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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" id=yiv1215173515yui_3_7_2_17_1361448081157_43><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=result_box lang=en class=short_text closure_uid_641638495="112" md="null" a="undefined" c="4"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" class=hps closure_uid_641638495="521" md="null">What a tragic news!</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" lang=en class=short_text closure_uid_641638495="112" md="null" a="undefined" c="4"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" class=hps closure_uid_641638495="521" md="null">Karoly was a Koreanologist and a diplomat, but above all he was a great person and a very, very true-hearted firend.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" id=yiv1215173515yui_3_7_2_17_1361448081157_46>Victor Atknine<BR>12 Paul William Gate<BR>Brampton L6V 4C8, Canada <BR>Phone: 647-778-1755<BR><BR>CURRENTLY: <BR>JSD Research Institute <BR>Jungang-ro Rd 79, #70, Jung-ku, Daejeon, 301-826, KOREA <BR>(356-8 Seonwha-dong, Jung-gu , Daejeon, 301-826, KOREA) <BR>Phone: (office) 070-8644-3044; (cell) 010-3575-3815<BR>E-mail: v_atk9@yahoo.ca</DIV>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class="yiv1215173515hr yiv1215173515yui-non yiv1215173515yui-skip"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Ruediger Frank <ruediger.frank@univie.ac.at><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> AKSE <koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, February 21, 2013 6:22:42 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [KS] Károly Fendler<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" class=yiv1215173515ms__id1404>Dear KS list members,<BR>I have received the sad news from Budapest that Dr. Károly Fendler has passed away on 17th February 2013. He was one of the first Hungarian diplomats who spent time in North Korea from the 1950s. We have met regularly in Vienna once or twice a year until last autumn, and it was always instructive and inspiring, often also entertaining to hear his insider's stories about the North Korean leadership. He remained committed to Korea and Korean Studies until his last days. Károly's enthusiasm for his research, his willingness to share, his deep insights and good sense of humor will be missed greatly.<BR>Rudiger Frank<BR><BR><BR><SPAN style="COLOR: #c0c0c0; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><I>-- <BR>Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rudiger Frank<BR>Head of Department<BR>Professor of East Asian Economy and Society<BR>Secretary, Association for Korean Studies
in Europe<BR><BR>University of Vienna<BR>Department of East Asian Studies<BR>Spitalgasse 2 Hof 2.3<BR>1090 Vienna<BR>- Austria -<BR><BR>phone: +43-1-4277 43871<BR>fax: +43-1-4277 43849<BR>web: </I></SPAN></SPAN><A style="FONT-FAMILY: 'arial'" class=yiv1215173515ms__id1406 href="http://wirtschaft.ostasien.univie.ac.at/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://wirtschaft.ostasien.univie.ac.at/</A><BR><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'arial'; COLOR: #c0c0c0" class=yiv1215173515ms__id1407><I>email: </I></SPAN><A style="FONT-FAMILY: 'arial'" class=yiv1215173515ms__id1408 href="mailto:ruediger.frank@univie.ac.at" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:ruediger.frank@univie.ac.at">ruediger.frank@univie.ac.at</A></DIV></DIV><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>