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The 2005 ‘Hana’ Festival attracts both Korean residents in Japan and thousands of Japanese.

The festival banner, which reads “Hana” (One). ?2005 T. Mori

On the afternoon of Oct. 30, the “One Korea Festival 2005” entertained thousands of Japanese and Korean spectators at the “Sun Plaza” in Osakajo Park, Osaka.

This is a festival for Korean residents of Japan. The overall theme is the promotion of unification of Korea.

Chong Gap Su ?2005 T. Mori

I first went to the organizers’ headquarters and interviewed chairman Chong Gap Su.

“This year is the 60th anniversary of liberation from Japanese imperialism. … Unification of Korea has already started, but it is a long process. But, it has already started,” Chong said.

“We will be brightening up the festival systematically in the future. I want young people to hold out hope for Asia and overcoming nationalism. A unity of citizens.”

I got the impression that Mr. Chong is the driving force behind the festival. I was moved deeply.

At 1 p.m. the “South Korea-Japan Friendship” committee took the stage for the opening ceremony. The South Korea-Japan friendship organization committee sponsored the event. Written on the curtain were two messages, “We are sorry for the longstanding hardships caused by Japan” and “We promise to work hard to create a splendid future.”

Chairman Chong Gap Su and members of staff demonstrate the festival’s message of solidarity. ?2005 T. Mori

Committee member Lee Bu Yeon declared, “What we want to say to the Japanese people is ‘one.’ Our mother country should unite into one. We crave peace.”

He added, “The Korean peninsula is uniting into one. We think that it also wants the Japanese to help. We should not hold a grudge against the Japanese any longer. Lend power so that peace may visit us in the future. This is what the Japanese should do.”

Applause filled the hall.

Lee Chang Bok, who is chairman of the committee, poignantly added, “We crave for peace. Japan should recognize that Japan tried to destroy peace.”

When the opening ceremony ended, the committee treated Korean residents in Japan to lunch. Moreover, Japanese over the age of 65 were also invited. I thought that the essence of the event was made clear by the coming together of both Koreans and Japanese over a nice meal.

Afterwards, a concert started. First was Jung Tae Chun and Park Eun Ok. Their beautiful singing voices were melodious. Song Byeong Ho led the audience in song. When Yu Jin Park played Khachaturian’s “Sword dance” on the electric violin, performing a comical and exciting dance, he gripped the audience’s attention.

Finally, the MC announced the final act as a “legendary singer in South Korea.”

The hall was filled with excitement when Ahn Chi Hwan appeared on stage. He sang “If I Am” and “In Front of Wire Entanglements” to great appreciation from the audience. And when he sang “The People Are More Beautiful than Flowers,” some in the audience began to dance.

“Our School” was last song, which cast a reflective mood over the hall.

The hall was filled with excitement when Ahn Chi Hwan appeared. ?2005 T. Mori

Korean children were also center stage at the event. “Palace Women Jangkeum,” a musical version of the popular Korean TV drama “Dae Jang Keum” was performed by students at KJ musical school.

After musical, Lim Ho, who is the actor who plays King Jungjong addressed the audience. The handsome actor’s mustache became him. He answered questions from some of the children who had performed in the musical.
Q: What is the most delicious dish that you ate in the drama?
Lim Ho: A dish with mixed bean paste and garlic.

Q: What is most difficult part of your performance?
Lim Ho: It is eating. It is considerably painful because I have to eat many times from morning. Though it looks delicious in the actual drama.

Q: Mr. Lim, you’re so good-looking. Please say, “Yum, that tastes good.” [The child’s line in the drama.]
Lim Ho: Yum, that tastes good. [The hall burst out in laughter.]
Next, the chairman took the opportunity to ask a question of Mr. Lim. “Which actor would you like to co-star with?” Lim replied Naoto Takenaka [a famous Japanese film actor].

The keyword of the One Korea Festival is “Hana. ” Korean residents in Japan shouted “Hana!” for South Korea, North Korea and Japan. The message is put across in their songs and dances, and it aims to bring the East Asian community closer together.

I sincerely wish for the unification of Korean peninsula. The festival prompted me to swear to do all I can to help in the unification of the Korean peninsula.

2005-11-02 05:06
?2005 OhmyNews

[Captured Article]Is Korea’s Military Ignoring Recruits’ Health?

Despite warning signs during his national service, a young man’s stomach cancer goes undiagnosed

A 28-year-old South Korean, whose fight with stomach cancer prompted an unprecedented wave of sympathy and online fundraising, has died.

Roh Chung Guk, a former taekwondo major at Yongin University, who served full-term mandatory military service until June 24, 2005, died of stomach cancer in the early hours of Oct. 27.

Roh Chung Guk

The poignancy of Roh’s story — the rapid progression from chronic ulcer to stomach cancer in just a few months — has sparked a lot of finger pointing between the military and his family about his death. Could it have been detected earlier, and who is responsible for any lapse?

His father has said that the family will not hold a funeral until the underlying reasons for his son’s death are settled with the Defense Ministry.

Yet at the same time, Roh’s story has prompted yet another of a rare online fundraising in South Korea, one of the world’s most wired country and where mililitary service is mandatory for healthy young males.

Since his story appeared on OhmyNews on Monday, readers have raised a total collection of 9.3 million won (US$9,000) for the Roh family. Donations varied from smaller amounts of several thousand won to 30,000 won. Five million won has been delivered to the family thus far.

One online reader, who uses the ID “catseye” wrote: “The military might regard Roh’s case as an individual one, but for a large majority of us Koreans it’s like a story about a brother. I don’t know how the military could have let its service member develop cancer. It’s just too unfair to dismiss it as a lot of one unfortunate individual.”

The news of his death is prompting a flood of online goodbyes from readers on major online portals as well as on OhmyNews.

In April 2005, Roh was diagnosed with a chronic ulcer at a South Korean military hospital in Gwangju. He was a soldier serving at the Army’s ammunition headquarters, with only two months left before returning home.

Back as a civilian, he went for a checkup at a private hospital and on July 7, the hospital said he was suffering from late-stage cancer of the stomach. Last week, his father, Roh Chun Seok, 62, was told by the doctor “prepare for your son’s funeral.”

Prior to his treatment at the Army’s Gwangju hospital, in March, he had knocked on the doors of his unit’s military doctor. Roh was turned away from an endoscopy procedure, because he had come on a full stomach, military officials have said.

Roh’s parents, whose father makes his living on daily labor, has petitioned the South Korean Defense Ministry, and other related military agencies. “My son developed cancer while serving in the Army, and did not receive proper medical treatment, therefore, the military officials should be held responsible.

But the Army has cautiously rebuffed any accountability. One official with the Army headquarters, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, has told OhmyNews that while Roh’s case was regrettable, “It’s important to determine whether Roh’s cancer developed from stress of military service, or whether because of his genes.”

“If it’s the latter, the military cannot be held responsible,” the official said.

Mandatory military service for healthy, young South Korean males has been in the spotlight lately. Earlier this year, a young soldier, stressed from serving on the frontline unit along South Korea’s demilitarized zone facing North Korea, killed eight of his fellow soldiers in a shooting rampage.

Many parents are still petitioning to find out the truth of “mysterious” deaths of their sons who have died while in the mandatory military service.

Web sites of the presidential Blue House and the Ministry of Defense have been bombarded with letters appealing for help for Roh and his family, as well as those condemning what they viewed as nonchalance on the part of the military.

2005-10-27 15:53
?2005 OhmyNews