="yiv2122839570MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Cambria;COLOR:black;" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Aidan
Foster-Carter</font></span></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="yiv2122839570MsoNormal"><font size="3"><i style=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Cambria;COLOR:black;" lang="EN-GB">Honorary Senior Research
Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea, Leeds University, UK</span></i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Cambria;COLOR:black;"></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="yiv2122839570MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Cambria;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:8pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Cambria;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:8pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="yiv2122839570MsoNormal"><font size="3"><em><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Cambria;COLOR:black;" lang="EN-GB">E</span></em><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Cambria;COLOR:black;" lang="EN-GB">: <a rel="nofollow" title="mailto:afostercarter@aol.com" ymailto="mailto:afostercarter@aol.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=afostercarter@aol.com">afostercarter@aol.com</a><span style=""> </span><a rel="nofollow" title="mailto:afostercarter@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:afostercarter@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=afostercarter@yahoo.com">afostercarter@yahoo.com</a><span style=""> </span><em><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Cambria;">W</span></em>: <a rel="nofollow" title="http://www.aidanfc.net/" target="_blank" href="http://www.aidanfc.net/">www.aidanfc.net</a> <span style=""> </span></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="yiv2122839570MsoNormal"><font size="3"><i style=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Cambria;" lang="EN-GB">W in Korea:<span style="">
</span></span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090202080126/http://aidanfc.net/index.html"><font face="Times New Roman">http://web.archive.org/web/20090202080126/http://aidanfc.net/index.html</font></a></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="yiv2122839570MsoNormal"><font face="Cambria" size="3"><span lang="EN-GB"><em></em></span></font> </p>
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<div>In a message dated 12/9/2011 09:13:54 GMT Standard Time, i@knigel.com
writes:</div>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:blue 2px solid;PADDING-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent;" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">Thank
you all for helping me with finding out if the myth behind the<br>Tancheon
(The Stream of Charcoal) was actual Korean folklore. I have,<br>unexpectedly,
become obsessed with charcoal. I hadn't realised how<br>much charcoal was, and
continues to be, used in Korean society. I've<br>been learning about the
charcoal kiln saunas, "white charcoal',<br>charcoal air fresheners, and lumps
of charcoal over gates to fend off<br>evil spirits from birthing women;
however, I'm having a bit of trouble<br>finding out some of the other historic
details in English about<br>charcoal. I'm wondering if any of the
anthropologists, or anyone else,<br>could direct me to some history or
folklore on charcoal in Korean<br>society. I'm interested in any tidbit or
fascinating fact. I<br>appreciate your help a
lot.<br><br>Kindness,<br>Knigel<br><br></font></blockquote></div>
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