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Don, <BR>they have not disappeared. Two kinds of customers, 1. in the villages in the countryside, 2. nostalgia grill restaurants,<BR>greetings,<BR>Werner<br> <BR><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 17:11:03 -0800<br>From: kirkdon@yahoo.com<br>To: koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws<br>Subject: Re: [KS] What is the history and use of charcoal in South Korea?<br><br><table border="0" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;" vAlign="top">It's only been recently that those charcoal briquets seem to have disappeared. I remember seeing briquets outside doors in the alleys around where I stay in Seoul but, come to think of it, haven't seen too many lately. I'll bet they're still used in a lot of places.<br>Don Kirk<br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 12/9/11, McCann, David <i><dmccann@fas.harvard.edu></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"><br>From: McCann, David <dmccann@fas.harvard.edu><br>Subject: Re: [KS] What is the history and use of charcoal in South Korea?<br>To: "Korean Studies Discussion List" <koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws><br>Date: Friday, December 9, 2011, 6:34 PM<br><br><div id="ecxyiv1756722027"><div>Let us not forget the charcoal briquets, yônt'an, used for home room heating in the 1960's. Extremely
dangerous, as I discovered one night when the prevailing winds in Andong shifted and the gas came near killing me. Many fatalities did occur in those years.<div><br></div><div>David McCann</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 9, 2011, at 1:50 PM, <<a href="http:///mc/compose?to=Afostercarter%40aol.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Afostercarter@aol.com</a>> <<a href="http:///mc/compose?to=Afostercarter%40aol.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Afostercarter@aol.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="ecxyiv1756722027Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote>
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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 href="http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/03/03/2010030301014.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><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 href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/DH14Dg01.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><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 href="http://japanfocus.org/-Peter-Hayes/3233" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">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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<div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria;" lang="EN-GB"><font size="3">Aidan
Foster-Carter</font></span></b></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><font size="3"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria;" lang="EN-GB">Honorary Senior Research
Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea, Leeds University, UK</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria;"></span></font></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 8pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 8pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><font size="3"><em><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria;" lang="EN-GB">E</span></em><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria;" lang="EN-GB">: <a title="mailto:afostercarter@aol.com" href="http:///mc/compose?to=afostercarter%40aol.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">afostercarter@aol.com</a><span> </span><a title="mailto:afostercarter@yahoo.com" href="http:///mc/compose?to=afostercarter%40yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">afostercarter@yahoo.com</a><span> </span><em><span style="font-family: Cambria;">W</span></em>: <a title="http://www.aidanfc.net/" href="http://www.aidanfc.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.aidanfc.net</a> <span> </span></span></font></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><font size="3"><i><span style="font-family: Cambria;" lang="EN-GB">W in Korea:<span>
</span></span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090202080126/http%3a//aidanfc.net/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman">http://web.archive.org/web/20090202080126/http://aidanfc.net/index.html</font></a></span></font></div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><font size="3" face="Cambria"><span lang="EN-GB"><em></em></span></font> </div><div style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm;"><font size="3" face="Cambria"><span lang="EN-GB">______________</span></font><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria;"></span></div></div>
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<div>In a message dated 12/9/2011 09:13:54 GMT Standard Time, <a href="http:///mc/compose?to=i%40knigel.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">i@knigel.com</a>
writes:</div>
<blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;"><font style="background-color: transparent;" color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">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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