<div dir="ltr"><div>To the Members of the Korean Studies List,</div><div><br>A definitive record of the 2016-17 Candlelight Revolution in South Korea is now available in English. <i>A Record of Candlelight--</i>written by Seok-woon Park (박석운) and Je-jun Joo (주제준) and published by the Committee for Records and Memorial of the People's Emergency Action for the Resignation of the Park Geun-hye Administration--is a detailed account of the watershed event. Below is the information about the publication and its distribution, as announced by Tae-Ung Baik, the director of the Center for Korean Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The Center is helping to promote and distribute the book. The book is free. If you are interested in obtaining a copy, please email us at <a href="mailto:kscord@hawaii.edu">kscord@hawaii.edu</a>. Thank you.</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">--------------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To
the Korean Studies Community,<br><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Greetings.
I am writing to share the news of the English-language publication of <b><i>A
Record of Candlelight</i></b><i> </i>(</span><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Batang,serif">촛불의</span></b><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Batang,serif">기록</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">), a definitive account of what has
come to be known as the Candlelight Revolution of 2016-2017. I join many others
who feel uplifted to see this publication, especially in time for the five-year
mark of the watershed event.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Organized
by the <b>People’s Emergency Action for the Resignation of the Park Geun-hye
Administration </b>(</span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Batang,serif">박근혜정권</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Batang,serif">퇴진</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Batang,serif">비상국민행동</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">),</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
the movement lasted from October 2016 to April 2017 and was joined by seventeen
million people from all walks of life, the people who filled the streets of
South Korea for six months. The unprecedented demonstrations of the Candlelight
Revolution resulted in the impeachment, trial, and sentencing of President Park
Geun-hye.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <b>authors</b> <b>Seok-woon Park (</b></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Batang,serif">박석운</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">)</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> and <b>Je-jun Joo (</b></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Batang,serif">주제준</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">)</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> were members of
the Situation Room of the People’s Emergency Action. They witnessed the unfolding of
people’s protests, and they wrote the two-volume Korean edition in June
2018 (published by </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Committee for Records and Memorial of the People’s
Emergency Action </b>(</span><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Batang,serif">박근혜정권</span></b><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Batang,serif">퇴진</span></b><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Batang,serif">비상국민행동</span></b><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Batang,serif">기록기념위원회</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">). </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt">After two years of translation efforts, the English edition is now
available to the public. Congratulations to the authors and the translators.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <b>Center for
Korean Studies at the</b> <b>University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa</b>—in partnership
with the publisher<b> </b>Committee for Records and Memorial of the People’s
Emergency Action</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> AND<b> </b>the<b> Academy of Korean Studies</b>—is proud to assist in promoting
and distributing the book. The Academy of Korean Studies is currently in the
process of shipping the book to four hundred Korean studies centers and
programs around the world. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If
you are interested in obtaining a copy of <i>A Record of Candlelight</i>,
please email us at </span><a href="mailto:kscord@hawaii.edu" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">kscord@hawaii.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">. You will receive a copy at no cost. Below is the Table of Contents for your reference.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We
are certain that this publication will not only shed light on South Korea’s
revolutionary event but also advance the research, education, and knowledge of
social movements in general. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Best regards,</span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="width:159px;height:46px"></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11pt">Tae-Ung
Baik</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professor,
William S. Richardson School of Law</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Director,
Center for Korean Studies</span></p>
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of Hawai‘i at Mānoa</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Chair-Rapporteur,
UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><font size="4"><b><i>A Record of Candlelight</i></b></font><div><font size="4">“Every day with the 17 million strong candlelight movement was a happy one”<br></font><div><span style="font-size:large">By Seok-woon Park and Je-jun Joo</span><br></div><div><font size="4"><u><br></u></font></div><div><font size="4"><u>Table of Contents</u></font></div><div><font size="4">Preface for the English Edition 4</font><div><font size="4">Prologue 10</font><div><font size="4">South Korea before the Candlelight Movement 19</font></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div>Social movements in modern Korean</div></div><div><div>The first candlelight rallies</div></div><div><div>Democracy erodes under Lee Myung-bak 41 Four years under Park Geun-hye</div></div></blockquote><div><div><span style="font-size:large">The Candlelight Resistance 61</span></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px">Summary<br>Culture<br>Phases</blockquote><div><div><font size="4">Phase I: Spark and Explosion of Resistance 69</font></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div>Park’s abuse of power revealed</div></div><div><div>JTBC reports on Choi’s tablet</div></div><div><div>The people and politicians respond 84 The first candlelight rally</div></div><div><div>Park attempts cover-up</div></div><div><div>Candlelight movement expands 112 President and politicians respond 115 The birth of PEA</div></div><div><div>One million strong candlelight rally</div></div></blockquote><div><div><font size="4">Phase II: Rise and Spread of The Resistance 131</font></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div>Impeachment talk begins</div></div><div><div>Candlelight rallies spread nationwide </div></div><div><div>Prosecutors office issues early findings</div></div><div><div>The fifth candlelight rally</div></div><div><div>Park attempts to salvage the situation </div></div><div><div>People call for Park’s immediate resignation </div></div><div><div>Impeachment motion passes</div></div></blockquote><span style="font-size:large">Phase III: Continuation of Resistance 179</span><br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>Park fights back as rallies continue </div><div>One million join next rally</div><div>PEA launches anti-corruption project </div><div>Park-brand policies continue</div><div>Push for resignation by year’s end </div><div>December candlelight rallies</div><div>PEA creates six anti-corruption goals</div><div>Park continues to fight back as trial begins </div><div>PEA’s January response plans </div><div>Constitutional Court ruling approaches </div><div>PEA’s February response plans</div><div>Military coup plot revealed </div><div>Dismissal of Park Geun-hye</div></blockquote><div><div><font size="4">Phase IV: Denouement of the Candlelight Rallies 275</font></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>Victory of the candlelight </div><div>Presidential election campaigns </div><div>Victorious candlelight will never fade </div><div>New government takes office</div><div>Discussion on PEA's Future</div></blockquote><div><div><font size="4">Structure and Management of PEA 305</font></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div>Status and role</div></div><div><div>Name and initial structure</div></div><div><div>Groups participating in PEA and regional PEAs</div></div><div><div>Formation of National Representatives Meeting</div></div><div><div>Operational and structural development</div></div></blockquote><div><div><font size="4">National Candlelight Report 317</font></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div>Candlelight shining all over the country</div></div><div><div>Regional candlelight movement</div></div></blockquote><div><div><font size="4">International Candlelight Rallies Calling for Park’s Resignation 329</font></div><div><font size="4">Park Geun-hye & Choi Soon-sil Trial Process 339</font></div><div><font size="4">Foreign Press Coverage 347<br>Epilogue 355<br></font><div class="gmail-page" title="Page 18"><div class="gmail-section" style="background-color:rgb(230,230,230)"><div class="gmail-layoutArea"><div class="gmail-column">
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