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...Cannes Film Festival, broke box office records in its home country with 13 million viewers in four months. The film focuses on a mutant monster generated by a U.S. Army laboratory which illegally dumped chemicals in the Han River (the “Seine of Seoul??). Bong was especially applauded for his ability to mix the conventions of a genre film—a monster film in this case—with his facetious social satire and the poignancy of familial bonds...
...event itself is taking place, but the South Korean performers will not be participating this time," said an official of the Isang Yun Peace Foundation in Seoul??the South Korean organization planning the concert with the North—in a phone interview with The Crimson. The official asked not to be named because of the sensitive nature of the situation...
...scholarly exchange between the Harvard-Yenching Institute and Ewha, the program was made possible through University President Laurence H. Summers’s recent study abroad initiative, Kim wrote. The program also aims at allowing students to experience South Korea through a variety of extracurricular activities, such as visiting Seoul??s National Museum, which displays “historic relics from the country’s rich past,” and staying in a temple to learn about Zen Buddhism, Kim wrote. She added that students will also get to experience Korean popular culture...
Lamentably, South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun has said he will not make human rights a factor in negotiations with the North. This pledge is in harmony with Seoul??s “sunshine policy” of North-South détente. Stemming from fears of a North Korean offensive or a massive refugee influx, “sunshine” has in practice meant appeasement. Its moral vacuity was laid bare this past August, when a German human rights worker, Dr. Norbert Vollertsen, was beaten by South Korean riot police while trying to launch a flock...
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