[KS] What is the history and use of charcoal in South Korea?

Dr. Edward D. Rockstein ed4linda at yahoo.com
Fri Dec 9 17:19:11 EST 2011


The Japanese used charcoal burning vehicles before and during WWII. Ibuse Masuji 井伏鱒二 wrote a story "The Charcoal Bus" [Noriai jidosha 乗り合い自動車] translated by Ivan Morris, I believe. 

Dr. Edward D. Rockstein 

ed4linda at yahoo.com   

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse--Adlai Stevenson


--- On Fri, 12/9/11, Afostercarter at aol.com <Afostercarter at aol.com> wrote:

From: Afostercarter at aol.com <Afostercarter at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [KS] What is the history and use of charcoal in South Korea?
To: koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
Cc: i at knigel.com
Date: Friday, December 9, 2011, 1:50 PM



 
 


In case your interest in charcoal also extends north 

of the DMZ, you may care to take a deep breath,
cover your mouth, hold your nose and contemplate
North Korea's surely unique (in 2011) contribution 
to
energy inefficiency, forest depletion, and air 
pollution
- three hits in one! - namely, charcoal-burning 
trucks:
 
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/03/03/2010030301014.html
 

They actually boast about this, as I noted some years 
ago:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/DH14Dg01.html
 
A more academic account, with pictures, is at
http://japanfocus.org/-Peter-Hayes/3233
 
Unbelievable but true, like much else about the 
DPRK.
 
Kind regards
Aidan FC
 

Aidan 
Foster-Carter 
Honorary Senior Research 
Fellow in Sociology & Modern Korea, Leeds University, UK 
  
E: afostercarter at aol.com     afostercarter at yahoo.com   W: www.aidanfc.net     
W in Korea:  
http://web.archive.org/web/20090202080126/http://aidanfc.net/index.html
 
______________ 
 
In a message dated 12/9/2011 09:13:54 GMT Standard Time, i at knigel.com 
writes:
Thank 
  you all for helping me with finding out if the myth behind the
Tancheon 
  (The Stream of Charcoal) was actual Korean folklore. I have,
unexpectedly, 
  become obsessed with charcoal. I hadn't realised how
much charcoal was, and 
  continues to be, used in Korean society. I've
been learning about the 
  charcoal kiln saunas, "white charcoal',
charcoal air fresheners, and lumps 
  of charcoal over gates to fend off
evil spirits from birthing women; 
  however, I'm having a bit of trouble
finding out some of the other historic 
  details in English about
charcoal. I'm wondering if any of the 
  anthropologists, or anyone else,
could direct me to some history or 
  folklore on charcoal in Korean
society. I'm interested in any tidbit or 
  fascinating fact. I
appreciate your help a 
  lot.

Kindness,
Knigel



 
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