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I S S N :
2 0 0 5 -
2 1 6 2
December 2010 www.korea.net
People & Culture D E C E MB E R
2 0 1 0
www.k o r e a
.n e t
KOREA IN
2010
GYEONGJU AND YANGDONG FOLK VILLAGE TIME MACHINE INTO THE ANCIENT
FROM CHARITY TO CULTUREREDEFINING OF
YEAR-END PARTIES
MOMENTS OF THE YEAR
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PRELUDE
The Beauty of Korea Buyeo,
located in the west of Korea, was the third
capital of the ancient Baekje Kingdom
(c. 18 BC-AD 660) and is home to a great
number of historic sites dating from that
era. Featuring a variety of cultural
heritage sites, including fortresses, temple
sites and tombs, the Buyeo Historic Sites
were included on UNESCO’s Tentative
List of World Heritage Sites in January
2010. Recently, the Baekje Cultural Land
(pictured on this page), the first restored
Baekje palace in the country, was openedto the public, providing a remarkable
insight into the heyday of Baekje culture.
C h o i J i - y o u n g
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C O N T E N T S
D E C E M B E R
2 0 1 0
V O L .
6
N O
. 1 2
P U B L I S H E R S e o K a n g - s o o ,
K o r e a n C u l t u r e a n d I n f o r m a t i o n S e r v i c e
E D I T I N G H E M K O R E A C o . , L t d
E - M A I L w e b m a s t e r @ k o r e a . n e t
P R I N T I N G S a m s u n g M o o n w h a P r i n t i n g C o .
A l l r i g h t s r e s e r v e d . N o p a r t o f t h i s p u b l i c a t i o n m a y
b e r e p r o d u c e d i n a n y f o r m w i t h o u t p e r m i s s i o n f r o m
K O R E A a n d t h e K o r e a n C u l t u r e a n d I n f o r m a t i o n
S e r v i c e .
T h e a r t i c l e s p u b l i s h e d i n K O R E A d o n o t n e c e s s a r i l y
r e p r e s e n t t h e v i e w s o f t h e p u b l i s h e r . T h e p u b l i s h e r i s
n o t l i a b l e f o r e r r o r s o r o m i s s i o n s .
L e t t e r s t o t h e e d i t o r s h o u l d i n c l u d e t h e w r i t e r ’ s f u l l
n a m e a n d a d d r e s s . L e t t e r s m a y b e e d i t e d f o r c l a r i t y
a n d / o r s p a c e r e s t r i c t i o n s .
I f y o u w a n t t o r e c e i v e a f r e e c o p y o f K O R E A o r w i s h
t o c a n c e l a s u b s c r i p t i o n , p l e a s e e - m a i l u s .
A d o w n l o a d a b l e P D F f i l e o f K O R E A a n d a m a p a n d
g l o s s a r y w i t h c o m m o n K o r e a n w o r d s a p p e a r i n g i n o u r
t e x t a r e a v a i l a b l e b y c l i c k i n g o n t h e t h u m b n a i l o f
K O R E A o n t h e h o m e p a g e o f w w w . k o r e a . n e t .
C O V E R S T O R Y
0 4
T h e e v e n t f u l y e a r o f 2 0 1
0 i n r e v i e w . K O R E A
f e a t u r e d s e v e r a l n e w s i s
s u e s t h r o u g h o u t
t h e y e a r a s a s p e c i a l f e a
t u r e e a c h m o n t h .
R e a d t h e s t o r i e s b e h i n d
t h e y e a r ’ s e v e n t s .
T R A V E L
2 6
G y e o n g j u i s o n e o f t h e m o s t h i s t o r i c c i t i e s
i n K o r e a . W i t h i t s f a m o u s n i c k n a m e “ t h e
a n c i e n t c a p i t a l f o r a t h o u s a n d y e a r s ”
, t h e
c i t y e v o k e s t h e g l o r y o f t h e S i l l a D y n a
s t y .
G L O B A L K O R E A
4 0
D e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s l o o k t o K o r e a f o r
o u t s t a n d i n g g o v e r n m e n t p r o g r a m s ,
e c o n o m i c p r o j e c t s , a n d p r a c t i c a l ,
e f f e c t i v e a p p r o a c h e s t o e d u c a t i o n .
N O W I
N K O R E A
4 4
T h e C h r i s t m a s s e a s o n i s n o t a l w a y s a
m e r r y t i m e f o r a l l . H e r e , s o m e K o r e a n s
a r e p r e p a r i n g s p e c i a l y e a r - e n d p a r t i e s
f o r c h a r i t i e s a n d c a u s e s .
P E N & B R U S H
1 8
A s a y o u n g a r t i s t , K a n g Y o u n g - m i n n e
v e r
s t o p s f i n d i n g n e w s u b j e c t s t o c a p t u r e i n a r t .
I n s p i r e d a n d d r i v e n t o a l t e r p e r c e p t i o n s , h e
b e l i e v e s a r t s h o u l d r e f l e c t t h e r e a l w o r l d .
P E O P L E
2 2
K i m J o o - w o n i s a K o r e a ’ s s t a r b a l l e r i n a .
A n a t u r a l - b o r n t a l e n t , s h e n e v e r t h e l e s s
p r a c t i c e s e i g h t h o u r s a d a y . I t ’ s t h e s e
e f f o r t s t h a t h a v e m a d e h e r t h e b e s t .
w w w . k o r e a . n
e t
M Y K O R E A
3 2
K i m c h i i s a “ s o u l f o o d ” f o r K o r e a n s .
E s p e c i a l l y i n l a t e a u t u m n o r e a r l y w i n
t e r ,
p e o p l e r u s h t o m a k e k i m c h i , o r g i m j a
n g ,
t o p r e p a r e f o r t h e w i n t e r s e a s o n .
S P E C I A L F E A T U R E :
3 6
G 2 0 R E P O R T
T h e G 2 0 S e o u l S u m m i t s u c c e s s f u l y
e n d e d o n N o v e m b e r 1 2 . T h e l e a d e r s o f
t h e G 2 0 n a t i o n s a n n o u n c e d t h e “ S e o u l
A c t i o n P l a n ” , a n a g r e e m e n t t o p u r s u e
g l o b a l f i n a n c i a l s t a b i l i t y .
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K O R
E A I N 2 0 1 0 : 1 0
F E A T U R E S A N D
T H E
S T O R I E
S B E H I N
D T H E M
C O V E R S T O R Y
O v e r t h i s
y e a r , K O R E A h a s c o v e r e
d a w i d e
r a n g e o f
t o p i c s i n i t s c o v e r s t o r i e s . T o s a y
g o o
d b y e t
o 2 0 1 0 , h e r e ’ s a
l o o
k a t a l l o u r t o p
t o p i c s t h
i s y e a r , a n
d w
h a t
h a p p e n e d n e x t .
b y S e o
D o n g - c h e o l | p h o t o g r a p h s b y K i m N a m - h e o n
M u l t i b i t s I m a g e ( b a c k g r o u n d ) ; D T I P i c t u r e s , Y o n h a p N e w s A g e n c y , K i m N a m - h e o n , S a m s u n g E l e c t r o n i c s , T o p i c P h o t o , S e o u l E c o n o m y D a i l y , Y e g a m I n c . , V i c t o r y
P r o d u c t i o n , A D M o t o r s , K i m N a m - h e o n ( c l o c i w i s e f r o m t o p l e f t )
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K a n g Y o u n g - m i n m a y
b e y o u n g ,
b u t h i s r e p u t a t i o n a n
d
e x p e r i e n c e
a l r e a
d y s p a n s t w o n a t i o n s . W i t h b a c
h e l o r ’ s a n
d
m a s t e r ’ s d e
g r e e s g a i n e d i n K o r e a , p
l u s a s e c o n
d m a s t e r ’ s i n
t h e U S , K a n g
h a s e x
h i b i t e d h i s w o r k p u
b l i c l y a n
d p r i v a t e
l y i n
b o t h c o u n t r i e s . H e
h a s r e c e i v e d
f u n
d i n g
f r o m t h e A R K O
( A r t s C o u n
c i l K o r e a ) a n
d t h e P a r a d i s e C u
l t u r e F o u n
d a t i o n i n
K o r e a , a n d
f r o m t h e P o
l l o c k - K r a s n e r F o u n
d a t i o n i n t h e U S .
I n h i s h o m e c o u n t r y ,
h e
h a s w o n t h e p r e s t i g i o u s D o n g - A A r t
P r i z e ; i n t h e S t a t e s , t h e R o y C r a n e A w a r
d . F o r t h e t i m e
b e i n g ,
h o w e v e r , K
a n g i s c h o o s i n g t o p u r s u e
h i s c a r e e r i n K o r e a .
H o w m i g h t s u c h i n t e r n a t i o n a l e x p e r i e n c e s
h a v e i m p a c t e d
a y o u n g a r t i s t ? F i r s t , t h e r e w i l l h a v e
b e e n t h e e x p e c t a t i o n s
u p o n a
“ K o
r e a n a r t i s t ” p r a c t i c i n g
h i s c r a f t o v e r s e a s . T h e n
h e
w o u
l d h a v e e x p e r i e n c e
d t h e i n s p i r a t i o n a n a r t i s t a b s o r b s
P E N
& B R U S H
Y O U
N G H E A R T :
F I N D I N G T R
U T H
I N R
E - C R E A
T I O N
Y o u t h c a
n b e a p o w e r
f u l s o u r c e o
f
i n s p i r a t i o n i n a n a r t i s t . B u t w
h i l e K a n g
Y o u n g - m
i n i s f u l l o f t h e v i v a c i t y a n
d
v e r v e o f
a y o u n g v i s i o n a r y ,
h e a v o i d s
f o r c i n g s u
b j e c t i v e s t a n
d a r
d s o n a r t
a f i c i o n a
d o s .
“ I p r e
f e r t h a t t h e y a p p r o a c
h
a n d i n t e r p r e t m y w o r k i n t h e i r o w n
w a y , ” h e
s a y s . I n s h o r t , r a t h e r t h a n
i m p o s i n
g a u t h o r i t y o n t h o s e v i e w i n g
h i s c r e a t
i o n s , t h i s u n i q u e a r t i s t p r e
f e r s
t o f u e l t
h e i m a g i n a t i o n o
f s p e c t a t o r s ,
e n c o u r a g i n g t h e m t o l e t i t r u n
f r e e .
b y O h K y o n g - y o n | p h o t o g r a p h s b y P a r k J e o n g - r o h
1 8
K O R E A
D E C E M B E R
2 0 1 0
K a n
g Y o u n g - m i n
S p a g h e t t i W e s t e r n ( 2 0 0 9 ) , a s c u l p t u r e o f t h r e a d , s i l i c o n , w o o d a n d p l a s t i c ( l e f t ) .
K a n g Y o u n g - m i
n i n f r o n t o f h i s a r t w o r k
H i l l e r o v a
’ s F a c e s ( 2 0 0 8 ) o f d i g i t a l p r i n t a n d
P V C p i p e ( o p p o
s i t e ) .
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P E O P L E
B a l l e t i s a
l a n g u a g e o
f t h e
b o
d y , a m a g i c a l b
l e n
d o
f p u r i t y a n
d a m
b i t i o n . K
i m
J o o - w o n
d i s p l a y s
b o t h s e n t i m e n t s m a s t e r f u
l l y , w
i t h c o n t r o
l a n
d e x p r e s s i o n
t h a t c a n
l e a v e a u
d i e n c e s g a s p i n g i n a d m i r a t i o n . A s t h e c o
u n t r y ’ s
b e s t b a l l e r i n a
a n d t h e w i n n e r
o f t h e w o r l d - f a m o u s B e n o i s d e
l a D a n s e
c o m p e t i t i o n i n 2 0 0 6 ,
K i m h a s
b e c o m e a
l e g e n
d o
f K o r e a n
b a l l e t , a n
d n e v e r r e l e n t s i n h e r e f f o r t s t o
c r e a t e h e r o w n p
h y s i c a l v o c a
b u
l a r y . b y C h o i H y e - j u n g | p h o t o g r a p h s b
y K i m H o n g - j i n
T h e r e i s a p a s s i o n a t e e x p r e s s i o n o n K i m J o o - w o n
’ s f a c e a s
s h e r e
h e a r s e s r o u t i n e s w i t h h e r p a r t n e r i n t h e m i r r o r e
d
p r a c t i c e r o o m . W
h i l e s h e p r e p a r e
s h e r p a r t s i n T c h a i k o v s k y :
T h e M y s t e r y o f L i f e a n d D e a t h a n
d S w a n L a k e
, h e r s e
l f -
a p p r a i s a l o
f t h e g e s t u r e s a n
d m o t i o n s s h e m a k e s
h a s a n
u n
d e n i a b l e b e a u t y o
f i t s o w n .
“ I p r a c t i c e
f o r e i g
h t h o u r s a d a
y , a n
d 1 2 w
h e n a p e r
f o r m -
a n c e i s l o o m i n g ,
” s h e s a y s . “ T
h e r e i s a s a y i n g t h a t ‘ I w i l l
k n o w w
h e n I m i s s p r a c t i c e
f o r a
d a y , m y c o
l l e a g u e s w i l l
k n o w w
h e n I m i s s t w o
d a y s , a n d
t h e a u
d i e n c e w i l l k n o w
w h e n I m i s s t h r e e .
’ I f e e l s o m e t h i n g i s l a c k i n g w
h e n I m i s s a
p r a c t i c e . I n e e
d t o f e e l a n
d c o n t r o
l e a c
h m u s c
l e i n m y
b o
d y ,
b u t t h i s i s n o t p o s s i b l e i f I m i s s p
r a c t i c e .
“ G o o
d n a t u r a
l p h y s i c a l c
h a r a c t e r i s t i c s a n
d t a l e n t a r e
a l l i m p o r t a n t . H o w e v e r , i f
I d o n ’ t p r a c t i c e c o n s t a n t l y I
c a n n o t p e r
f o r m a t a s a t i s f y i n g
l e v e
l . A b o r n g e n i u s c a n n o t
b e a t s o m e o n e w
h o c o n
t i n u o u s l y p r a c t i c e s . T
h a t i s w
h a t I
b e l i e v e . ”
K i m j o i n e d t h e K o r e a N a t i o n a l B a l l e t a f t e r g r a d u a t i n g t h e
B o
l s h o i B a l l e t A c a
d e m y
( M o s c o w S t a t e A c a
d e m y o
f
C h o r e o g r a p
h y ) a n
d h a s
b e e n K o r e a ’ s t o p
b a l l e r i n a
f o r o v e r
1 0 y e a r s . B u t a s s h e i s a
l w a y s q u i c k t o s t r e s s , K i m c o n s i d e r s
h e r s u c c e s s t o h a v e c o m
e t h r o u g h s h e e r
h a r
d w o r k r a t h e r
t h a n
f r o m a n y g r e a t n a t u r a
l b l e s s i n g s .
“ I w a s n ’ t
b o r n w i t h t h e
b e s t p
h y s i c a l a t t r i b u t e s
f o r
b a l l e t , ”
s a y s K i m . “ M y a r m s a r e t o o
l o n g a n
d m y j o i n t s s t i c
k o u t ,
w h i c h m a k e i t d i f f i c u l t
t o e x p r e s s a s t r o n g c h a r a c t e r
l i k e
E g h i n a i n S p a r t a c u s . H o w e v e r , I p r a c t i c e d
h u n
d r e
d s a n
d
t h o u s a n
d s o
f t i m e s s o m y
l i n e s
f l o w n a t u r a
l l y w i t h t h e
c h a r a c t e r . ”
T H E
B R I G H T E
S T
S T A
R O N S T A G E
2 2
K O R E A
D E C E M B E R
2 0 1 0
2 3
K O R E A
D E C E M B E R
2 0 1 0
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T R A V E L
Y a n g d o n g F l o k V i l l a g e n e w l y a d d e d t o U N E S C O ’ s W o r l d H e r i t a g e L i s t t h i s y e a r .
G
y e o n g j u ,
C i t y
o f t h e A n
c i e n t s
I n d u s t r i a l c i v i l i z a t i o n , w
h i c h w o r s
h i p s c o n v e n i e n c e a n
d s p e e
d , h a s
l e f t d a r
k
s h a d o w s i n i t s w a k e : c
l i m a t e c h a n g e , e n v i r o n m e n t a l d e g r a
d a t i o n a n
d r o c k e t i n g
s t r e s s
l e v e l s .
S o m e t i m e s , i t s e e m s t h e o n
l y s o
l u t i o n i s
t o g e t b a c
k t o t h e p a s t , w
h e n
t h i n g s s e e m
e d s l o w e r a n
d m o r e i n n o c e n t . I f t h a t
f e e l i n g o v e r c o m e s y o u i n K o r e a ,
t h e
f i r s t
p o r t o
f c a
l l s h o u
l d b e t h e c i t y o
f G y e o n g j u . H e r e , v i s i t o r s c a n
f i n d t h e
b e a u t y o
f l i f e l i v e d i n s l o w m o t i o n , i n a s e t t i n g t h
a t t h r i v e d a m i l l e n n i u m a g o .
b y C h u n g D o n g - m u k | p h o t o g r a p h s b y P a r k J e o n g - r o h
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l i s
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d e v e n t u a l l y E d
a s k e d i f I h a d e v e r e a t e n K o r e a n
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n o , s o
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k m e o u t f o r a m e a
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b e c u e d
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I M C H
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l e s M o n t g o m e r y
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b a r b e c u e d p o r k , z i n g y , i n
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t a b l e s p i c y c o n
d i m e n t t h a t c o m e s w i t h e v e r y t h i n g .
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f o r a l l t h i n g s K o r e a n
c o n t i n u e s t o g r o w — e
s p e c i a l l y f o r K o r e a ’ s
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S t a f f i n I t a e w o n A n i m a l H o s p i t a l e n j o y p r e p a r i n g a y e a r -
e n d p a r t y . T h e y w i l l a l s o r u n a b a z z a r s e l l i n g i t e m s d o n a t -
e d b y p e t l o v e r s t o r a i s e m o n e y f o r a y e a r - e n d c o l l e c t i o n .
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Y
o u r i d e a s w i l l b e r e f l e c t e d i n m a k i n g f o r t h c o m i n g i s s u e s o f K O R E A .
1 . A r e t h
e c o n t e n t s i n K O R E A m a g a z i n e u s
e f u l f o r u n d e r s t a n d i n g K o r e a ?
( 1 ) V e r y u s e f u l ( 2 ) U s e f u l ( 3 ) S o m e w h
a t u s e f u l ( 4 ) N o t u s e f u l a t a l l
2 . W h a t
k i n d o f c o n t e n t s d o y o u f i n d m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g o r u s e f u l i n K O R E A ?
( 1 ) C o v e r S t o r y
( 2 ) I n
t e r v i e w ( P e n & B r u s h ,
P e o p l e )
( 3 ) T r a v e l & C u l t u r e ( T r a v e l , M y K o r e a ,
N o w i n K o r e a )
( 4 ) I n
t e r n a t i o n a l C o o p e r a t i o n
( 5 ) O
t h e r s ( p l e a s e s p e c i f y )
3 . H o w d o y o u f i n d t h e e d i t i n g , l a y o u t a n d p r i n t i n g q u a l i t y o f K O R E A ?
( 1 ) E x c e l l e n t ( 2 ) G o o d ( 3 ) S o - s o ( 4 ) B
a d ( 5 ) V e r y b a d
4 . W h i c
h a r t i c l e d i d y o u f i n d m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g i n t h i s i s s u e a n d w h y ?
5 . D o y o
u h a v e a n y s u g g e s t i o n s f o r i m p r o v
i n g t h e c o n t e n t s o f K O R E A , o r
a n y n
e w i d e a s f o r r e g u l a r s e c t i o n s ?
6 . Y o u r P e r s o n a l I n f o r m a t i o n :
G e n d
e r :
F e m a l e
M a l e
C o u n
t r y :
E - m a
i l :
1 . K o r e a . n e t
2 . H o m e > L i b r a r y > P u
b l i c a t i o n s > P e r i o d i c a l s
* K O R E A
T h i s m o n t h l y m a g a
z i n e p r o v i d e s f i r s t - h a n d
i n f o r m a t i o n o n c u l t u r e ,
t o u r i s m a
n d p o l i c i e s .
L a t e s t U p d a t e : D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 0
5 4 p a g e s
3 . E n t e r y o u r s t r e e t a d
d r e s s f o r a f r e e h a r d c o p y
o r
d o w n l o a d a P D F f i l e o f t h e m a g a z i n e e a c h m o n t h .
S u b s c r i b e o n l i n e f o r y o
u r f r e e c o p y o f K O R E A .
I t ’ s a s s i m p l e a s . . .
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