The Fellowship of Dokdo

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DATE
October 10th Monday, 2005
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“What we’ve got
to tell everybody”
Yet about
trust and honor...
for DOKDO: pg.6~7
for NO-SUPERVISOR EXAMS: pg.4~5
Index
2005 march-august
EDITORIALS
SECTION E
• Koreans Made in USA pg.2
• Are Computer Regulations Really Practical pg.3
• ‘No More Supervisors In Test Centers’ pg.4~5
• Korean-Japanese Conflict Around Dokdo pg.7
SCHOOL NEWS
SECTION N
•The Fellowship of Dokdo Cover Story: pg.1
•The Things that make Dokdo Ours pg.6
•Minjok Festival / the Miss Minjok Contest pg.9~10
•Celebrating the Teacher’s Day pg.9
•Symposium on Space Launch Infrastructure pg.10
•First KMLA Continuing Education Program pg.10
•The New Captains pg.11
•The GLPS program this summer pg.11
•Communication with Parents pg.12
•Jeong Bom Jin prosecutor visited KMLA pg.13
KMLA LIFE
SECTION K
•Students’ Voice on Curfew and Self-Study pg.5
•DIET: Trying to Lose Weight in KMLA pg.14
•How to have Fun in Gloomy Campus pg.14
•The New Critical Reading Test pg.15
•Staying at school for Summer Sessions pg.14
•Migrant’s Arirang pg.15
•KMLA students at the HOBY WLC 2005 pg.16
•Club Focus - Apple Pie pg.16
SPORTS
SECTION S
•KMLA Triumphs at the Gangwon Athletic Competition / Baseball team 1st place for 3rd time pg.16
•The Archery Team’s Amazing Achievement pg.15
•The Sports Day for Student and Parents pg.17
•New Morning Exercise programs pg.17
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for GANGWON SPORTS COMPETITION:
COMPETITION pg.18
The Fellowship of Dokdo
RETROSPECT: Looking back at our Efforts to Guard Dokdo
O
n March 16, 2005, Shimane Prefacture of Japan passed a bill for
designating “Takeshima Island
Day.” Dokdo, islands so-called
Takeshima in Japan, has long
been a subject of controversy
for Korea and Japan. The Minjok Herald fully recognizes the
importance of this issue, which
will be continuously debated for
years to come. We, the current
students of KMLA, along with
other people of our generation,
would be the ones working to
untangle this complicated knot
of history and politics; therefore,
Minjok Herald selects Dokdo
as our special issue for this volume.
The Student Body Speaks Out
In response to the conflict over
Dokdo, KMLA previously stated
its official opinions through the
17th Student Council and 14th
Honor Committee. Along with
35,000 students nationwide,
KMLA clearly stated that the disputed island belongs to Korea.
Here is a brief chronicle of our
‘Fellowship of Dokdo.’
When the news
of the
tures / consistent design and
layout that’ll continue after this
issue / A new logo and typeface
Multiple innovations:
/ Printed on a real newspaper /
Have you noticed?
The biggest crew ever with the
New tabloid (comparable to new 10th wave members / The
B4) paper and consequently a Herald online Café is born / A
bigger number of articles & pic- Coat-of-Arm and Latin motto
Relax, It’s us
Sports Masters
Bring Home Medals
Takeshima
Day
incident
reached Korea, the prevailing
opinion on the campus was that
KMLA students must speak out
about the issue. Similarly, in the
beginning of 2004, KMLA Student Council has taken an active
part in protesting to the Chinese
claim that Kokuryo is a part of its
history.
In April 2005, KMLA’s Student
Council and Honor Committee
began to take action by organizing a signature drive starting
with the middle schools KMLA
students have graduated from.
The student governments could
have used the network already
established in each province’s
Office of Education but instead
decided to call the schools in person; using the network of Offices
of Education, a note announcing the signature drive could be
delivered to all schools nationwide, but a reply cannot be guaranteed. With the help of KMLA
students providing contacts of
numerous schools they were
associated with, the
created / Specialized photographer is in / New 9th wave editors and managers.
We will be expecting your
remarks. Tell us how you think
about our changes. Thank you.
members of the Student Council
and Honor Committee chose inconvenience and definite replies
over convenience and indefinite
replies. Along with phone calls,
the student governments used
schools’ homepages. Day and
night, the student representatives would post articles on the
homepages noting them of the
signature drive.
Despite all the efforts, however, it was not possible to call for
all schools’ participation. At the
beginning of May, signature papers one by one started to arrive
from all over. As a result of the
signature drive, 35,000 students
from fifty schools participated.
By participating in the signature
drive, the students expressed
their concern about Dokdo and
opposition to the ratification of
Takeshima Day by the Shimane
Government.
On May 9th, 2005, the student
representatives visited the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, carrying
the signed papers. They tried
to meet the Japanese Embassy
personnel in person yet the Embassy refused. However,
they were granted the
permission to read
aloud the Students’
Declaration in front
of the Embassy
and to leave
the signed
papers in
a
design a t e d
place. The
Students’
Declaration, not only
declared Dokdo as Korea’s
land but also
urged Japan to
apologize for
distorting such
HOW TO PREPARE FOR
DOKDO
SAFETY
1. STAY ON THE
PHONE LINE :
First, you should
contact every student
you know in Korea
to draw other schools’ student bodies’
coorporation.
2. SIGN THE PAPERS :
Then, collect the papers containing the signatures of over 35,000
students nationwide.
3. VISIT THE JAPANESE EMBASSY :
Go and bring the
signed papers to the
Japanese Embassy and
shout out your Students’ Declaration!
4. GO TO DOKDO AND CONFIRM :
Finally, sail to the very islands and keep
holding a placard, declaring that the
Dokdo is clearly Korean.
blatant truth, which can be supported with plenty of evidences.
From June 4th to June 6th,
the student representatives visited Dokdo in person. The initial
plan was to visit Dokdo with the
student representatives of the
participating schools but due
to the limited supply of tickets
to Dokdo, it could not be carried out. Moreover, due to the
temporary law prohibiting the
entrance of people in Dokdo for
the protection of its plants and
animals, the student representatives could not directly step
on Dokdo’s soil. However, near
Dokdo, the KMLA student government one more time read out
the Students’ Declaration.
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citizenship.
NAtIONAL ISSuE
Reckless criticisms
on dual nationals
This amendment has not
been applied to those who are
not intentionally born abroad.
For example, those who are born
from parents with denizenship
or citizenship of foreign country
and living abroad are assumed
to stay abroad and are counted
as immigrants, not conflicted
by the new law. It is natural for
them to give up their nationality,
but these people are also severely criticized.
Besides, there are still some
innocent people victimized because of the amendment. According to it, not only Korean
male age of 18, but men who
have finished their military service should also decide their nationality in two years. Because
the Republic of Korea does not
admit dual nationality, those
people have to decide either nationality anyways. Consequently, they have been criticized despite practicing all their duties,
such as taxes, military services
and many others.
Still Essentially-Needed
Nationality Act
As the Amendment of Nationality Act was issued, the
severe criticism on dual nationals has burst out. Despite
the public sentiment, the government should not interfere
on nationality shifts of purely
foreign-born children, most of
whose parents are Korean emigrants. It is their right to choose
their nationalities; however, the
problem is with those parents
who still wish to provide their
children with all the benefits
that are available in Korea, including medical insurance and
the special admission process
for foreign-educated children to
renowned Korean universities.
Laws must be revised in order
purpose of this amendment is to
to deprive the children of those
remove such unbenefits.
patriotic
In this regard, we
elewelcome the lawmakers’
move
to
withdraw
benefits accorded to
foreigners
of Korean
descent
from anyone who
has given
up Korean
nationality
to avoid military conscription. Although the
controversy has abated
ments
as some canceled changing
from the sotheir nationality, public interest
ciety. Thus, it requires that dual
on the Amendment to Nationalnationals complete their miliity Act should not go silent. k
tary service or renounce Korean
Koreans Made in U.S.
On the recent revision on the Nationality Law
A
growing number of
Koreans have brought
their children with dual
nationalities to the Seoul immigration office to cancel Korean
citizenship in favor of foreign
citizenship. The sudden increase in the number of children
abandoning Korean citizenship
was the consequence of the revision of the nationality law last
month.
Object to prevent
intentionally giving birth
in foreign countries
Koreans
have
intentionally given their children’s birth
in more developed countries,
hoping to avoid their children’s
avoiding military enrollments.
The amendment had been
made to prevent this phenomenon from propagating. Although those who intentionally
obtained dual nationalities do
have the right to change their
citizenships, they deserve blame
for abandoning their national
identities as Koreans.
One of the two main points
of this amendment is that first,
dual nationals who are subject
to their first military service may
choose one or the other nationality within three months after the
first military service list comes
out. The second point is that
once three months have past,
dual nationals are allowed apply
to renounce their ROK(Republic
of Korea) nationality only after
completing active military service, reserves or auxiliary service, second military service or
upon exemption from military
service.
To change one’s nationality merely to avoid the military
seems unfair to ordinary Ko-
rean citizens, who regard it as
their duty to send their children
to the military for national defense. Therefore, it is normal for
them to feel a sense of deprivation towards corporate executives, university professors and
other well-to-do people who
bestow their children with
foreign nationalities. More
galling still, some pregnant
women go to those countries to deliver their children
so the children will gain foreign citizenship.
The amendment to Nationality Act is due to these recently
increasing numbers of Korean
women who are choosing to
give birth in countries granting
automatic citizenship to those
born there. The principal reason
for the mass abandonment of
their own country’s citizenship
is to avoid its obligations. The
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ScHOOL LAw
Are P.C. Regulations
Really Practical?
An ideal is sometimes apart from reality
T
he school is stubborn
on its policy that games
of any form and movies cannot be allowed in the
dormitory. On the Minjok Festival of 2005, the school even
prohibited the computer game
tournament during the festival
- an event that many students
were looking forward to - for it
contradicted the school’s policy
against computer games. Ironically, instead of a computer
game contest, a console game
contest was held, though not
many understood why console
games should be any better than
computer games.
Surely, it is obvious that playing computer games and watching movies to an excessive
degree will cause a negative influence on the students’ studies.
But is this rule which forbids us
to play any computer games or
watch any movies at all, practical? These strict rules are only
turning students into outlaws.
Electronic Evil?
The banning of computer
games and movies may have
been possible of being enforced
strictly in the early years when
there were fewer than a hundred
students in the school. Unlike
the old days when the school administration restricted even the
most specific aspects of dormitory life, over three hundred fifty
students inhabit the KMLA dormitory today, making it almost
impossible for two housemasters to take care of all the students one by one. As the circumstances have changed,
now, the rule itself is not
a reason enough for it to
be kept by everybody. We
must consider that rules should
be practical because it is the
students’ willingness to comply
with the rules that determine
whether a school policy prevails
or not.
Several months ago, the
school
administration
announced the evacuation of all
personal computers on the
judgment that students were
abusing computers. Shocking
as it sounds, the student council
fortunately managed to negotiate with the school so that the
students would not have to part
with their computers as long as
all games and movies were deleted from the computers.
However, it must be
pointed out that
there were major
flaws in the process in which
this problem
was settled.
First of
all,
the
evacuation of all
personal
computers
in the
dormito-
ry, the solution that the school
administration favored, was not
at all a practical and realistic one.
It might be dare said that all of
the assignments given by teachers are somehow related to the
access of computers and the internet. Furthermore, to keep up
with the rapidly changing world
while living in a remote school
physically faraway from those
changes, our computers are an
inevitable part of our lives. Taking such harsh measures while
neglecting these beneficial roles
of computers would have
been
t o
‘burn
t h e
house
to
get
rid of the
mice’. Such
impractical
assertions
by the school
had only made
it hard for students to believe whether the
school was really
willing to do such a
thing, and gave plenty of reasons to disagree with the school’s
suggestion.
Secondly, the alternative was just as impractical: students were halfforced to agree and make
a promise to the school that
they would not play games
or watch movies at all times.
Students may have kept the
truce for a couple of weeks or so.
However, if the promise were a
practical one, why are members
of the Ministry of Internet Man-
agement asking the students to
‘not get caught’ from violating
computer regulations instead
of ‘not violate’ computer regulations? Moreover, why are so
many students reinstalling their
games and movies? The negotiation between the school and
the students was not a complete
and rather a temporary one that
had seemingly settled the conflict only for some time.
A Solution
The following seems to be a
good compromise between the
school and the students: Free
students from computer regulations on Sundays, a day on
which students should be able
to relieve stress from the tight
schedules of weekdays. It is already being done this way under
the unspoken agreement
among students
and the stud e n t
housemaster. It is
better to bring students back into the boundaries
of school rules than to make
them outlaws by setting impractical and nominal school rules.
Furthermore, KMLA students
have more self-discipline than
any other students of their age in
order to keep up with their pressuring school work, living in a
dormitory without their parents
to supervise them. Evidence of
self-discipline in KMLA students
are found in their hair regulations. Unlike most schools, our
school does not have a particular hair regulation to limit the
freedom of students. Nevertheless, students keep their hair
at an appropriate level that the
teachers approve of. In this context, we can infer that KMLA
students are certainly capable
of restraining themselves from
excessive games or movies, and
clearly have enough sensibility
to understand their priorities.
Instead of giving students the
freedom to do whatever they
would like to with their computers on Sunday, the currently
nominal Ministry of Internet
Management should strictly enforce the computer regulations
during the weekdays when students should really be focusing
on their studies. Even though
the idealistic solution would be
to let students control themselves, for those who are careless enough to prolong their free
leisure from the weekends to the
weekdays, some sort of restriction must be imposed upon. The
housemaster’s supervision alone
may not serve enough as a restriction, because, as mentioned
above, students have surpassed
the dormitory housemasters in
number and in craftiness. That
is why we must ask the Ministry
of Internet
Management,
those who know us better than
anyone else, to practice necessary evil. Surely, hardly anyone
would be daring enough to break
computer regulations against
school rules, the housemaster,
Ministry of Internet Management, and ultimately, their own
good.
Ideal and Reality
Rules are certainly rules and
they are meant to be kept. However, as time passes and circumstances change, the rules should
be adapted to the changes in
circumstances. The most idealistic ways are not always the
best ways. Lenient reeds are often stronger than stiff trees that
do not bend at all. The solution
to the problem in computer usage works the same way. The
school should not enforce rules
that lack practicality, and the
students should strictly keep the
established rules. k
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ScHOOL ADMINIStRAtION
Everything is
Up to Ourselves
School Says, ‘No More Supervisors In Test Centers’
M
uch controversy is
about to brew up in
the upcoming midterm as the school decided that
supervisors will not be ‘needed’
any more in the test centers.
This latest and obviously unexpected measure states that
students will no longer be monitored while taking their tests,
with technically no one to stop
any attempts of cheating except the test takers themselves.
Officially announced by the
headmaster during the ending
ceremony right before summer vacation, this policy has
already aroused rather skeptical
responses among the students.
With no one actually knowing
what to expect of this totally
new system, many students are
showing doubts on whether it
will turn out to be all right.
No Cheaters?
Although abruptly notifying the new policy at the parents’ conference and the ending
ceremony, the school did not explain efficiently enough on the
background and insights surrounding this policy. It was not
only a totally new topic with no
preceding discussions or what-
soever but also a surprising conclusion considering the shock
over the cheaters punished in
the last semester.
As we all know, the school
takes cheating very seriously,
considering it as one of the
major three taboos forbidden
within the campus. Confronting a special committee, doing
social services, and drawing an
inerasable line on one’s ‘papers’
are only some of what one will
have to face after violating this
school rule. Yet, records tell us
that despite such dreadful consequences, there have always
been students who were caught
cheating during exams. Even recently, three tenth waves were
severly punished due to their
misdeeds during the finals last
semester. Now students are
asking, “How many more will
start cheating after the only authorities to catch them suddenly
don’t show up on the morning of
our exams?”
The temptation is definitely
huge. Hopes for higher GPAs
and better grades linger within everyone. Many think that
glancing over the other student’s
paper might give them a more
satisfying report card to send
home. Especially, all the competition among fellow students
and the stress resulting after
preparing for the exams can certainly lead one astray. Also the
testing environment in which
nearly 90 people are crammed in
makes it easier to cheat. Having
barely any space to spread both
arms, students often feel rather
sieged around others with their
test papers just within eyesight.
This very fact has already been
pointed out by many teachers
who have monitored Critical
Reading tests and midterms in
the past.
With these conditions already
existing, it is highly predictable
that the absence of proctors will
exacerbate foul plays during
exam periods.
No Teacher in the Room : Samhyeon Girls’ High School is one of the schools that practice
No-Supervisor examination policy.
and carelessly. Truly, there must
have been some reasons for this
unexpected measure.
Here, we ask another question.
Will there really be an increase in
the number of students violating testing regulations as supervisors stop monitoring exams?
While negative views prevail,
some think it is odd to just simply conclude that more cheating
will occur after the policy is applied. Though it can be thought
that cheating may become fairly
NO JOKE : Is GPA important? I think so.
easy with no proctors, it may
end up to be different from what
Another Viewpoint
most are anticipating.
We must also consider the fact
Factors like conscience and
that the school would not have
self respect may have more inmade such decision so easily
fluence to the students. Whereas
going through all the risk of simply looking over the shoulder
might seem ‘worth it’ under the
very noses of proctors, students
may have second thoughts in
doing so when they are not being watched. In other words,
the lack of pressure that existed
in the presence of teachers can
bring more shame upon those
who cheat, and eventually, student will become less allured to
do so.
Although we think of being
overseen in any kind of test as
an obvious thing, not to mention the fact that it is being practiced universally, it is a symbol
of distrust whether we are conscious of it or not. However, the
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non-monitoring system does not
constrain the test takers from
violating rules, but rather it asks
and trusts them not to do so.
There is no doubt that the
teachers and other faculty members who participated in making
the policy considered this characteristic of the system as a major reason for the final decision.
By adapting what is not found in
most schools, our school is declaring that it is time for the self
dignity and conscience of
each
student to
take the places
of supervisors. The school hopes
that by taking their exams under
such circumstances, students will
examine their academical skills
and also learn the importance of
self-controlling any temptation
to do something dishonest.
Changes Depend On
How We Look At Them
Frequent change in the policies is our school’s merit and at
the same time, demerit. During
the last decade, KMLA has encountered numerous changes
through the process to be Korea’s
most prestigious high school.
Some
changes
contributed
greatly to its development while
others remained as aching scars
still in today. However, whether
small or large, it never was the
change itself that influenced
the educational system and the
campus life of the school but
how we, members of the KMLA
family, accepted it. It is how all
the students, parents, and faculty members accept and understand those changes and gather
together to find the best solutions that truly determine the influence that follows.
The new policy on testing regulations is clearly one of those
changes. There is no doubt
that it will bring a
huge impact on
our testing
environment.
Ye t ,
it is
im-
portant
to understand
that the influence of this
policy will be determined by us. If many
are allured to the temptation of
cheating, then the school will
have to consider its measures on
testing regulations again. On the
contrary, if we are to take exams
according to how much each of
us prepare for them, the school’s
decision will be evaluated as reasonable and the policy will also
become one of the outstanding
merits that make KMLA unique
and renowned.
Having faith in this policy will
make it a very successful one,
while expressing skepticism
will lead it to a complete failure.
Whatever result will occur after the October midterm is still
a mystery, but we must understand that we are the one who
will determine it. k
READERS’ OPINIONS
Students’ Voice on
Curfew&Selfstudy
Self-study time : 7 p.m. ~ 9
p.m., 9.30 p.m. ~ 12 p.m.
Curfew : 0:30 a.m. ~
This is the hours of selfstudy time and curfew in
KMLA. Students are required
to self-study for 4 and half
hours a day, and come back to
their rooms until 0:30 a.m.
All KMLA students are asked
to follow these rules. The dormitory dean strictly supervises students to obey both
self-study time and curfew.
If students are caught violating the time restrictions, they
are sent to the student court.
Although students are well
aware of the fact that they
have to adhere to the rules, on
every week’s student court list,
there are always a few people
going to the student court for
violating self-study time and
curfew. Although these rules
are only basic school rules,
which are not at all difficult to
follow, many students are having troubles adjusting to these
rules. This situation pushes
toward a question: Why are
students violating these rules,
if they are well aware of the
consequences of violating it?
By asking them KMLA students their straight opinions
on these issues, the outspoken
comments of some KMLA students about their opinions are
obtained.
The interviews show that
the current rules concerned
on self-study time and curfew are not perfect; they need
revising. Although revising
the school rule is not an easy
process, it is necessary for
the sake of student’s benefits. the efforts made by students
Moreover, students should be to make a better school would
aware that they should not continue. k
only try to change the school
by JEuNG, HAEIN
rules, but also follow the rules
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KOREAN-JAPANESE cONfLIct OvER DOKDO
KNOW:
the REASONS
The Things that Make Dokdo Ours
W
hy is Dokdo a part of Korea? Because... ‘It is’? This
won’t get you very far and
at the same time, unfortunately, it is
the best answer a lot of Koreans can
give you when you ask the question.
What really makes Dokdo ours? What
are the assertions of the Japanese
government? We need some rational reasons and rebuttals, instead of
emotional assumptions based on our
deeply rooted dislike against Japan.
This article will compare the views
of the Korean and Japanese governments and provide clear evidence
and rebuttals that can prove Dokdo is
a part of Korea.
Japanese Points
‘didn’t’ do anything.
Furthermore, we should note the
fact that it was only a province of Japan that claimed Dokdo as a part of
its territory, not the Japanese government itself. It means that the Japanese
government was afraid to make such
assertions itself because it feared the
criticism from other nations.
Former Occupation?
k The Japanese government
says that they occupied Dokdo first,
which legally makes Dokdo their
territory.
We must think about what the term
‘occupy’ means in the international
Korean Points
Shimane Province claimed Dokdo as a
part of Shimane, and the Korean government did not raise any objections.
The Korean government had lost its right
of diplomacy by force from the Japanese. We could not raise any objections.
The Japanese government occupied
Dokdo first.
Their occupation can’t be accepted
because Dokdo was initially occupied by
Korea.
The Sanfrancisco Treaty does not mention Dokdo as one of the islands that
Japan must relinquish.
True—it doesn’t mention anything about
Dokdo. So according to SCAPIN 677, a
document that defines Japanese territory, Dokdo is a part of Korea.
Takeshima?
j On February 22nd, 1905, Shimane, a province of Japan, claimed
Dokdo(Takeshima) as its territory,
which was notified to the Korean government (대한제국) on the April of the
next year. They say that the Korean
government and the people accepted
this without any objections.
This is where most debates start
on the Dokdo matter. However, it is
meaningless to say that the Korean
government did not raise any objections against Shimane Province because the Korean government had
already lost its right of diplomacy. In
other words, the Korean government
couldn’t do anything about it. Also, a
great number among the Korean public remonstrated against the Japanese
when they heard this news. Therefore
we should say that the Korean government ‘couldn’t’ do anything, not
law. The things required to occupy
new land is: First, for the land to not
be pre-occupied by another country.
Second, the country that wills to occupy the land must notify it to other
countries. Third, the country must
practice complete authority over the
land.
Now, did the Japanese government
really occupy Dokdo? It did not meet
any of these three requirements.
We had already ‘occupied’ Dokdo
on the year 512, by King Ji-Jeung of
Shilla. Since then, Dokdo has always
been a part of Korea. Japan says that
their people used Dokdo as an outpost by their fishermen in the 17th
century. However, this was using our
territory without any rights and this
is why ‘안용복’, a single civilian, went to
Dokdo and drove away the Japanese
fishermen as it is written in Japanese records. Furthermore, so many
Japanese maps (like the one shown)
clearly show that Dokdo was initially
occupied by Korea. Therefore, their
assertion that Dokdo wasn’t pre-occupied doesn’t make any sense.
Secondly, even if Japan had notified Dokdo as a part of their territory
according to the second requirement
of ‘occupation’, it was only by a province, and this can’t be viewed as an
official notification toward foreign
countries. Also, the Korean government was not able to raise any objections at the time for the reason mentioned above.
We can also see that they did not
meet the third requirement either. All
they did was measuring of the island,
and let the fishermen catch fish in
the sea around the island. This can’t
be considered as ‘complete’ authority
over the island. On the other hand,
Korea has had, and currently has
complete authority over Dokdo. This
can be proved by the police force we
have in Dokdo.
An Exception?
l The Japanese government says
the San Francisco Treaty
did not mention Dokdo as
one of the islands it must
give up to Korea.
It is true that the San Francisco
Treaty, which took care of various
problems after World War II, does not
state Dokdo as one of the islands that
Japan must relinquish to Korea. However, we focus on the fact that Dokdo
is not mentioned anywhere in the San
Francisco Treaty.
Initially, Dokdo was also included
among the islands that must be given
up to Korea, but the Japanese government suggested to the American
government that it would let the US
forces use Dokdo as a military base if
they let Dokdo remain a part of Japan.
However, because of the objections
from other countries like England
and New Zealand, US could not have
it this way and avoided this matter by
not mentioning Dokdo at all, as the
territory of niether Korea nor Japan.
Before the Sanfrancisco Treaty,
in January 29th, 1946, a document
named scapin 677 clearly defined
Japanese territory. scapin 677 clearly
defined Dokdo as a part of Korea, not
Japan. Therefore, scapin 677, which
holds legal effectiveness in international law, proves that Dokdo is a part
of Korea, since Dokdo isn’t mentioned
anywhere in the Sanfrancisco Treaty.
An Integral Part of All of Us
These were only some of numerous evidences why Dokdo is a part of
Korea. Dokdo is not important to us
only because of its economical meanings related with its plentiful resources, but is also important because it is
related with our identity as Koreans.
Furthermore, it will have negative influences on all the relationships with
Japan if the Dokdo case continues to
be a problem between the two countries. Now that we once have the momentum and interest of everybody,
we must solve this problem once and
for all. k
by KIM, SHIN
MINJOK HERALD
shinkim7@dreamwiz.com
special report
editorial
E section Page 7
KOREAN-JAPANESE cONfLIct OvER DOKDO
SENSE.
not SENSIBILITY
The wise position both Korea and Japan should take over Dokdo
fairs and Trade does not react against
the Japanese claims or conducts of
certain extremists in Japan. The Korean Government even seems indifferent to this issue. Nevertheless, its
real intention is to prevent the Japanese from developing the issue into
an international dispute because this
issue can be favorably applied to Japan if it is to be dealt in International
Court. Yet, if continuous and peaceful
display of sovereignty is maintained
and if the issue of Dokdo is not to
be dealt by International Court, as is
stipulated in the international statute, the effective control of Korea
can be acknowledged. Therefore, the
Korean government is coping with
the problem with an appropriate and
wise way.
The attitude of the Korean public
T
he Japanese claims over Dokdo have recently worsened its
relations with South Korea.
Putting aside positive and active economic and cultural exchanges and
cooperation, the two countries still
eye each other warily and with doubt.
The sensitive gap between the neighboring countries was visible in a recent survey conducted by two newspapers in Korea and Japan. Yet, both
countries should keep in mind that
excessively radical and emotional reactions are lose-lose proposals.
The Current Status of
the Korean government
In case of Korea, a domestic conflict has taken place in between the
Korean government and the Korean
public for each of them is taking different positions regarding the Dokdo
issue. The Korean government poses
a fairly passive and inactive attitude;
whereas the public takes radical ones.
The Korean Ministry of Foreign Af-
The Korean public’s attitude is obviously in contrast to that of Korean
government. The public has held massive emotional rallies for weeks protesting the Japanese claims to Dokdo.
Some of them burned themselves
to death in Seoul while others even
cut off their fingers during the protest in front of the Japanese Embassy
in Seoul. Some tore out and burned
the Japanese flag, or even set fire to a
Japanese electronics company building. These all were done to show their
firm will and stance pertaining to the
Dokdo issue. Koreans, against their
government that does not represent
their opinion, have been harshly criticizing the government. Nonetheless,
such radical behavior undermines
the position of Korea. It is crucial to
maintain tranquility for the Korean
public. Koreans should not react impulsively and sentimentally because
such behavior can worsen the situation by summoning the issue before
the International Court. The task at
hand is not to arouse an internal dispute, but to firmly establish Korea’s
stance in the global society.
Then, why do Koreans become so
sensitive regarding the issue of Dokdo?
Significance of the Ownership
A strong sense of unity is often said
to be one of the Koreans’ most remarkable national traits, and it led to
Koreans’ response against Japanese.
When a certain event regarding their
fatherland happens, Koreans have
shown their surprisingly firm solidarity as they did during the World Cup
in 2002.
Tensions have escalated recently
over the Japanese government’s approval of right-wing school textbooks, claims for the Dokdo islands,
and tribute visits of its prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi to the Yasukuni Shrine honoring World War ii war
criminals.
Korean’s animosity toward Japan
has been aroused long before the
Choson dynasty by suffering from
Japanese pirates. Later, Japan colonized Korea between 1910 and 1945
until its defeat in World War II. During the colonization period, Koreans
were deprived of all their sovereignty rights and watched helplessly as
their sons were forced into the Japanese military and daughters into mss
(military sexual slavery). Koreans
were even more enraged at the lack
of Japanese compensation for Korean victims. Japanese imperialism
has infringed upon human rights of
Koreans during the colonization and
to the victimized ones it seems to be
extending to present.
Japanese radical actions with respect to the Dokdo issue are still stimulating Koreans. More antagonism
toward Japan erupted earlier this
year when Japan’s Shimane Prefecture had established the “Takeshima
Day,” and claimed the symbolic right
to the Korean-controlled Dokdo islands in the East Sea between the two
countries. Takeshima is the Japanese
name for Dokdo. Japanese move was
simply unacceptable to the Koreans
both in north and south since Dokdo
has been a symbol of Korea’s liberation from Japan after years of colonization.
Moreover, the English version
homepage of Vank(Voluntary Agency Network of Korea), had been
hacked just weeks before. Its web
board had been swamped with messages assumed to have been written
by Japanese and its main linking had
been disconnected after the hackers’
attack. Some Japanese have reclaimed
Google Earth to rectify the term
“Dokdo” and change it into “Takeshima”. It ended up with Google’s decision to use both terms. The maps appended to the Japanese government
authorized geography textbooks for
elementary and secondary schools to
indicate Dokdo as Japanese territory.
Such deeds done by the Japanese
definitely do not confer a salutary
attitude; they do make the Koreans
apprehend whether Japan aspires to
pursue neo-imperialism. Korea and
Japan are close with in their cultural
characteristics, appearances and
economies. They have shared many
things through their long history,
and are still inevitable companions.
Therefore, the two should together
take one step further towards their
mutual development in the global
stage. In the course of achieving it,
they ought to stop quarrelling, but be
reasonable and sensible. Instead of
merely presenting their country’s argument and not caring to listen to the
others, it is now the time to compromise the point with sense, not with
sensibility. k
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A Relaxer Day.
Minjok Festival 2005.
J
Students enjoyed tattoos, 달고나,
and especially the food 문기부 had
prepared in which there was an
even greater variety of menus
than last year’s festival. There
was a watermelon-eating competition, cake-making competition, and even a water balloon
throwing event. It was definitely
an exciting time for all the KMLA
students.
In the evening, there was a
KMLA dance party along with
many performances the students prepared for the occasion. The party started with the
grand performances of the 9th
wave Salsa and Waltz teams. The
Miss Minjok Competition was
the greatest hit of all; ten teams
participated and disguised boys
to look like girls. Their witty
performances shocked all the
KMLA students and filled them
with laughter. Then the performances of Rhyme Factory, PLZ,
FITM, and NAB followed.
The final Dance Party was the
peak of the day. 문기부 prepared
special equipments and music so the students could have
a greater time than ever. By the
end of the party everyone was
completely exhausted, but their
faces were filled with immense
satisfaction. 9th wave students,
as their final Minjok Festival and
10th wave students as their first,
all admitted that it had been a
wonderful day, a day to completely cool off from studies,
with certainly no worries; just
laughter and enjoyment. Hopefully, the Minjok Festival will always be as enjoyable as the one
this year. k
ust sit back and relax,
for this is the day with no
stress—the Minjok Festival
has finally come! No worries
about class, no worries about
exams, no worries about homework, but just a day to enjoy a
variety of exhibitions, food, and
performances the students of
KMLA have prepared for such a
long time.
Nine O’clock in the morning,
the KMLA orchestra announced
the start of the festival playing
the remarkable “Sudeki Dane”
followed by a performance from
Samuchim. The Dasan and
Chungmoo Halls which were
filled with various exhibitions
and activities finally opened
their gates and students anxiously went inside. As soon as they
stepped inside the Dasan Hall,
they could see the exhibition of
Kyung Kuk Ji Hwa showing a series of works the members had
illustrated. An especially eyecatching sight was the brilliant
exhibition of character costumes
that each member of Kyung Kuk
Ji Hwa wore. On the right side of
the exhibition of Kyung Kuk Ji
Hwa, a corner for fortune-telling
with Taro cards was booming
in business. Across the fortunetelling corner, Apple Pie, KMLA’s
astronomy club, magnificently
changed a classroom into a night
by KIM, JEESuN
sky filled with stars and constelMINJOK HERALD
lations. Deeper inside the buildlastinfrever@hotmail.com
ing, there was a section for the
SD, KMLA’s art club, where the
members made special badges
for students in which students “MOMENTS OF THE FESTIVAL” Top left: KMLA Orchestra’s opening performance / Top right: An Apple Pie member selling constellation bookmarks / Second row left:
could ask for any kind of drawing a KMLA Samulnori club, Samuchim is performing. / Second row right: Staffs preparing to sell food in the front garden / Third row left: The NAB members performing / Third row
right: Tango and Waltz performance / Left: FITM, along with a few other bands, performed in the very end of the party.
they would like on their badges.
Along the stairs up to the second
floor, TTL, KMLA’s photography
club, displayed several pictures
that the members had taken
themselves. The theme of this
exhibition was ‘color’, and many
students purchased the pictures.
On the second floor, there was a
room filled with masterpieces
of caligraphy서예, and another
room in which the members
of Ma Dong, KMLA’s magician
club, showed magic tricks - each
person performing a different
show. In Chungmoo Hall, Dul
Kuk Hwa, KMLA’s poetry club,
displayed poems along with
beautiful illustrations in the
main hall, and Department of
Library prepared a Board Game
Cafe in the library. There were
many activities outside, too.
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Miss Minjok:
A Unique Beauty Contest: Charmingly
Cross-dressed Kayemelaian boys
A
beauty contest in KMLA,
does that make sense?
Girls here don’t seem
to accept the concept of being shown merely as “beautiful
girls.” Then, what is Miss Minjok? Miss Minjok is a beauty contests for boys who are dressed
up as girls, and this year it was
held for the second time. A total
of ten groups(constituting of the
participating boys and girls who
dressed them up) participated
in the contest.
The contest was held right before the dance party. KMLA students were extremely shocked
by the participants’ brilliant performances, which were mostly
dances. Furthermore, the boys
were dressed up so cute, that
many girls envied their body
line. Ninth wave Hyungsoo Park
and Tenth wave Seungwoo Song
were awarded the first prize.
Tenth wave Dongjun Lee received the second prize, tenth
wave Shin Kim and Inson Yoon
got the third prize. Though not
included in top three awards,
Saeook Park was awarded for his
shocking performance.
The participants and the organizers of this contest had put
in a lot of effort. This doubled
the joy of the crowd, and many
said that it was an excellent program to start the exciting dance
party of Minjok Festival.
The contest was initiated
last year by the department of
student guidance. Ninth wave
Sungmin Lee suggested the idea
of holding the contest, saying
that since the student guidance
department always supervises
students’ attires, why not give
the students an opportunity to
decorate themselves by setting
up such a program during the
Minjok festival? Although this
contest has a short history, seeing this year’s participants’ performances and the response of
the rest of the school, it is definitely becoming one of the core
events of the Minjok Festival. k
by JEuNG, HAEIN
MINJOK HERALD
landland89331@gmail.com
A Thank-You Day for
Kayemelaian Teachers.
2005 Teacher’s Day & Awesome Celebration : thanks-giving performances
O
n May 14th, the day before the Teacher’s Day,
KMLA students held
a very special event for their
teachers. Many students performed in front of teachers to
make the day more interesting
and memorable. The event was
held in the gymnasium with all
the students and teachers present. Here is the full story.
At third period of the day, all
the teachers and students of
KMLA went to the gymnasium.
Students came a little earlier than
the teachers to set up the event.
As things were getting ready,
the students lined up, creating
a pathway from the entrance of
the gymnasium to the seats for
the teachers near the stage. As
the chief of the Student Council
called each teacher’s name, the
teachers came in one by one,
holding a student’s hand. All the
Mentor’s March: Professor Williams, accompanied by Jeeyoon, is walking through the
students welcomed them and
cheer of the students.
clapped loudly as the teachers
smiled and ran down the pathway. And just for the occasion,
both of the dormitory deans
came up to the gymnasium to
participate in the event.
After teachers took their
seats, the Teacher’s Day celebration event began. First, five
10th wave girls in the Minjok
field sang while dancing. Their
performance was rather out of
the ordinary and many teachers laughed out loud. After that,
the chief of the student council
called several 9th and 10th wave
students to come up to the stage.
They especially imitated some of
their teachers and some of them
were almost exactly the same. It
could have seemed rather impolite but it certainly presented
all the teachers with very special
memories.
After several interesting performances, it was time for the
teachers and students to watch
the video that students recorded
during the last few weeks. However, there was a problem with
the projector, and it was impossible to watch the video. Everyone was quite disappointed
but still, it was a wonderful and
amazing event even without the
video.
Throughout
this
special
event, everyone felt that all the
teachers and students got closer
to each other. They were also
reminded of how precious and
essential we are to each other.
Especially for the students, they
must have felt gratitude for their
teachers for taking care of them
just like their parents. As we are
certain that the respect and love
felt during this event will last
forever, the special teacher’s
day hopefully will be celebrated
again next year! k
by YOuN SOJuNG
MINJOK HERALD
sj-dde@hanmail.net
news
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Fly Me to the Moon
KMLA Students at the International Symposium
on Space Launch Infrastructure
“T
hey must be monks
to be wearing the
same Hanbok like
that.”, “No, they look like they are
going to do some kind of performance.”
These are only some of the
interesting comments KMLA
students have received at the
International Symposium on
Space Launch Infrastructure.
KMLA students clearly aroused
sensation at the Symposium,
not only with their peculiar outfits but also with their excellent
performance in their volunteer
work. About 35 KMLA students
spent 3 days, from May
5th to 7th, at the
Interna-
tional
Symposium
on Space
L au n c h
Infrastructure in Goheung
county, Jeonnam Province, helping out with the interpretation
at the symposium. The symposium, an important event for
the development of the Korean
aerospace industry, had invited
aerospace engineers from all
over the world. KMLA students
played a key role in helping
the foreign visitors communicate easily with the symposium
staff. “They were a huge help to
us. They played an essential role
in helping us talk to the foreigners.” “KMLA students are so
polite. I had been thinking that
smart students are arrogant and
self-centered.
B u t
KMLA
stud e n t s
bow to elders
so
eagerly.”
Said some of
the staffs when I
asked them how
they thought about
us. But it is not only us
who gave help. Students
also learned a lot from being at
the symposium not only from
the lectures of professors on
aerospace, but students also
learned valuable lessons from
the personal conversation they
had with the engineers. This is
one of the stories I heard :
“Engineering is finding better
solutions to problems in our everyday lives. What the problems
are may differ from what field
you work on, but the ultimate
goal is the same. When I was at a
conference in England a couple
of years ago, I saw some professors trying to figure out the
height of a pole so that they can
find some rope long enough to
put the flag up. The professors
thought of several complicated
ways to measure the height of
the pole using the Pythagoras’
theorem. However, a person
passing by suggested that they
simply pull the pole out of the
ground and lay it on the ground
so that they can measure it. In
this case, the person passing by
was a better engineer than the
professors. Furthermore, what
makes the difference between
a smart engineer and one that
is not is how fast you figure out
whether you can solve a problem or not. Some problems just
might be impossible to solve
and some might be over your
head. Many engineers actually
do waste a lot of their time on
problems they can’t solve.” told
Guy C. Duberley (Senior Engineering Staff and the Aquinas
Group in England), to KMLA
students.
After the three day long volunteer work in Go Heung,
each student came back with
their own valuable lessons.
Some came back with a better
understanding of the Korean
aerospace industry, and oth-
ers came back with clear ideas
of what they might be doing 20
or 30 years later. And for everybody, it was an excellent chance
to have special volunteer work
and spend three days out of our
monotonous everyday lives in
the school dormitory.
<A Quick Interview>
Pier Michele Roviera is A French aerospace engineer working for the
ESA(European Space Agency) who came to Goheung to give a lecture
on ‘The ESA Ariane launch facilities at the Guiana Space Center’
Minjok Herald : How do you feel to be in Korea?
Pier Michele Roviera : Even though it’s my first time in Korea, I don’t feel
like I’m new here. I want to thank the staff from Goheung county for
giving me such a warm welcome. I’m also quite impressed that such
a big symposium is being held.
M.H : What do you think of our students from KMLA?
Roviera : Their English speaking abilities are very impressive and I want to
thank them for making me feel at-home.
M.H : What do you think is the best part about being a aerospace engineer?
Roviera : Space activities are always new and innovative. In consequence,
aerospace engineers are always looking for something new. I’ve
been working on over 50 rocket launches into space but each
launch has always been different. I think that this is the biggest
attraction to the people working in this field. We work for an infinite
possibility and it is never the same.
M.H : Some of the students here at the symposium are hoping to work in
the field of aerospace. What would you like to say to these students?
Roviera : I can tell you that being an aerospace engineer is very rewarding. Not in terms of money though. I’ll be candid with you about
the fact that aerospace engineers don’t earn as much money as
other people think they would, and there are many other jobs that
earn much more money. But you can believe me that it is very
rewarding in another sense. A person who hasn’t launched a rocket
into space that he or she has been working on wouldn’t know how
it feels. It’s somewhat like flying yourself. k
by KIM, SHIN / MINJOK HERALD /shinkim7@dreamwiz.com
“Learn, as if you’ve
never learned before”
KMLA Continuing Education 2005 program for Adult learners: 평생교육원
O
ne Sunday morning,
Time
Schedule
not yet awake from the
A.M 6 : 00 ~ Wake up, Morning
sleepy weekend, KMLA
07 : 00
exercise, class prep
students went up for breakfast
A.M 7 : 30 ~
Breakfast
and saw couple hundred adults
08 : 20
lined up for breakfast. EveryA.M 8 : 30 ~
period 1 ~ 3
13:30
body was full of questions. Who
P.M 12 : 30 ~
were they? Why were they here?
lunch
13 : 30
After all, KMLA students soon
P.M 1 : 30 ~
found out that these special
period 4 ~ 6
5 : 30
“adult students” were the parP.M 5 : 30 ~
Dinner/Break time
ticipants of the first session of
7 : 00
the Minjok Leadership AcadP.M 7 : 00 ~ Group study (Assignemy Continuing Education
8 : 20
ment or Debating)
Program. KMLA’s motto, esP.M 8 : 20 - 8
Snack time
: 40
tablished at its foundation was
P.M 8 : 40 ~ Group study (Assignpromoting the spirit of Minjok
10 : 00
ment or Debating )
and preparing for globalization
P.M
10
:
00
~
by acquiring the knowledge of
Bed time/ Self Study
12 : 00
English. With this maxim and
the help of the ESTP English A Grown-up Schedule: Daily class and
dormitory schedule for the Continuing
Foundation and ACT Organiza- Education program participants.
tion, the Academy established
the program. Another purpose
of creating the program was to
have more financial support for
KMLA. The cost for this continuous education program
is relatively higher compared
to other annexed college programs; it has a cost of 12 million
won. The program is based on a
group of 102 students, who participate in several sessions. Any
adult willing to study english
and get a sense of the language
are very welcome. The time
span is 13 weeks, and the second session starts about to start
from September 12 and lasts
through December 10th, 2005.
A student will be staying at his
or her dormitory sharing the
room with two other peers, just
like the system in KMLA. Schedule-wise, the program has a very
unique schedule which includes
group discussions, debates, self
study time, and several periods
of intense lectures.
As the first wave of the members completed their session,
many of the students left with a
strong impression of both KMLA
and what they have learned.
From many of the opinions listed on the web site after the program, many were satisfied and
considered it a true learning experience. As time passes, KMLA
hopes to see great progresses
from this ESPT Center, another
part of our KMLA Family. k
by KIM, GAHYuN
MINJOK HERALD
a
News
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Introducing the New Captains
the 18th Student Council & the 15th Honor Committee
O
n September 24th,
2005, the new student
council and honor
committee members were
elected by the KMLA students.
Lee Dae Han became the chief,
Ryu Min Woo and Park Hyung
Sik became the vice chiefs, Lee
Jong Weon became the manager, and Kim Young Min and Kim
Jee Soo became the members of
the 18th student council. For
the 15th honor committee, Cho
Hee Kyung became the chief,
Heo Min Hong and Seo Jung
Kyu became the vice chiefs, Lee
Hyung Min became the manager, and Park Sung Min and Cha
So Wan became the members.
After the election, the students
showed their support of the
new leaders of their school by
giving them applause after each
of their introductory greetings.
The new student body replaces the 17th student council
and the 14th honor committee.
They did a great job leading our
school the last semester, especially taking part in the Dokdo
campaigns. They also paid a
lot of attention to the details of
school life, improving the small
rules for student comfort. The
students hope that the new student body can build upon the
success of the earlier body and
make KMLA into an even better
school. k
by HwANG,
wANG, JIHAE
w
The 18th Student Council Chief : LEE, DAEHAN
As the campaigning session officially began at midnight, September 14th, I rushed to see the juniors. I
had to show them my sincere plans and visions as the chief of the student council. From then on, I spent
a lot of time talking with fellow students every day – more than 30 minutes on each room. It took me
almost a week to visit all of the rooms. However, as a result, I’ve come to stand in front of you as the chief
of the student council.
The chief must speak for both the students and the school. The chief should gather opinions from the
students but should also convey the school’s plans and requirements. I will try my best to exercise my
flexibility like a “rubber band” and successfully lead our school with great student council. I, and the 18th
student council, promise that we will not lose our passion and become a hard-working student council.
The 15th Honor Committee Chief : cHO, HEEKYuNG
Thanks for everyone’s support. The fifteenth honor committee will do our best to successfully implement the unsupervised exam policy and improve the court systems. Please keep a watch on us; we’ll be
the best.
MINJOK HERALD
jihaekor@hanmail.net
Juniors @ Kayemelay
Global Leadership Program for Students
S
ummer vacation! Students,
meeting at last the end of
their first semester, have
left school for a long, long rest
at home. However, KMLA is still
busy packed with new students
who have come from all over the
country as far as Jeju. They are
the GLPS students, ranging from
sixth grade to eighth grade, who
have come to KMLA for a very
special experience during their
summer.
The Global Leadership Program for Students is a summer
camp from July 25 to August 20
for 320 elementary and middle
school students. They have been
chosen by KMLA through rigorous examinations. Many of them
dream to become future KMLA
students and have come to GLPS
under the desire to experience
the ambience of KMLA which
they admire so much.
Therefore, KMLA has put
forth great effort to specialize
the GLPS programs and fully
satisfy the students. GLPS students attended eight classes
each day from 9:00 to 5:45. The
classes were mainly focused on
English; English debate, drama,
speech, movie, literature classes
are some examples. Foreigners
were hired especially for these
English classes and students felt
very content about the things
they learned in their classes. In
addition to classes, KMLA strictly required GLPS students to
keep EOP 24 hours a day. At first,
students had a hard time com-
municating with each other, but
soon got used to this policy, even
mentioning how effective it was.
One difference between the GLPS
held this summer from those
of the past is the fact that math
classes were held four times a
week just for the eighth graders.
Some students had some difficulties catching the flow of the
classes at first, but soon adjusted. There was also a Math-Only
Study Hall prepared for the students who had questions about
math problems. Three Math
TAs were always ready to lend
a helping hand during the selfset study periods. The rest of the
classes were PE classes in which
students got a chance to learn
Gumdo, archery, golf, and sports
dance. In addition to classes,
GLPS students had many special
activities such as cooking, rafting, the dance party, dinner party, pop song contest, and English
speech contest.
Spending a month at KMLA,
GLPS students admitted that
they learned more than they had
expected. Away from home for
the first time in their lives, they
learned the enormous existence
of their friends and family inside
their hearts. The students mentioned that after the first week
had passed, they noticed how
big the empty spot usually filled
with their families was; they also
felt deep thanks towards their
parents who had paid nearly one
million won per week just for
their education. They had many
memorable times with new
friends and teachers they met at
GLPS, and promised to always
cherish these happy memories.
This one-in-a-lifetime chance
was indeed a very special one
for these students. PA Eun Young
Lim said, “Before I actually started working as a PA, I never even
imagined how close I would become with the students at GLPS.
However, as I spent time with
these students, I could definitely
feel the spirit and warm hearts
they carried. It was a wonderful time in which I learned more
from the students than I actually
taught them. I am very happy
that they obtained much from
this summer at KMLA.” k
by KIM, JEESuN
MINJOK HERALD
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A MINJOK HERALD - SOCKSACKIM JOINT ARTICLE / SOCKSACKIM IS THE KMLA’S PEER COuNSELING COMMuNITy. < Dealing with Conflicts… Help is just a whisper away! >
cOMMuNIcAtION
Dealing with conflicts: Socksackim can help!
F
or many teenagers, communication is a big problem. Many present rosy
views on the teenage years—
how wonderful it is to be young,
the unlimited possibilities and
such. However, we know that
that is not all about this crucial
period in life. Teenage years are
also splattered with emotional
roller coasters, slammed doors,
and broken hearts.
Korean Minjok Leadership
Academy’s counseling club,
Socksackim
(which
means
“whisper” in Korean), was cre-
from the movie,
가족, 2004
가족
from Brad Pitt:
“Too much pressure !”
My parents are nearly choking me.
I am just a normal student, but I think
my parents always want something
better from me. Even though my
grades went up a little last semester,
my parents constantly talked about
the student in the top. I am so angry
that now I don’t even want to go on
from here. After all that criticism, my
parents’ stories always continue about
this girl who plays violin well and that
boy who is a talented soccer player.
These days, whenever I hear someone’s
talent, it directly acts as a heavy
pressure on me. What should I do?
Socksackim says:
Bradley, we also know how hard it is to
stand such criticizing remarks, for we also
have such experience. It is very disappointing, isn’t it? We suggest that you honestly
talk with your parents about this problem.
“Mom, Dad, your criticisms and comparing
remarks only disparage me. I hope you can
understand me.” Your parents will notice
that you are no longer a kid and will try to
pay attention to your sensitive emotions.
Ms. Park’s advice:
How about writing a letter? An e-mail would
also be fine. In your letter, tell your parents about
how you feel. Tell them about how frustrated you
are, how hard you have tried, and last but not
least, how much you need their encouragements. I
strongly suggest that you express yourself first.
ated to help such lost teenagers.
The club is run by teenagers, a
fact that attracts many in need.
Instead of didactic advices,
teenagers can expect friendly
and real-life advices from teenagers just like themselves. With
the help of Ms. Park Haye Seon,
the counselor of Korean Minjok
Leadership Academy, all Socksackim members completed
counseling courses offered by
the Gangwon Youth Counseling
Center.
With Socksackim, Minjok
Herald plans to share some of
today’s teenagers’ common
concerns in two of its issues.
from Britney Spears:
“Dad is too concerned about money”
Hi, I am an 11th grader. I am writing to
you because of my father. I hate my father.
He knows nothing but money. He seems
even reluctant to pay for me and my sister’s
tuition. Do you think I am exaggerating too
much? However, anyone would think like
that if that person were in my shoes, always
finding my father constantly talking
about money. I cannot understand because
my family’s economic conditions are OK,
even a bit rich. I would rather live in a poor
family full of love. I sometimes even think
Part I, printed in this issue, is on
resolving conflicts with parents.
The following are three cases
that were most frequently asked
for help. The names have been
changed to protect privacy.
by SHIN HEE YEON
MINJOK HERALD / shinhy@gmail.com
from Daniel Henney:
“My parents are too commanding”
My parents are always talking
to me in a commanding manner. It’s
always “Do this, do that.” They
don’t even care about what I want.
They say that adults are always
right. Even for decisions like what
to wear and what to do, my opinions
are ignored. How can I make my
parents listen?
about running away from home. I cannot
stand this atmosphere which my mom, sister
and I are constantly being depressed by my
father’s such attitude. Please help me.
Socksackim says: Hi, Britney! We really hope
that you try to understand you father. The first
step in doing that is trying to think from your
father’s perspective. If you were your father, in
what ways would you have sacrificed for your family? He would want the happiness of your family more than anyone else. Right now, it seems
that no one in the family is clearly stating how
the rest of the family feels. Such environment
will only make things worse. Your father probably
would be somewhat aware of the importance of
the care cooperation of all the family members
in achieving happiness. All he needs is a small
reminder. Go ahead and break the silence.
Socksackim says:
Hi, Daniel! First of all, we think it is
helpful for you to understand the actions
and thoughts of yourself. We wonder how
you react to your parents when they talk
to you in such manner. If you are cold or
rebellious towards them, parents tend to
distrust their children even more than
they used to. On the other hand, if you
clearly say that “Well, that is also nice,
but I think this is better because so and
so,” your parents will look at you differently. Even if they do not accept your
opinion the first time, they are likely to
ask for your thoughts the next time. So,
it is important to look back upon yourself.
Try it, and we wish you good luck!
Ms. Park’s advice:
Again, talking to each other is very important. When talking to them, use “I-message”!
Rather than accusing them and pointing out
what they did wrong, try to concentrate on
your feelings. For example, if your parents
force you to study with a tutor, talk to them,
like this: “Mom, Dad, I am really angry right
now. I feel that studying on my own is more efficient studying method for me. I can plan my
own studying schedule and carry out the plan.
Please give me a chance.” Then, make a deal
with your parents.
Ms. Park’s advice:
I can see that your father is very concerned about economic matters. Have you ever thought about the possibility
that there is something that you don’t know about? Your
father could be from a family very strict about saving;
maybe your father has debts that no one knows about;
or maybe his business is not going well—the possibilities
are endless. First, talk to your mother about this problem. If your mother does not know, talk to him. Many
times dialogue is the easiest and most efficient solution to
problems. Keep in mind, however, that you should not be
too emotional when talking to your father. Don’t irritate
In the next issue, Socksackim and the Minjok Herald will deal with problems with
him by being rude. You must lead your conversation as
friends. For those who are in need of counseling help regarding their friends, do
maturely as you can, so that your father knows that you
not hesitate to approach Socksackim or the Minjok Herald. Privacy will always be
respected; anonymous e-mails and letters are also welcome. Also note the Sockare willing to understand him.
sackim café on-line: café.daum.net/socksackim. you are not alone!
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PERSON
The Famous prosecutor of Brooklyn comes to KMLA
Prosecutor Jeong.BomJin
Minjok Herald: It is very nice to have you here during your visit to Korea.
Thank you for devoting your time for us. Many people in KMLA are
interested in pursuing career in law. As a prominent figure in that
field, can you give the future students of law some advice?
Mr. Jeong Bom Jin: First of all, I would like each of them to ask themselves, “Why do I want to be become a lawyer?” If the answer is
money, the profession of lawyer is not the right choice for them. If
someone wants to make bundles of money, he or she should go
to Wall Street. However, if one’s desire is to help people, then law
school is definitely the right choice.
M. H: Why is that?
O
n April 16th, a very special person came to KMLA
to give a lecture. He was
Mr. Jeong Bom Jin, an active prosecutor from Brooklyn, New York.
He is famous for overcoming his
disabilities and becoming the
youngest superintendent public
prosecutor of the United States.
At 11:00 a.m., in the auditorium in Dasan Hall, Mr. Jeong
Bom Jin started the lecture for
the KMLA students. He was sitting on a wheelchair, smiling at all
the teachers and students. He introduced himself by first informing us of his current position. He
also said that he was the brother
of Ms.Jung, an English teacher in
KMLA. He had worked as a prosecutor for thirteen years in the
past and presently he is supervising about 60 other prosecutors.
His department specializes in violent crimes. On the right are the
KMLA’s questions and Prosecutor
Jeong’s Answers.
Mr. Jeong Bom Jin’s lecture certainly inspired many KMLA students. A number of students might
have changed their notions about
Law School, and they might have
given more consideration about
becoming lawyers or prosecutors.
Students should remember that
it wasn’t his special ability that
enabled him to become a prosecutor, but his endless passion
and efforts toward his works that
helped him to achieve his goal.
by YOON SOJuNG
/ SHIN HEE YEON
MINJOK HERALD
sj-dde@hanmail.net
shinhy@gmail.com
Mr. Jeong Bom Jin: Going into the field of Law is a way to make difference. Almost all governments today are based on law. When
one goes into law and starts shaping public policies, that person
is influencing millions of people at a time. Also, there are a lot
of ways of going into a career in law. Don’t be bootstrapped to
stereotypes. In case of academic preparation for law school in the
u.S., I would like to emphasize the importance of reading. In Law
School, a LOT of reading is required. Even after one graduates from
law school and goes into a law firm, reading and writing is the only
things that person does for the first six years.
M. H: Can you tell us a bit about American law school, then?
Mr. Jeong Bom Jin: In order to attend a law school in the united States,
one must first take this test called LSAT after college. Going to law
school strictly depends on this test and the grades one gets in
college. unlike medical school where interview takes a major part
in admissions, in law school, interviews are discouraged. In short,
the numbers are very important. Another common misconception
is that getting admitted to prestigious law schools is everything.
I also thought that when I got into one of the top 25 law schools,
there would be no problems. However, one must continue working even after having been granted admission. Just like in college,
grades are also very important in law schools. In fact, law firms
take only the top 5% of the law school students. In particular, the
first year grades are very important because those grades are used
for one’s admission into “Law Review.” Every law school in the u.S.
has a publication called Law Review and this plays a big part in
one’s future. People compete to get into Law Review during their
first year, and they are selected by grades and writing samples.
M. H: That is a very tough race. Life is surely a jungle these days, and
teenagers also feel that. Over the past few months, Koreans witnessed many suicides of high school students, especially those in
prestigious high schools. How do you see these situations?
Mr. Jeong Bom Jin: I understand that there is a lot of pressure and all
sorts of stress on teenagers. I also have been through that, and I
know what it is like. However, I knew what I liked to do and that
helped me a lot. For me, I was happiest when I was doing things
for others. I was the President of the Student Council. As a president, I had the opportunity to plan and do many activities for the
Korean-American community. Fundraising, bake sales, and helping
newcomers are just a few of the things that I did. Knowing that the
money I raised was being used for others made me feel great.
M. H: As a retired person who has outgrown his teenage years, what
other advice would you like to give to the teenagers of today?
Mr. Jeong Bom Jin: I would like to tell them, “Be comfortable in your
skin!” There is no need to pay too much attention to what others
say about you. Also, how one looks is really nothing; it’s rather
more about how and what one feels. The most attractive quality
a person has is self-confidence. One is most attractive when one
expresses his or her self-confidence.
M. H: Speaking of self-confidence, what was it like growing up in the
united States? Were you ever embarrassed about being a Korean?
What is your point of view on racism?
Mr. Jeong Bom Jin: Never. Korean people should feel proud that they
are Koreans. Also, racism only becomes a problem if you believe
in it, and give into it. you cannot change the racists; don’t let them
change you, either.
M. H: you are noted for overcoming your disabilities through hard work.
What is your definition of “disability”?
Mr. Jeong Bom Jin: Actually, it is not much of a big deal. unlike what
people think, there is nothing to really “overcome.” It just takes me
a little longer to do things.
M. H: Working as a district attorney, there must be times when you come
across some difficult cases. What keeps you going on in such
cases?
Mr. Jeong Bom Jin: Most of the time, the victim’s family members give
me a lot of strength. In the big picture, the fact that I am doing
justice to those who suffered helps me a lot.
M. H: Do you ever lose any trials?
Mr. Jeong Bom Jum: Sometimes. When I was beginning my career, I
won my first twenty cases. I felt the heaviest pressure coming from
myself. However, learning from failures is important in one’s life.
one must take risks and learn from the mistakes.
M. H: After you going to the united States when you were nine, you
have been living in Brooklyn ever since. Do you recommend an
American life for others?
Mr. Jeong Bom Jin: Well, I think tolerance is what we need to install in all
young people. Deciding to live in the States or Korea is a personal
choice. However, I do strongly recommend young people to travel
all over the world. I went from high school to law school straight,
but if I had another chance I would travel all over Europe. If one
goes to another world and experiences the culture in person,
more tolerance builds up inside him or her. Also, in the future we
need to tolerate more and more people who are very different
from us.
M. H: Last but not least, is there anything else you would like to tell KMLA
students?
Mr. Jeong Bom Jin: Right now, Koreans are trying to change the criminal
justice system. In the united States, one can be tried by a jury of
his or her peers. In Korea, people want too much to be tried by
juries made up of their peers. Korea is now thinking about this,
but there is a big conflict among police, prosecutors, and judges.
yet, the demand for jury trials the Korean public is big. So, people
are looking for a mediation. However, the main problem of this
conflict is that there are not many who know the American judicial
system very well. Little knowledge is very, very dangerous- people
only stay in the States for six months and they claim that they
know everything about the united States. Now, this is the part
where KMLA students come in- they must become experts in a
major field and know what to do when such things happen. Also,
Korea has a long history but the history as a democratic country
is very short. In a nutshell, there is a lot of work to be done in this
society for KMLA students. So, always think about those things as
you study. Life is not just about grades.
M. H: Thank you once again for your time.
Mr. Jeong Bom Jin: No problem. Thank you for inviting me to KMLA. k
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L
osing weight has been
one of the all-time most
heated concerns of KMLA
students. Especially during this
time of the year, with the summer vacation nearing, girls exercising during the dinner hours
are frequently seen. However,
this year, the diet boom is not
only the girls’ issue, but rather,
all KMLAlians’ issue.
Overweight is a common
problem for high school students in Korea because of the
enormous pressure that they receive from their parents, teachers, and themselves regarding
college entrance. With the generally increasing awareness of
health and the ideal built on
lean persons by the society,
many overweight people are interested in losing their weight.
But in KMLA, it seems almost
the other way around. Students
with a normal weight or even
quite a slim body-shape seem to
be obsessed with losing weight,
while chubby ones do not care
about their weight. A student
in 9th wave said, “I think I am
pretty much fat enough to need
to lose weight. Some people say
I am fairly thin, but when I compare my weight before I came
here with that at the moment,
I simply believe more strongly
that I need to lose my weight.”
She then adds, “By losing weight,
but We
Love you
the way you are!
It’s true: losing weight is everyone’s wish
but many are often carried away
I can look better and my clothes
would suit me much better.”
The idealistic figure for many
girls is based on the star-like
skin-and-bones figure. But it
is a matter of course that our
students cannot maintain such
a body figure that stars keep
through their intensive training, in the inundation of school
works and stresses for various reasons. Their worries over
weight only add to already-existing stress from living in a housing school. Moreover, worrying
affects their mood, and thereby,
their studying, significantly.
However, students’ desire to
How to have fun
in this isolated campus
A
s bright and beautiful as
the outdoors of KMLA
may seem, take a closer
look inside the dormitory, and
one is very likely to feel isolated. Being a boarding school,
such isolation is definitely a
common situation, but it is
more intense in KMLA, as students live quite far from other
schools or cities. Also because
of the rigorous studying, one is
strictly limited in watching TV.
The internet is students’ only
source of information, but do
they have enough spare time
to just browse around? But it is
a bit early to get too depressed.
Within a problem always lies a
solution. Let’s try to find great
ways to have fun at KMLA.
Time is a huge factor that
makes many students stressed
and exhausted. Everyday seems
the same: wake up at 6, go to
“morning exercise”, eat breakfast, study, eat lunch, study…….
There is no spice in our daily
routine. Many students feel
extremely bounded by this element of time. Students are so
busy yet the time is so limited.
It’s not surprising that students
stay up late trying to finish up a
project or homework.
When asked the question,
“What do you do when you
feel isolated and try to change
your pace?”, most students by
far mentioned the word ‘Music’ The students enjoy singing,
playing or just listening to music. Some just listen casually
while others try to find the concealed message behind the music. Music is a fast and easy way
to take care of all the stress from
the busy week.
Club activity is a major extracurricular in the system at KMLA
and is the interest of many tourists and critics. Many schools
envy this opportunity for students to participate and enjoy
what they like to do. Students
have a wide variety of clubs
ranging from traditional music
to rock bands—magician club
to the Minjok Herald. Generally
students participate in an average of 3~4 active clubs that meet
on a weekly basis. Students find
club activities to be a good way
to improve their hobbies or talent. Finally, the most important
reason for being active in clubs;
lose weight is not totally unfathomable. On the streets, everyone
seems to keep such a gorgeous
shape that one might worry if
they would look any inferior to
others. Also, our students are at
a stage in their lifetime when
they are most concerned with
how they look. It would not solely be their fault that they scoff at
the stalemate saying to cultivate
the inner beauty, and try to best
represent themselves with their
looks.
The most popular exercises
that our students do for losing
weight are running and jumproping. From six to seven in
having fun!
Many students also chose exercise as one of their methods in
stress relief and entertainment.
“It’s a good way to show off your
skills, become more motivated
towards something, great fun,
competitiveness and a healthier
body,” said a 10th wave student
Jang Doo Joon who enjoys playing basketball. KMLA has great
facilities for various sports such
as soccer, tennis, basketball,
and archery. Some students
feel the lack of access towards
other sports such as swimming
and bowling as KMLA’s obvious
limits are all coming from the
fact that it’s definitely separated
from the outside world. The students often form groups and go
to swimming pools or go horseback riding which is a good way
to overcome this difficulty
Although it may not seem so,
there are actually many great
ways to enjoy life at KMLA. It’s
not that hard after students
adapt to the environment. Just
because students are separated
from the city doesn’t mean that
they will be tired and lonesome.
Rather, it all depends on the students to seek what they want to
do about themselves. k
by KIM, GAHYuN
MINJOK HERALD
the evening is the peak time in
which most students do jump
rope in front the dormitory, and
run the tracks. Interestingly,
track-running is less popular
than jump rope since the track
is located in a five-minute-walk
distance from the dormitory. Although there are some who do
such exercises for health, most
of the work-out population of
KMLA is on a diet.
Many of the students wanting to lose weight prace both
exercising and not-eating. Most
of them skip one meal; few skip
two or more. The meal-skipping
is causing the decline of the stu-
dents’ bodily strengths. Besides,
the irregular meal schedule destroys brings about a side-effect of sudden weight gain after
stopping diet.
It is a new phenomenon that
boys are concerned with diet
as much as the girls are. Even
though it is a rarer case that boys
practice a diet as intensively as
girls do, more than half of the
boys in the school have worries
over their weight gains. Such a
situation shows that boys have
started to care about how they
look even from an earlier stage
than they used to. The mass media with slim-shaped guys on
advertisements and the girls’
increasing preference for lean
boys may be accounted responsible for this phenomenon.
It is a natural inclination of humans to seek beauty. It won’t be
wise to try to thwart their preference for slimness, if that is one
of the standards of beauty in the
existing generation. However,
pursuing such a diet when the
body did not fully develop may
have negative effects on his/her
health. Health has to be the priority over all others, since, without it, there is not use to achieve
any academics, which is the biggest part of our dreams. k
by LEE, SOYOUN
MINJOK HERALD
flugufrelsarinn@hanmail.net
Back to School?
Been at School!
Students that stayed at school
for summer sessions
W
hile most of the
KMLA students were
at home, enjoying
their five week summer vacation from the tight everyday
schedules during the semester,
there were about thirty students
who decided to leave behind at
school for the summer sessions.
In this first official summer session (There had been unofficial
sessions in the past in which students could not receive full credit for their studies), there were
three subjects students could
choose : AP Microeconomics, AP
Calculus, and a TOEFL preparatory course. Students participating in this summer session had
to take four straight hours of
classes everyday for seventeen
days to make up for the seventeen weeks we normally study
in a semester. Many of the students taking summer sessions,
with their afternoon free time,
helped out with the school’s
GLPS program by participating
Staying for the summer : Is it a rather
sad stroy or what.
Participating as a PA for the GLPS
program or staying to study some AP
subject is not a bad idea at all, but don’t
you miss your mom and dad?
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L section Page 15
as ‘Program Assistants’ (PAs).
Except for the PA activities that
some students participated,
the life in the dormitory was
quite free. Under no need of afternoon classes, Hon-Jung, or
curfew, students were provided
with much leisure time to follow
lenient schedules of their own.
These are how some students
thought about their three weeks
at school.
“It was difficult to stay up late
because the lights went out at
11:40, which was the time for
GLPS students to sleep, and
there were lots to study to keep
up with the course. I was sometimes overwhelmed with the
EA(EOP Assistant) activities that
I had to do along with my studies, though it was fun.”
“I took TOEFL courses with
Mr. Koh this summer, and it
was nice because there were
only three people in our class
and Mr. Koh could check our
works thoroughly. But since I
participated in EA activities, it
was sometimes hard to wake up
in the morning and I was tired
during the class. But I think the
summer session certainly improved my English.”
“This summer vacation, I was
really excited to stay at school,
taking economics class and participating in the GLPS camp as
an EA. Also, I had a good time
getting to know seniors and
making new friends.”
Said some 10th wave students
who participated in summer
sessions.
This was surely not a normal
summer break for those who
decided to stay at school. Since
they were away from home,
without their parents to supervise them and the dormitory
deans much less strict, students
were given more responsibilities
to control themselves and their
time. And as the school plans
to expand sessions during the
vacation, students who want to
participate in such sessions in
the future must take notice of
these merits and demerits that
the participants of the first summer session went through. k
by KIM, SHIN
MINJOK HERALD
shinkim7@dreamwiz.com
CR Tests, on the Change
Some changes for 10th wave’s Critical Reading Tests
The Heart of Our Darkness: whoa.
C
ritical Reading tests,
so-called CR tests, are
one of our school’s most
distinguishing policies. These
tests have started to change. Until April, students had been taking regular two-week-interval
tests to broaden their interests
on various subjects. The books
they were supposed to read
were determined at the beginning of the school year so that
the students could prepare for
the CR tests beforehand. However, after the mid term tests,
the CR tests changed. Since
then, CR tests have become irregular, and somewhat concentrated on certain periods during
the semester. Furthermore, the
CR book list had been renewed
and the students had to prepare
for new CR books that the teachers had assigned. These abrupt
changes were due to the problem that the CR tests were too
rigid, impossible of changing
the schedule, and that the list of
CR books which is determined
even before the semester starts
are often irrelevant to the subject itself by the time students
are to take the CR test.
Even though students agreed
on the existence of such problems, many of them were skeptical about such sudden and uninformed change. The change
in CR tests in the middle of the
semester without any notice to
the students had evoked quite
a commotion among the students, and for a while, not many
students thoroughly understood how the CR tests were going to be taken. And since all the
teachers had started to set their
own schedules for CR tests, not
only did the schedule become
unpredictable, but students
Migrants’ Arirang
Cultural difference? No Problem!
On June 5th 2005, hundreds
of people filled up the plaza in
front of Seoul City Hall. Placards
with the sign 2005 Migrants’
Arirang printed on waved in
every corner of the plaza. Participants in this ‘unusual’ event
were in diverse skin colors, costumes, and hairstyles. Thirtyeight KMLA students participated in this event as volunteers,
investing their time, passion,
and perspiration.
Migrants’ Arirang was a
special event held by Ministry of
Culture and Tourism. Currently,
there are more than 400,000 foreign workers in Korea, mostly
from Uzbekistan, Bangladesh,
Indonesia, China, Thailand,
Mongolia, Pakistan, and Russia.
There are more than 100 countries that these migrant workers came from. However, it is
our reality that these workers
are not treated equally in their
workplaces, compared to other
Korean workers. Even in some
extreme cases, employers do not
pay proper salaries to their employees who are from different
countries, especially those from
the third world countries. However, these workers also have
their own homelands, cultures,
and dreams. The aim of this
festival was to let those migrant
workers know that Korea is wellaware of, and at the same time
acknowledges each and every
one of their unique culture.
At eight o’ clock in the morn-
also had relatively shorter time
to prepare for each test since
CR tests were concentrated in
certain periods. Most 10th wave
students, especially the Minjok
Program students whose CR
tests had been through dramatic
change, enjoyed the new change
at first because they didn’t have
to prepare for the CR tests for a
while. That was because most of
them were concentrated later on
in the semester. However, as the
clustered CR tests neared, the
anxiety and stress among students started, because students
had so many books to read in
such a short period.
Thus, students had been particularly busy during the last
few weeks of the first semester.
Numerous CR tests were overlapped with the test preparation
period, and end-term reports
pressured students immensely.
It was also a hard time for teachers as well, because they had to
listen to the prolonging complaints of students. However,
such difficulties had not ended
in vain, for both students and
teachers learned to adjust to
the change; teachers would be
careful not to overlap their CR
ing, all the volunteers gathered
in the plaza, preparing for the
opening of the festival. There
were several departments that
the volunteers had been allotted to work in, including Information Center, Booths for each
participating country (Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri-Lanka,
etc.), World Food Market, Photo
Exhibition, and Concert.
After two hours of final preparation, Migrants’ Arirang began at ten o’ clock in the morning. Foreign workers, many of
them wearing their traditional
costumes, appeared on the plaza with their family members or
friends. Even the weather was
suitable for the festival－ continual sunshine, no cloud, no
rain. Wearing their hats to stay
away from intense sun-rays of
June, volunteers moved rapidly
without enough break period,
all soaked in sweat. Not only foreign migrant workers, but also
did Korean visitors come, and
participated in the event. There
was a photo exhibition under
the title of ‘Symbiosis.’ Pictures
hung on the red wall of the exhibition were mainly about
the lives of migrant workers in
Korea. In each booth, visitors
were busy, looking at the souvenirs that represent the country.
Also at one corner of the plaza,
schedules with other subjects
or exams, and students would
have to prepare for the CR tests
as early as possible.
Now, as the new semester
is starting, both students and
teachers are all quite used to
the new CR system. Teachers
control the CR test schedules,
elastically so that the students
have enough time to prepare for
the test, and students are well
acknowledged that CR tests are
conducted separately by individual teachers according to
schedules varied among subjects. Even some of those students who frowned at first during the first semester when they
had to go through so many CR
tests in a couple of weeks, now
have understood the school’s
intentions of change in CR tests;
which was to eliminate the rigidity and bureaucracy of the
CR test policy of the past by giving more authority to individual
teachers. Nevertheless, all students agree that such abrupt
and uninformed change in the
first semester was a blunder of
the school ministration, and
that in the future, any further
changes in major policies must
be discussed and informed to
the students. k
by KIM, SHIN
MINJOK HERALD
shinkim7@dreamwiz.com
visitors had a chance to wear
Korean traditional costumes
(Han-bok) and take pictures
with the volunteers who were
also wearing Han-bok. It was an
unusual experience for most of
the foreign workers, who barely
had any chance to wear Korean
traditional garments.
Crossing a street from the
main plaza, there was a road
that sold numerous kinds of unusual world food. Cooks from all
over the world－including Nepal,
Vietnam, Turkey, and Indonesia－
made their traditional menus,
and so the road was full of people waiting in lines to catch that
‘infrequent’ chance. Kim Jung
Lim, one of the participants of
this event as a volunteer, said
the food tasted exotic. (“It would
be unforgettable, meaning both
positive and negative!”)
Migrants’ Arirang ended at
ten o’ clock at night, concert as
the finale of this whole event. All
the volunteers, as well as all the
visitors, parted with one another
and went home. Though the festival was over, the memory and
impression they received from
this experience would never be
forgotten. k
by cHOI, HE NA
MINJOK HERALD
abrasax7@hanmail.net
Life
L section Page 16
Leadership, friendship,
& priceless experiences
2005 HOBY Washington d.c. Leadership Camp
O
n July 21st, seven KMLA
students headed to the
Incheon International
airport with great excitements,
to get on a flight to Washington
D.C. Ninth wave and tenth wave
students even gave up their Beach
Camp in order to get on this airplane. This must be some event
that does pays off. They were
heading for the HOBY camp.
HOBY is a non-profit educational
corporation, and was established
by a famous former actor, Hugh
O’ Brian, in 1958. Brian came to
set up this program due to the
nine days he stayed with Doctor
Schweitzer. Doctor Schweitzer
said that the most important factor in education is to teach young
adults how to establish their own
cLuB fOcuS
TheApplePie
Not this one : Apple Pie is not
exactly an apple pie, you know.
The Group of Zealous KMLA Stargazers
F
ounded in 1997, the Apple Pie is club that boasts
its long history and
standing as the one and only
astrometry club at the Korean
Minjok Leadership Academy. In
addition to hosting observatory meetings related to the night
sky, members of the Apple Pie
focuses on several activities,
such
as taking photos of celestial
phenomena and informing
KMLA students about seasonal
constellations or special happenings in the cosmos. Also,
Apple Pie members work hard
to hold successful displays and
festivities in the annual Minjok
Festival, and share intimate
bonds of friendship that develop through working together
for many hours. To become a member of
the Apple Pie,
one
needs
only the love
of the night sky and stars or
the passion to learn more
about these things. k
by Yu, JEEYOON
MINJOK HERALD
itsjeeyoon@hotmail.com
JUST A VERY FEW members of the timehonored KMLA astrometry club, about to
enjoy the spectacles of the night sky at the
dormitory roof. Why is it so difficult to get a
picture of more of you?
thoughts. Hugh was greatly inspired by this saying, so he created the HOBY leadership camp
for high school sophomores of all
over the world.
Seven KMLA students including eighth wave Minsoo Bae,
along with seventeen students
from other schools, headed to
Washington D.C., to participate in the HOBY camp. These
twenty-four students were selected from the previous Korean
HOBY camp, which was held in
this year late January. They went
through courses such as panels,
English debate, essay writing
and interviews, and were finally
selected as the representatives of
Korea for the 2005 HOBY World
Leadership Congress.
After arriving at Washington D.C., students went through
busy nine days. They went
through panels, cheers, discussions, choir practices, and such.
Korean students contributed
greatly to the entertainment of
this camp. They showed Korea’s
traditional clothes, traditional
dance, and Korean martial arts,
Taekwondo. In addition, eighth
wave Wonjoon Jang, performed
Korean rap in the talent show,
which was greatly welcomed by
HOBY participants.
A participant of 2005 HOBY
WLC program, tenth wave
Hoonjae Lee says “It was an extremely fascinating experience.
I made friends from the States,
Canada, Germany, Israel, Taiwan, and so on. This program
has affected my life. It taught me,
not only to receive, but also to
give. The nine days in Washington D.C. would be one of my most
precious memories throughout
life. Furthermore, I hope more
KMLA students tryout for the
HOBY WLC program during the
following years, because it has
taught me so much.” k
by JEONG, HAEIN
MINJOK HERALD
landland89331@gmail.com
Sports
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KOREAN ARcHERY
No.1 Amazing Archery
Nam, Yul-hee wins first place
and Kang, Min Seung the second in the 18th National Student Archery Competition
O
n May 23,
2005, 11th
grader Nam,
Yul-hee and
12th grader
Kang, Min
Seung performed with flying colors as they respectively
claimed First Place in the
Boys’ Individual Division and
Second Place in the Girls’ Individual Division in the 18th
Nationwide Middle and High
School Korean Archery Competition.
The annual Korean Archery
competition hosted by the
Korean National Archery Association was held this year in
the city of Gumi in Kyeongbuk
Province. Over seventy total
students from eight different
schools competed in the individual and group divisions of
the archery competition. The
weather was sunny and clear,
but the incessant, inconsistent, and unpredictable wind
that blew all morning and afternoon was an adverse condition for shooting arrows.
The KMLA
Korean Archery team got
off to a rough start as the competition began in the morning
with the Girls’ Individual Division. Most of the female archers had a difficult time hitting the targets—their arrows
were so significantly affected
by the strong wind, deviating largely from the correct
direction. The arrows of the
female members of the KMLA
Korean Archery team were no
exception; only 12th graders
Kang, Min Seung, Kim, Mijung, Yoon, Semee, and 11th
grader Lee, Seong-min out of
the seven girls managed to
hit the target once each. Even
with these hard-to-believe
results, the KMLA team had
to keep their faith and wait
for the female archers of the
other school teams to finish
in order to compare the final
outcomes.
Meanwhile, the competition in the Individual Boys’
Division carried on. Although
to a lesser extent than those of
the girls, the boys’ arrows were
also influenced by the intense
winds. As a result, each of the
boys in the KMLA team
managed to hit the
target only two or
three times out
of fifteen total chances.
However,
despite the
IN TRIUMPH :
The KMLA Korean Archery team
has been showing
their excellence in
each competition they
participate.
BULL’S EYE! : Nam, yul-hee, the first place winner of the 18th nationwide middle and high school Korean archery competition, is aiming at the target.
unfavorable conditions, 11th
grader Nam, Yul-hee succeeded in getting five of his arrows
to hit the target after shooting
ten of them.
Yul-hee was about to shoot
his last five arrows when stunning news reached the KMLA
Korean Archery team. For the
lead in the Boys’ Individual
Division, two boys had tied—
each with seven hits of the
target. Everyone on the KMLA
team realized that if Yul-hee
succeeded in making three of
his remaining five arrows hit
the target, he would become
the champion in the Division.
Tension and anticipation
gripped every member of the
KMLA Korean Archery team
as Yul-hee stepped into place
to shoot his last five arrows.
With his steady, unwavering form and his outstanding
concentration, Yul-hee managed to hit the target twice
consecutively out of three
arrows. Fifteen pairs of fingers were crossed and all eyes
concentrated on Yul-hee’s every move as he prepared to
shoot at his chance for first
place. Slowly, Yul-hee readied his bow and arrow, pulled
back his bowstring, held it for
several seconds, and finally
released his hand. BOOM!
The arrow loudly and clearly
hit the black-and-white target, and every person in the
KMLA team burst with joy
for Yul-hee and their school.
11th grader Nam, Yul-hee, of
the Korean Minjok Academy,
had outperformed sixty other
THE CUP : The second place winner of
the girls’ part of the competition, Kang,
Minseung is recieving her award.
male archers by hitting a total
of eight arrows out of the total fifteen all contestants were
required to shoot. k
by Yu, JEEYOON
MINJOK HERALD
itsjeeyoon@hotmail.com
Sports
L section Page 18
GANGwON SPORtS cOMPEtItION (강원도민체전)
ticipated in the tennis competition. Despite high hopes,
the team was defeated in the
semifinals, placing third.
Boxing
T
he 40th Gangwon
Sports
Festival were
hosted by Hongcheon County
during the second week of June, which was
blessed with perfect weather
for the games. From the opening ceremony on the 7th to the
closing ceremony on the 11th,
the Sports Festival was packed
with exciting matches in various sports.
83 athletes from KMLA participated in 8 different events.
Thanks to the efforts of the
numerous KMLA athletes, Hoengsung was able to defend
its title as the champion of the
county division of the Gangwon Sports Festival. Congratulations to Hoengsung and
the athletes of KMLA!
Gumdo
The KMLA team was placed
with some tough competi-
The Herald’s Lee Hyung
Woo entered the high school
division. He fought spectacularly in a grueling series of
matches, even earning a KO
win. However, he lost in the finals after his nose was broken
by the opponent. Nevertheless
he placed second, an impressive achievement indeed.
tion, including some schools
famous for their gumdo team.
Though the team did its best,
it was unfortunately defeated
in the semifinals, placing 3rd
and bringing home the bronze
medal.
Basketball
Ping-Pong
The KMLA team placed
third in the relay race and won
the silver medal in the water
polo competition. In the individual competitions, the athletes won two silver medals in
the 200m breaststroke, a silver
medal in the 200m butterfly
stroke and a bronze in the
100m butterfly stroke.
Baseball
The KMLA baseball team
beat its opponents in a spectacular four-inning called
game, successfully defending
its title and winning its third
consecutive gold medal.
Equestrian
The ping-pong team placed
third after an unfortunate defeat in the semifinals. However,
considering the fact that this
competition was its debut, the
team can be said to have done
remarkably well.
Fin Swimming
Both the boys’ and girls’
basketball teams participated
in the high school division.
The boys’ team was beaten in
the semifinals, placing third.
Although the defeat came as
quite a shock, the athletes did
their best.
On the other hand, the girls
were able to defeat their opponents in the finals and won the
championship title. Congratulations to both teams for doing
a great job.
The KMLA team won two
silver medals in the men’s relay
and the gold and silver medals
in the women‘s relay. In the
individual competitions the
athletes won silver medals in
the 200m and 400m. They also
won bronze medals in the 50m
and 100m competitions.
Tennis
Swimming
Despite some tough competition with professional
athletes(some even on the
national team!), the KMLA
athletes were able to place
third in the intermediate obstacle course and second and
third in the advanced obstacle
course.
Overall, the warriors of Kayemelay all did splendidly in
this competition; although our
tight daily schedules can easily limit our time for playing
sports along with studying,
our heroes proved that we are
capable of much more than
what is usually expected from
us. Above all, we are relieved
to know that nobody got hurt
during the competition. k
by cHEONG, PuRuN
MINJOK HERALD
ninjaofblue@hotmail.com
The girls’ tennis team par-
ed at ten in the morning, and
the KMLA students gathered at
the baseball field after second
period to root for the team.
Meanwhile, the players were
warming up for the game,
taking light batting practice
and fielding ground balls. The
Inje baseball players arrived
at around nine-thirty to get
ready for the game.
The starting line up for the
KMLA team was Lee Jong
Won at pitcher, Kim Dong
Il at catcher, Hwang Ji Hae
at first, Paik Kwan Young at
second, Baek Eui Hyun at
shortstop, Cho Hong Jin at
third, Choe Byung Woo at
left, Jeong Yoo Joo at
center, and Song
Seung Woo at
right. Since they
who participated in the
Gangwon Sports Competition
Basketball (boys) :
신상하 / 김홍균 / 양승직 / 노우진 /
이현성 / 조예찬 / 장정하 / 강영수 /
김지훈 / 홍석준 / 전동배
Baseball (boys) :
이종원 / 황지해 / 조홍진 / 백관영 /
백의현 / 김경훈 / 박길영 / 이성욱 /
한창희 / 송승우 / 문창웅 / 전세원 /
김재희 / 최병우 / 정유주 / 김동일 /
송상현 / 이요한
Equestrian :
유일석 / 박형수 / 김동혁 / 정푸른
Boxing :
이형우
Gumdo :
장윤수 / 장윤성 / 이진규 /
이종휘 / 박경근 / 변대현
Pingpong :
전다윗 / 최준용 / 이성빈 /
이동준 / 홍동균 / 윤병준
Fin swimming :
양바롬 / 조민재 / 최온하 / 류수민 /
김혜인 (9th wave) / 이예인
Swimming :
조기원 / 이우찬 / 이경원 / 김혜인
(10th wave) / 김수경 / 정하빈 /
김보광 / 강민구 / 장원준 / 곽석천
Basketball (girls) :
백재연 / 김선형 / 김미정 / 조은혜 /
윤세미 / 유서은 / 유정이 / 황지혜 /
황인혜 / 손영빈 / 신희정 / 성민경
Tennis :
정다빈 / 임수진 / 장주영
YOu ALL DID wONDERfuLLY!
Team Captain Pitches KMLA to Third Straight Gold Medal
On June 8th, 2005, the
KMLA baseball team beat Inje
High School 12-0 in a four-inning called game, successfully
defending their title in the
40th Gangwon Sports Festival. It also marked the third
straight gold medal for the
KMLA team. Pitcher Lee Jong
Won, who is also the captain
of the team, was the star of the
game, throwing a complete
game shutout, en route to a
rout.
The game
start-
The Athletes
were the home team, Inje batted first, with the KMLA team
defending first. The game began at almost exactly ten.
In the top of the first inning,
Inje could not get anything
done, as Lee Jong Won picked
up two strikeouts en route to
a one-two-three inning. But,
it was a different story for the
KMLA team, as they batted around in the bottom half of the inning, scoring five
runs. Right from
the
beginning,
the game looked
like a mismatch, and
the game quickly
turned into a rout
that was dominated by the KMLA
side.
Inje had their best chance
to score in the second inning,
when Lee Jong Won seemed
to have lost some of his control during the early part of
the inning. The lead-off hitter led off with a single, but
he was quickly erased when
he could not get back on a
pickoff attempt. But, Lee Jong
Won walked two batters, putting runners at the corners.
However, after a coaching
visit, he quickly regained his
dominance, striking out the
next two batters to escape the
inning unscathed. When the
KMLA team sent twelve men
to the plate in their bottom
half, pushing their run total to
twelve, the game was practically over.
The top of the third inning
was again all Lee Jong Won,
as he struck out the side. The
KMLA side also went scoreless in their bottom half, and
Lee Jong Won came on to finish the game in the top half
of the fourth inning, adding
another strikeout to push his
total to eight. With two outs
in the game, the Inje batter
hit a soft ground ball straight
at the second baseman, Jeon
Se Won, who succeeded in
getting the final out for the
KMLA side. With the final out
in the books, the crowd gave
a standing ovation, and the
players showed their appreciation by bowing to them. The
KMLA team had won their
third straight gold medal. k
by HwANG,
wANG, JIHAE
w
MINJOK HERALD
jihaekor@hanmail.net
Sports
S section Page 19
HEALtH & EXERcISE
fIELD DAY
Other
side
of the
world.
New morning exercises
attract desperate students
S
ince the onset of the 2005
School
Year,
two subjects for
morning exercise were newly
added. This attempt taken
by the school administration
seems to be the adequate response to the increased number of students. The two added
are: Gigong (Meditation) and
Jogging (so called, ‘Track’).
The subjects are of high interest to all students. “Sure, I
am actually ‘desperate’ to take
one of them,” mentioned one
of the tenth wave student.
Students’ fervor for this
change must be analyzed. The
ninth wave students were the
first to have the opportunity
to take the newly added classes. However, one requirement
had to be fulfilled; Dan was
needed either in Taekwondo
or Gumdo. The early sign of
students’ fervor was discernable during the Dan examinations. This was true especially
for Gumdo students. For them,
a certain number of students
could not be helped from facing failure; a quota was set for
the successful ones. About
ten percent of all examinees
failed.
Why such fervor? The attractions of Gigong and Track
are boundless compared
to those of Taekwondo and
Gumdo. “Of course, if you are
really serious about exercising and learning those martial
arts, you will not be attracted
at all,” is a common response
from many ninth wave students who joined the new
classes. The primary merit of
the new subjects is the loose,
untiring, and self-controlled
exercise. Compared to the
hard, painstaking martial arts,
one can peacefully enjoy the
morning’s grace. Indeed, this
is a distinctive difference with
the notorious “1000 Headhits” of Gumdo. Second of all,
timely dismissal is another
beloved merit. The official
dismissal time for the morning exercise is seven AM. This
time is frequently violated
especially in Gumdo classes;
“ten minutes late is nothing,”
mentioned one Gumdo student. On the other hand, Gigong and ‘Track’ students are
dismissed no later than five
past seven. The third merit of
the new classes is rather sensitive and personal depending on each student, but it is
undeniable. The last merit is
that the teachers are more favorable in perspective of the
so called, “Ggozang”. No further explanation is necessary.
Let’s unveil the fantasy of
Gigong and ‘Track’ classes.
What do they do? Gigong students have four regular types
of exercise: stroll, Yoga, sit in
meditation, and Taegukgwon.
These different types are rotated each day. For the ‘Track’
students, jogging is the most
ordinary, but strolls are occasional.
The newly added classes
are still a fantasy to many
students. Whether one will
obtain the ticket to the ‘other
side of the world’ depends on
one’s next Dan exam. k
by KIM, DONGHYuK
MINJOK HERALD
dhk2002@hotmail.com
Together
O
the Field day.
n May 21st,
all the KMLA
teachers,
students,
and parents
came to the
school field for the annual field
day. Everyone worked together
and did their very best to become a winner. Everyone enjoyed various sports games and
all the matches ended at four in
the afternoon. All of the KMLA
family had a very memorable
day.
At nine in the morning, all
the 9th and 10th wave students
gathered in the school field. All
of them were wearing school
T-shirts that represented their
own teams. The 9th waves were
on blues and the 10th waves
were on whites. After a short
announcement, the headmaster made an opening speech to
start the 2005, KMLA Field Day.
All the students participated
in various sports games held
at the same time in different
places in the sports ground.
First, there were the basketball
matches: one girls’ match and
two boys’ match, all three of
them were between the 10th
and the 9th wave students.
The 10th wave girls beat the
9th waves, while one team of
10th waves lost against the 9th
waves, the other team regained
the points by winning their
match, evening out the scores
to 1:1 for the boys’ match. Next
to the basketball court, there
was a dodge ball match against
9th and 10th wave girls. All of
them played extremely well
and with great passion and
strength, but at the end, the
9th wave students defeated the
10th wave students. In the main
field, a soccer match between
9th and 10th wave students was
held. The whistle blew and the
score was 1:1 and they went to
the penalty kicks, where the
9th waves grasped the victory
by one goal. There was also a
jump-roping tournament for
all the classes in 9th and 10th
wave. The 9th wave humanity
class 1 won the tournament,
showing impressive unity - the
result of countless practices.
After morning matches, all
the people gathered under their
tents, and had a very special
lunch with the teachers. They
set up various kinds of foods
and enjoyed a very pleasurable meal. After lunch, the afternoon matches began. Many
looked forward to the game that
was held during the afternoon:
the traditional wrestling game,
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Ssee-rum. Five boys from each
wave came up and competed
on the sand ground. It was very
exciting to watch the Ssee-rum
game. In the end the 9th waves
won the match. At the climax
of the day, the most popular
game of the day, the relay race
took place. Several teachers,
students and even the parents
participated to win the race.
For the teachers, the 10th waves
won, while for the students, the
9th waves won.
After all the games were over,
there was an award ceremony.
For this Field Day, the 9th wave
blue team won. However, the
10th wave students received a
special award for the cheering.
Despite their defeat, the 10th
wave students, along with the
victorious 9th wave students,
enjoyed the game to the very
end. At the end of the day, they
cleaned the sports ground. Although the two waves were
divided into two teams, it was
a good chance for everyone to
get to each other. It certainly reminded them that all the members of KMLA members are indeed one! k
by YOuN, SOJuNG
MINJOK HERALD
sj-dde@hanmail.net
LEttER Of APOLOGY
In reference to the unnaturally prolonged gap preceding the
publication of the current issue, the Minjok Herald wishes to
make its most sincere apology.
We had decided to bring our readers as many positive changes
as possible; nevertheless, the process of implementing some
innovations was met with various obstacles, delaying the
completion of the issue significantly. The Minjok Herald asks
thereupon for your pardon; we hope that the work we have
extendedly done is approved by your readership.
Sincerely yours, the Executive Editor KIM SUNGMIN.
Epilogue
Page 20
‘Young’ doesn’t always
mean Amateurish, does it?
Minjok Herald Promises to be a
Beyond-High-school Quality Newspaper
I
t is a general belief especially in our
country that claiming to be a ‘competent
school newspaper’ contains a fallacy, probably because in most
of Korean high schools,
making a newspaper is
certainly not an easy
task to carry on parallel to schoolwork.
In particular, the difficulty is intensified
when one’s doing it
in English. Apparently, students’
publications
are
widely
characterized
by amateurism.
Such
notion
can
function
as a privilege to
students,
(for
people will tolerate even crude
works) but for
those who are really serious about
making an excellent newspaper,
it is a prejudice
that somewhat
Herald Crew
honorable faces
absurdly limits the quality
of their works.
If young and student-like
should mean absence of
professionalism, we would
wish we could refuse and
escape from that definition. Minjok Herald that
has represented our KMLA
for the last ten years wishes
to overcome that belittling
prejudice.
Making Difference
It has been decided that
we will try to make several
major changes to our newspaper. The easiest to notice
(and one of the most important) renovation is the
size of the paper. In order to
come closer to the system
and structure of real newspapers, Minjok Herald will
be printed on Tabloid sheets
of paper from now on.
Another big difference is
about how we write, edit,
and manage our articles;
now most of the writing
crew’s work is done on our
on-line cafe. We find this
method both quantatively
and qualitively more productive.
Writing Crew (reporters) :
10th wave :
Jeung, Haein
Deputy Executive Editors :
youn, Sojung
Shin, Hee yeon / Cheong, Purun
Kim, Shin
Kim,
Gahyeon
Editorial Chief:
Kim, Jee Sun
Suh, Jung Kyu
Executive Editor :
Kim, Sungmin
Having a Minjok Herald photographer take and
transfer all pictures exclusively, coming up with a
new logo(a quasi-coat-ofarm) along with a Latin
motto, more clearly dividing the paper into sections,
and many other new ways
of bringing the readers our
best work have been implemented. In the course of applying the reforms carefully
to the renewed edition, we
regret that we have somewhat ran out of time. We
apologize for such a long
period of preparation and
outdated events that some
articles describe. However,
every member of Minjok
Herald is more than certain
that most readers will find
this edition very meaningful. We will continue to do
our best in making Herald
a newspaper with a professional spirit that refuses to
be constant with its present
position. k
by KIM, SuNGMIN
EXECuTIVE EDITOR
MINJOK HERALD
dorothiminor@gmail.com
Moon Won Kyung (not present)
9th wave :
Kim, Dong Hyuk
yu, Jeeyoon
Choi, He Na (not in the picture)
Hwang, JiHae
Lee, So youn
Ko, Ji Hoon
yoo, Jung Hwa
Paik, Kwan young
Rhi, Jae Won
Editing Crew :
Lee, Sul
Editorial Crew :
10th wave:
yea, Chang Whan
Cho, yoon Hyun
Kim, Jin young
Kim, Shin
9th wave:
Choi, Jae Won
Lee, Hyung Woo (not in the
picture)
Design Crew :
10th wave:
Jung, Ha Bin
Choi, Su Bin
9th wave:
Choi, Onha
Photographer :
Park, young Woong
Managing Teacher :
Ahn, Sang Joon