[KS] Re: Koreanstudies digest, Vol 1 #558 - 2 msgs

[Walter K. Lew]

According to the notes to the 1974 Autumn Press translation, _Cry of 
the People and Other Poems_, (which of c is not an authoritative 
source): "[M]any of the victims remain unidentified for reasons of 
'face.' It was widely rumored that the hotel, a fire trap, was owned 
by President Chung Hee Park [sic] and former head of the KCIA Lee 
Hu-rak [sic]."

What a poem!!

--Walter K. Lew

>Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 17:13:32 -0800
>To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
>From: Namhee Lee <namhee at chwe.net>
>Subject: [KS] Re: Taeyo^ngak Hotel Fire
>Reply-To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
>
>Dear list members,
>I have another query from a colleague that I hope some of you might
>be able to help with.
>Kim Chi-ha's tamsi "Kogwan" mentions the fire of Taeyo^ngak Hotel in
>the early 1970s, and my colleague is wondering if Kim's allusion to
>the fire is more than simply a response to the widespread rumor that
>it was owned by Park Chung Hee's daughter, Pak Ku^n-hye (or a close
>friend or a relative) and that many of Japanese who stayed at the
>hotel were in Korea as a part of kisaeng tourism.   Who owned the
>hotel at the time of the fire and was the owner related to or friend
>or protege of Park Chung Hee?  Any relevant info on the hotel would
>be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thank you,
>Namhee