[KS] M.Y. Cho
David McCann
dmccann at fas.harvard.edu
Mon Mar 20 18:49:10 EST 2006
A Thanks to Frank for his moving note on M.Y. Cho. I for one will be
checking those commentaries, while also thinking how remiss I have been
not to have encountered his work before.
Vielen Dank!
David McCann
On 3/20/06 3:35 PM, Frank Hoffmann wrote:
> Dear All:
>
> I wanted to let you know that Dr. Myunghun Y. Cho, better known to the
> Asian studies community and his friends as M.Y. Cho, passed away on
> Sunday, March 12, in Hamburg. There will be a memorial on what would
> have been his 75th birthday, Thursday, March 23, 3 PM, at Ohlsdorfer
> Friedhof, Halle B., Hamburg.
>
> For many years M.Y. Cho had been the North Korea specialist at the
> Institute of Asian Affairs in Hamburg. He had received his M.A. in the
> United States before continuing his academic career at Bonn
> University, Germany, where he received his PhD in 1965. Many of you
> will know his works about diplomatic relations between East Asian
> nations, especially the North Korea related publications. And you will
> likely know him through his really enlightening commentaries in the
> (English language) publication >>North Korea Quarterly<< which he
> published for the Institute of Asian Affairs from 1974 on until his
> retirement. I should also mention that he wrote very many long feature
> articles on East Asia for the leading German liberal intellectual
> weekly >>Die ZEIT.<<
>
> On one of these rainy days that the City of Hamburg offers more than
> plenty of, I was sitting in his office, asking him for copies of his
> >>Die ZEIT<< articles. He did not quite take me serious then. I
> remember spending all weekend to read through them with growing
> enthusiasm. That was 25 years ago. In all the time since I have hardly
> seen any publications on current Korean affairs written in such well
> crafted German prose, being so entertaining, vivid, and intellectually
> challenging than these articles. As all his friends are aware of, M.Y.
> Cho knew how to enjoy every minute of his life, and his warm humor and
> intellectualism allowed anyone in his presence to share this joy of
> life while sharing his company. He truly was a wonderful man and we
> are saddened by his death.
>
> Frank Hoffmann
>
>
>
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