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Cover Photo

Spring has come in

the village of apricots.

Photo by YONHAP

06 Cover Story A Full First Year for President From Green to Gold

Art and Seoul

18 Diplomacy US Will Not Sideline Seoul: ClintonReassures on Visit

20 Global Korea The Seoul Global Village Center Lobbying for Change with Citys Backing

EV Boyz Rappin on Korea

Sport Unites Foreign Moms

26 Culture Global Singing Stars Converge on Korea Klimt in Korea

Breathing New Life into Buddha

Prima Ballerina Returns

34 Korean Literature Ko-un: Poet of Tragedy and Hope

38 Korea through the Lens Good Fortune and Magic Pups

42 Business & Technology World-record Bridge Takes Shape Another World-first for Samsung

Asiana Named Airline of the Year

46 Series: Mobile Industry A New Pillar for the Economy

50 Hidden Champion Samkwang: The Face of Hi-fi

51 Sports New Kids on the Diamond Pyeongchang Tries Again

3rd Time Lucky?

54 Travel In Village of Apricots, March is Winters E

60 Fashion Traditional Threads for 21st Century

62 People Tenors Miracle Come-back Expats to Follow Monks Foosteps China Loves Angel Donor

66 Foreign Viewpoints Yuji Hosaka: The Need for Speed

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ne year ago, a crowd of more than 50,000 gatheredin front of the National Assembly building towatch as Koreas first businessman-turned-presi-dent took the oath of office. Feb. 25, 2009 marksthe first anniversary of Lee Myung-baks inaugura-

tion, and sees Lee tackling the aftermath of the global financial crisiswith reform at home and diplomatic cooperation abroad.

On his first day as president, Lee began his diplomacy as a globalleader. He met with delegates from the United States, China, Russiaand Japan after the inauguration to strengthen Koreas ties with thefour giants. On his second day in the Blue House, Lee had meetingswith visiting foreign heads of state from Cambodia, Mongolia andUzbekistan.

In March, Lee made his first presidential visit to China. During

President Lee on-site at t

epi-center of the Sichuan

earthquake.

Businessman-turned-president Lee Myung-bak has extended the nations

diplomatic outreach, while wrestling with the global financial crisis.

President Lee spending time with children.

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Theeconomiccrisis ironicallyprovided uswith anopportunity to

cometogether.

the meeting, Lee and his Chinese counterpart HuJintao agreed to upgrade the status of the two coun-tries relationship from a comprehensive and coop-erative partnership to a strategic and cooperativepartnership. Aside from Korea, the only two countriesthat hold such strategic partnership status with Chinaare Russia and India.

After his official schedule in Beijing, Lee flew toSichuan Province to offer sympathy to those sufferingin the aftermath of the quake that took the lives ofmore than 67,000. He was the first foreign head of stat eto visit the disaster-struck region of China.

During his three-hour visit, Lee inspected Duji-angyan, where some 3,000 people were lost in thequake and 480 were reported missing. Lee went tohospitals and schools operating inside tents. He alsoinspected three South Korean military transportplanes that arrived to deliver about 380 million won($362,000) worth of relief goods.

China is a country so near to us, and I received awarm welcome from Beijing, so I couldnt leave thecountry without paying a visit here, Lee said to thelocal officials and residents. I hope that everything isrestored fast.

Starting with China diplomacy, Lee also met withother leaders around the world. In April, Lee visitedthe United States for a summit with President GeorgeW. Bush; Bush made a return visit to Seoul in Augustto bolster the more than half-century alliance between

the two countries.Lee also met with Japanese counterpart Taro Aso

five times during his first year as Korean president.In September, Lee visited Moscow to hold a sum-

mit with his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev,completing his tour of the four global superpowers. Anambitious project to supply Russian natural gas toSouth Korea as early as 2015 - possibly via North Korea- was agreed on between Seoul and Moscow during thesummit.

In the awake of the global financial crisis, the Leeadministration also successfully concluded a key cur-rency swap deal with the United States. Based on thetwo countries bolstered relationship, the Bank ofKorea announced a $30 billion currency swap agree-ment with the U.S. Federal Reserve in October.

The Lee administration worked to stabilize the

nations financial markets by cooperating with Koreasneighbors. In December last year, the first presidentialsummit between the leaders of South Korea, Chinaand Japan took place as the three nations took a majorstep to forge closer ties and face the economic crisis.

In a joint press conference, President Lee said, Itnormally is not easy to build on momentum for coop-eration, but the economic crisis ironically provided uswith an opportunity to come together.

At the meeting, leaders of the three nations agreed

to the expansion of a trilateral currencyswap. Blue House officials said it wouldhave been impossible to strike the deal,which had long been under consider-ation by financial authorities in the threecountries, without a special push by theleaders.

Indeed, it was the first currencyswap deal Chinas central bank has eversigned with a foreign central bank.Sources said Japan had remained doubt-

ful about the deal until the presidentialsummit was finalized.

Lee then reached out to the interna-tional community at the G-20 financialsummit in Washington in Novemberlast year, promoting emerging econo-mies roles in coping with the globaleconomic crisis.

Korea will play a big role in theefforts to establish new financial struc-

tures and greatly contribute to the his-tory of the world economy, Lee said ina press conference after the G-20 sum-mit. He stressed the worlds emergingeconomies should have a greater voicein the international conference, sayingadvanced nations and developing coun-

tries should work together in solvingmajor global issues ranging from theeconomic downturn to energy issuesand climate change.

Lee has been an active opponent oftrade protectionism. During the G-20summit, Lee proposed a standstill dec-laration to prevent the formation of anynew investment and trade barriers.

We have to be wary of a possiblerise of protectionism in internationaltrade during economically hard times.One protectionist measure is likely tobreed a series of other exclusive mea-sures, throwing the global economy intoa deeper recession, Lee said in his key-note speech at the time. When that

happens, economically disadvantagedemerging nations will suffer the most.

During this years Group-of-20 sum-mit, Korea was also given the opportu-nity to exert its influence in attempts toreshape the global economy and finan-cial system. Korea will host the G-20financial ministers meeting in 2010,and Brazil, Britain and South Koreaform the current Troika, a management

At the G20,Lee proposeda standstilldeclaration to

prevent therise ofprotectionism.

body of past, present and future country chairs whwill establish the continuity and direction of the gloal leaders meeting. The Lee administration has forma new task force, led by former finance minister SakoIl, to play its role in setting forth agendas for the Ldon G-20 financial summit in April. Lee will aattend the G-8 summit in Italy in July.

As he moves into the second year of his term, Lwill broaden the horizon of his foreign policies. Leexpected to engage in presidential diplomacy almonce a month, including a possible presidential touenergy-rich Central Asia.

Lee wil l this year, spend time visiting regions suas Europe, Southeast Asia and Central Asia in line wmultilateral talks taking place in those areas, a senadministration official said.

In June, Asean member nations will be invited summit on Koreas Jeju Island. By Ser My

G-20 Financial Summit underway in

Washington in Nov. 2008.

President Lee in discussion with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.

President Lee warns against economic protectionism at the G-20 summit.

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Amid the global economic crisis, are environmental issdestined to drop to the bottom of the priority list? Ablutely not! says the Korean government. Seoul recenunveiled a range of Green New Deal programs to gerate jobs in the faltering economy, with large-scale g

ernment spending in eco-friendly businesses, including the develment of renewable energy and green cars.

Both the Korean government and Korea, Inc., have been makefforts to secure eco-friendly growth engines in recent years, duthe instability of global fossil fuel prices and the tightening of enronmental regulations in Europe and North America amid conceabout global warming. These efforts have become more visible si

President Lee Myung-bak revealed his vision of low-carbon, grgrowth for the nations economic development during the ndecade, in a Liberation Day speech on Aug 15, 2008.

Lee repeatedly stressed his agenda, at the 10th international cference of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The so-called enronmental Olympics was held in Changwon, South GyeongsangOctober, 2008, to address environmental issues ranging from con

vation of wetlands to climate change. In the conference, Achim Steer, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programmsaid that countries should resist the temptation to put the econobefore the environment in the current difficult times, adding tKoreas low-carbon, green growth agenda is very meaningful.

As Steiner pointed out, economic difficulties tend to tempt government and businesses to put environmental issues on the bburner. But experts say that the current financial crisis could prova good chance for Korea to reform its energy production and csumption structure to be greener. The Green New Deal is one of

key efforts to seize this opportunity.Among Green New Deal programs, the highest visibility pr

ect for ordinary people will be the construction of a bicycle paround the entire nation. The Ministry of Public Administration aSecurity said in January it will spend 1.24 trillion won (US$1.23 lion) on establishing the 3,114-kilometer (1,935-mile), three-mewide path exclusively for bikes by 2018.

The nationwide path will start from the Haengju Bridge in Seand continue on to Mokpo, South Jeolla via a road along the wcoast. It will continue to run along the south and east coastlines. Tpath will then head along the demilitarized zone and return tostarting point at the Haengju Bridge The administration hopes tthe untouched ecosystem around the demilitarized zone and

views along the coastline will attract not only domestic but also feign tourists.

A more fundamental Green New Deal project is continuinvestment in renewable energy.

As part of the project, the government is set to complete nations first - and the worlds biggest - tidal-power station at LaSihwa in western Gyeonggi Province by the end of 2010. This plwill generate 254,000 kilowatt hour, saving the nation 315,000 tof carbon dioxide emissions. The construction cost is estimated to350 billion won, which is about 15 percent of the money neededbuild a nuclear power plant.

Then there is wind power. The North Jeolla provincial govement plans to form a large-scale wind power farm with 444 powgenerators on the Saemangeum reclaimed land off the West Coas

Employees of a recycling company work

with cast-away mobile phones. Copper,

silver and even gold can be retrieved from

dead cell phones.

From Green to GoldWith the government promoting green policies, firms are finding thateven trash, manure, and sewage sludge can be profitably leveraged.

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make use of the winds blowing in fromthe sea. The plan was unveiled afterthe local government signed anagreement with Hyundai HeavyIndustries, the worlds biggest ship-builder, to invest 105.7 billion wonin the wind power system manufac-turing plant in Gunsan County in theprovince.

The Ministry of Knowledge Econo-my said in December it will pour 111.5trillion won over the next two decades

into developing renewable energy tech-nology including solar cells for photo-

voltaic power generation and wind farmequipment.

It also said it will invest 19.5 trillionwon on its IT/Energy New Deal proj-ects this year. Among them are thespread of energy-efficient LED illumi-nation; the provision of 12,000 greenhomes, which use mainly renewableenergy such as hydrogen fuel cell powerfor heating and lighting; and investmentin state-run energy companies facili-ties.

But experts warn that the govern-ment needs to carefully choose whichgreen businesses to boost.

As for expansion of power genera-tion through photovoltaic power plantsand wind farms, the essential technolo-gy needed for these facilities is domi-nated by advanced countries, said KimJeong-in, professor of industrial eco-nomics at Chung-Ang University.Accordingly, the expansion would notlead to a great increase in employmentand other economic effects.

On the other hand, the improve-ment of energy efficiency in buildingscan be a very good project, he contin-ued. The work for building reformprojects has great spillover effects intodifferent industries, as it can be appliedto the whole building. Accordingly, such

projects create jobs in the short term.The United Nations Energy Programsaid improving the energy efficiency ofbuildings as well as green car develop-ment are the most effective eco-friendlyprojects for creating jobs.

Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group,Koreas biggest auto conglomerate, hasbeen speeding up plans to commercial-ize eco-friendly cars since President Lee

The worlds biggest tidal

power plant under construc-

tion in Sihwa Lake in Ansan

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In line with governmental and industrial green

projects, private citizens - and even an entire village -

are today creating solar-powered homes.

such as production-cost reductions.These potential incentives, it hopes, willlure companies into buying into theGreen New Deal.

Since 2006, Daesung Group hasbeen recycling methane gas produced ingarbage dumping sites.

Taegu Energy Environment Corp.,an affiliate of Daesung Group, hasrefined methane gas collected from agarbage dumping site near Dalseongcounty in Daegu. The company gener-ated revenue of 6 billion won that same

year.Daesung Group is also planning to

convert bio-methane gas producedfrom sewage treatment plants into ausable resource.

The value of manure from livestockis likely to surge as green businessesexpand.

In 2008, Daewoo Engineering andConstruction completed Koreas firstbio-gas power plant in Asan, SouthChungcheong. The plant uses the meth-ane gas collected from food garbage,livestock manure and sewage sludge toproduce electricity and hot water.

Samsung Electronics said it has beensaving 21 billion won every year in

energy cost thanks to its business thatconverts waste into energy. Since 1998,the company been running the AsanRecycling Center, which recycles met-als. Reportedly, 5 grams of gold can beretrieved from 1 ton of gold ore. Butfrom the same amount of used mobilephone material, 150 grams of gold canbe recovered.

Hyundai Steel boasts of technology

to recycle scrap iron. The company said 1 ton of scmetal can be recycled more than 40 times. One tonsteel is now as useful as 10 tons thanks to recycling, company said. Hyundai Steel recycles 1,100 tonsscrap metal every year.

Even old-fashioned coal has new possibilities. Tgovernment plans to develop a non-polluting coal tcould be used in producing synthetic oil, which wreplace 80 million barrels of oil - equivalent to 8 pcent of the countrys annual oil consumption. Sometrillion won will be invested over the next five yearsthe project.

It is not just government and industry: grass-r

changes are also taking place. Green activist Lee Dchul, 65, designed and completed a Zero EneHouse in early January at the foot of a scenic moutain near Hongcheon, a town in Gangwon ProvinThe homes heating and water-heating systems requno energy source beyond the rays of the sun.

Located on a sunny spot, the wooden houswrapped in insulating materials. It features giganwindows installed on the southern wall and the roThe solar power generator in the garden collects suns rays during the daytime to produce warm waand maintain the optimal temperature inside house.

Lee may embody a rare private effort at eneself-sufficiency, but he is not alone. A whole villageNorth Jeolla Province relies solely on solar eneDeungryong Village in Buan County may look lik

typical rural community, but the small town hrecently been thrust into the limelight after the rdents installed what they call a civil power generatthat runs on sun rays. A generator may evoke image of a highly refined industrial facility, but the oin the town gathers energy from village houses - eof which is topped with a large-sized solar batteEven in mid-winter, each household pays only arou1,000 won per month in electricity charges.

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unveiled an ambitious plan to help the nation becomeone of the worlds top four countries in green car pro-duction in his Liberation Day speech.

Hyundai Motor plans to commercialize smallAvante hybrids that use electricity and liquefiedpetroleum gas this July, a first among local automak-ers.

Some ask why Hyundai is starting with an LPG-electric hybrid instead of the gas-electric hybrids thatare common worldwide. With Japans Toyota domi-nating petrol-electric hybrid technologies, Hyundaihas no choice but to begin with an LPG-electric hybri d,

said Jung Jin-sung, chairman of the Korea LPG Asso-ciation. Because Korea has more LPG-fueled carsthan any other country, it has also developed tech-nologies in LPG engines. This will help in the develop-ment of LPG-electric hybrids.

Korea has 2.3 million vehicles with LPG engines,accounting for 13.6 percent of total vehicles, the high-est percentage in the world.

Hyundai Motor also wants to commercialize ahydrogen fuel cell car by 2012. The automaker con-ducted a test run of a Tucson hydrogen fuel cell SUVacross the United States in August. As part of Koreaseffort to develop hydrogen fuel cell cars, GS CaltexCorp. the nations second-biggest refiner, opened thefirst hydrogen fuel station in Seoul for fuel-cell cars ina test operation in 2007.

And local companies are also developing parts for

green cars actively. Helped by such efforts, LG Chem,in January, was selected by General Motors as the solesupplier of lithium-ion battery cells for the U.S. autogiants Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle, which will becommercialized next year.

The recycling and renewable industry is gainingmomentum as the new Lee Myung-bak administra-tion has set the Green New Deal, as one of the coun-trys top priorities.

The government will be injecting a total of 2.8 tril-lion won by 2012 into renewable and recyclable energydevelopment.

The government plans to spend 1.12 trillion wonon facilities converting trash into fuels and bio-gas, aswell as 280 billion won on establishing the basic foun-dation for biomass production and 1.4 trillion won onlivestock manure energy facilities and dump sites.

The recycling and energy-renewing industry is arapidly growing market with huge potential. In Korea,75 percent of renewable energy comes from trash.

The potential of the recycling market has noboundaries. Various materials can be utilized in recy-cling including mobile phones, electronic appliancesand even used tires. They are turned into energy orrecycled into other usable goods.

The government believes such projects could gen-erate advanced technology and produce added value

CompaniesincludingSamsung andHyundai arepioneeringnew recyclingtechnologies.

Demilitarized Zone

GanghwaHaengju Bridge

Goseong

Pyeongtaek

Nakdong River

Yeongsan River

Geum River

Han River

Pohang

Haeundae

The West Coast path(548 kilometers)

The South Coast path(1,652 kilometers)

The East Coast path(634 kilometers)

The DMZ path(280 kilometers)

The paths alongthe Four Major Rivers(1,297 kilometers in total)

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Bike pathsaround the nation

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It was during Koreas 17th presidential inauguration ceremolast year that President Lee Myung-bak signalled the dawn onew era of cultural prosperity. In his speech, he said:

Korea is a nation of culture with an extensive history ... must develop our competitiveness in our content indus

thereby laying the foundation of a nation strong in cultural actties.... Through culture, we are able to enjoy life and to communicwith each other and advance together. The new administration do its best to bring the power of our culture into full bloom in tglobalized setting of the 21st century.

He has been as good as his word. Lee and his administration hcome up with various policies over the past year that will help estlish culture as a key mode of modern living.

Among the many plans to develop a nation rich in culturesources and activities, the most recent policy plan was announin January by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. Seoul stated tCity Hall will promote the creation of a cultural district in the center calle d the Sejong Belt, a similar conc ept to New Yorks Broway and Londons West End.

The city government decided to develop areas in central Se

including Gwanghwamun, Jongno and the Jung District into a ctural hub and will support numerous performing centers like Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Kumho Arts Hall, Chodong Theater, KT Arts Hall and other small theaters for non-vershows.

Its a plan to make the city more attractive and to provide opptunities for both Koreans and foreigners to appreciate diverse pforming arts, said Lee Chung-seung, the head of the Sejong Cenin January. He was making a speech at the opening ceremony of Sejong Belt project. Some 400 culture and arts related figures wpresent.

Among them was Choi Yoon-yeop, the head of Show B-boy, company that produces the non-verbal hip hop show, The BallerWho Fell in Love with a B-boy. The show mixes break-dance,street-dance, with ballet. It has attracted 700,000 theater-goers sithe show first hit the stage in 2005.

Musical theaters located close to each other will begin coope

tive marketing - promoting tourism packages, giving discounts attract more tourists to the area, Choi said, while noting that evthough Korea currently has considerable cultural content to shwith the world - as shown by the success of the Korean Wave - thhasnt been a firm policy to help develop and export it abroad.

Regarding his show - which finished a run in New York late lyear - Choi said that he was shocked by the cultural gap between NYork and Seoul.

In New York, everywhere you go is a cultural hot spot, he reinisced. I was surprised by how the city is a cultural Mecca. Seo

(Above) The Sejong Center or the Perorming

Arts is central to a plan to create a Broadway-

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Hit non-verbal show Nanta (Cookin).

Art and Seoul

With the Korean Wave a global phenomena, a range of programs aimto further raise the status of Seouls cultural content industry.

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The National Museumof Contemporary Art

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Former

military bases

and old rail

stations are

now beingturned into art

spaces.

Seouls old rail station, sup-

planted by a high-tech new

complex next door, is now

being utilized as a space or

the arts - such as photo ex-

hibitions (let) and ashion

shows (below let).

too, can aim for a similar goal.

He is now hoping to take his show to Broadway.Meanwhile, The Ballerina Who Fell in Love with a B-boy will

be performed in Shanghai this month. He is sure the show will be abig hit given all the support it has received.

While hoping to establish Asias cultural hub, Kang Bong-jin, aspokesperson for the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, said thatthe Sejong Belt project is different from the Daehangno area in Jong-no, central Seoul, an area known as the citys theatrical heart.

The Sejong Belt plan mostly promotes non-verbal performanc-es, Kang said, noting that non-verbal performances are more suit-able for tourists and expatriates to understand. They eliminate lan-guage barriers, which are one of the biggest obstacles for non-Koreanswhen watching a local p erformance.

Jeong Young-gwang, a Korean B-boy who appears in The Bal-lerina Who Fell in Love with a B-boy reckons that since the showdoesnt involve any words, audiences - especially foreign ones - seemto be more charmed and moved by the dance moves.

Ive heard from many foreign audiences that we have re-import-ed hip hop into a style of our own, since hip hop is originally fromthe United States, Jeong said. The show is unique to our own Kore-an style and thats what foreigners are looking for.

In addition to the city governments Sejong Belt project, a newcity landmark will open July in the middle downtown: Gwanghwa-mun Square.

The square will appeal to many foreigners, as there are manygalleries and exhibition halls nearby, said Kang, from the SejongCenter. Currently, there are some 20 art centers and museums includ-ing Kumho Museum of Art, Art Seonje and some 80 galleries nearGwanghwamun.

Adding to the artsy atmosphere in central Seoul, the Ministry ofCulture, Sports and Tourism also announced a plan to renovate theold site of the Republic of Korea Defense Security Command, orDSC, in Sogyeokdong in central Seoul, into a National Museum ofContemporary Art in Seoul, a new branch of the National Museum

of Contemporary Art in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi.The government bought the old site for 113.5 billion won (US$80

million). This year, a total of 20 billion won is set to be spent onmuseum renovation in Seoul; the program is expected to be finishedby 2012.

The main national museum was built in 1969 on the grounds ofGyeongbok Palace, with a mission to contribute to the spreading ofarts culture through its exhibitions. The museum moved into its newbuildings in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi in 1986 and its Deoksu Palacemuseum annex in 1998. Display collections include modern Korean

artworks, from paintings to sculpturesand arts and crafts.

Two months ago at the former DSCauditorium, Yu In-chon, the Minister ofCulture, Sports and Tourism, said thenational museum will be expanded in abid to promote fine arts and to increasecultural opportunities for all citizens.

As the former site of the DSC washistorically significant during the Joseon(1392-1910) era - its where the Gyu-

janggak, the palace library and theSogyeokseo, the national Taoist templewere located - many art figures are excit-ed about how to combine history andarts together. The site is also connectedto Gyeongbok Palace by an underpass.

The plan to set up a national muse-um of art in central Seoul was brought

up in 1995 by a group of artists. Andwith recent years having been prosper-ous ones in the local arts market andwith growing public interest in the artworld, the 14-year-long aspiration has atlast borne fruit.

The new national art museum inSeoul will hold world-class exhibitionsand serve as a leading cultural hub inNortheast Asia, Yu noted. The nation-al museum will provide a creative spotfor exchanging aesthetic ideas.

The government plans to identifythe roles of various national museumsof art, and then gradually increase thenumber of museums according to genreand function.

Meanwhile, the National Museumof Modern Art, an annex at Deoksu Pal-ace, central Seoul, will continue to oper-ate under its current name. All threemuseums will conduct extensiveresearch as well as exhibitions of mod-ern Korean works of art.

After the renovation, the govern-ment hopes to create an art valley alongthe Bukchon area - a district known for

its manyhanok, or traditional Korean cottages - tcovers Sagan-dong, Sogyeok-dong, Samcheong-dand Tongui-dong and is surrounded by GyeongbChangdeok and Changgyeong Palaces.

To kick-start the plan to develop the citys heinto a cultural hub, government is already rolling the programs.

The government organized three cultural activiin the latter half of last year at the old Seoul Statbuilding in central Seoul - a fashion show, a phexhibition and a contemporary art exhibition.

But why at the old and often-overlooked Seoul Stion building?

It has history, said Kim Nam-jin, who organithe Seoul International Photo Festival, a photo exhtion that ended last Jan. 15. The exhibition, titHumanscape, displayed some 350 photographs byartists from all over the world.

The old Seoul Station building was built in 1925the Japanese during their rule. Though the buildshares a sad - perhaps resented - history, the archittural design - which features unusually high ceilinstill offers a charming spot for exhibitions to take plaIt wasnt until recently that the government decided

make use of this near-forgotten landmark. For fyears, the building was surplus-to-requirements, in the shade by the high-tech new Seoul Station, bin 2003 for the KTX bullet train. It was only in 20that the government started holding cultural dplays.

Seoul City Hall and the Culture Ministry hjointly decided to transform the building into a mixuse cultural spot by the end of 2010.

By Lee Eun

President Lee (second rom let) delivers his New Years greetings to cultural fgures on

15 at the old site o the Deense Security Command - soon to be National Museum o Co

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Speaking in Seoul on Feb. 20,U.S. Secretary of State HillaryClinton said that South Koreawould not be side-lined by any

negotiations Washington undertakeswith Pyongyang.

We maintain our joint resolve towork together, said Clinton, on a five-day tour of Asia that marks her firstoverseas trip since the Barack Obamaadministration took office. NorthKorea is not going to get a different rela-tionship with the U.S. while insultingand refusing dialog with South Korea.

The former first lady, who was also visiting Japan, China and Indonesia,stayed in Seoul for less than 24 hours,but while in the capital, met ForeignMinister Yu Myung-hwan for talks andhad lunch with President Lee Myung-bak.

She also found time to visit SeoulsEwha Womans University and speak toa number of female lawmakers.

The high-profile visit helped clearup some lingering questions that havearisen over bilateral diplomatic issues.

There has been concern amongsome pundits in Seoul that Washingtonmight open up a bilateral dialog channelwith Pyongyang - something PresidentObama has hinted at. That issue hadalso fanned speculation that the currentsix-party North Korean de-nucleariza-tion talks would lose momentum.

Clinton refuted any such possibili-ties.

There is no issue on which we are

more united that North Korea, Clinton,the highest-ranked member of the newAmerican administration to visit Korea,said in a press conference.

On other issues, she applaudedSeouls pledge to provide more recon-struction aid to war-ravaged Afghani-stan. Washington is planning to increaseits number of troops in the country andhas asked allies for more civilian aid.

US Will Not Sideline Seoul:Clinton Reassures on Visit

Clinton and Yu also said they thattheir nations would coordinate closelyto fight climate change, the loomingglobal economic recession, and piracyin the waters off Somalia.

And the two foreign ministers madeclear that they would work together tosecure ratificati on of the pendingKorea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. TheFTA, which covers a number of sensi-tive trade issues, has been agreed upon,but still awaits ratification in both coun-tries legislatures.

So we will draw together, upon ourpartnership, to address a wide range ofissues, Clinton said. And it will be

important that as we do so, we rest upona very firm foundation of our alliance.

The visit was not Clintons first tripto Seoul: She had visited the country in1993 and 1996 in a different capacity - asfirst lady.

This time, there were a couple ofbreaks from traditional diplomatic pro-tocol.

For one, she was invited to meet

with President Lee - known to be psionately interested in the KoreAmerican alliance - who does not ctomarily meet ministerial-level visito

And she was guarded, not by American secret service, but by Korpresidential security service.

Long interested in womens issuClinton made a point of visiting EwWomans University - the worlds larghigher academic institution for femaEwha has signed a friendship agreemwith Clintons alma mater, WellesCollege. While there, she gave a speabout her political career to some 2,0Ewha students.

Clinton is not the only high-profemale leader to tour the famed Seacademic institution: Britains QuElizabeth II has also visited.

The secretary of states visit wbroadly welcomed by most sectorsKorean society - a positive sign, consering the s ometimes strained relatithat have plagued the two allies in recyears. By Jung Ha-w

U.S. Secretary of State packs plenty of action into her lightning trip to South Korea.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with President Lee Myung-bak.

US Secretary of State Hillary

Clinton made clear that

Seoul will not be sidelined in

North Korean policy.

[JoongAngIlbo]

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The Seoul Global Village Center was estab-lished a year ago as Koreas first government-sponsored community outreach center forforeigners.

Slowly but surely, it has become one of the keyplaces to turn to for many expatriates. First launchedin Yeonnam-dong, Mapo District, on Jan. 31 last year,the concept has now expanded: There are currently

five centers in Seoul.The other four are in the Itaewon-Hannam area,

Ichon, Seorae Village and Yeoksam. The governmentplans to open two more centers this year.

At each center, a staff of three - a foreign head andtwo Korean assistants - get between 100 and 300 callsa week asking for help about living in Seoul.

The rewarding thing about this job is being ableto be a bridge for Chinese people to adapt to Koreansociety and culture, said Lau Yan, the head of theGlobal Village Center in Chinese-heavy Yeonnam-dong.

Cristina Confalonieri, an Italian national wheads the Yeoksam Global Village Center, and PHussey, the Canadian head of Itaewon-Hannam Glal Village Center, also participated in the interviThe three spoke in Korean throughout.

Lau, a former medical doctor in China, did find the same helping hand when she came here years ago after marrying a Korean.

She even had difficulty getting simple administive documents issued. Her two daughters, who conot speak Korean at the time, were shunned by otchildren at the local school they attended.

She learned that successful adaptation into Korsociety means more than overcoming the langubarrier.

Without understanding the subtle differenbetween cultures, foreigners, even Chinese peowho share many East Asian ways and etiquette wKoreans, find living in Korea difficult, she said.

A couple - a Korean husband and his Chinese w

Expatriates can face difficulties with everything from the way they holdtheir rice bowls to getting a home Internet connection set up.

In response, a Seoul City-funded help program has been initiated, whichis making life a whole lot easier for overseas residents.

The Seoul Global Village Center

Five Global Village Centers, unded

by Seoul City, are making lie easier

or expatriates living in Korea, while

providing a space where Koreans andoreigners can mingle.

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- came to me one day. They had rela-tionship troubles which originated sim-ply from different views on table man-ners, Lau said.

The Chinese hold their rice bowlswhen they eat but many Koreans thinkthis drives out blessings from the fami-

ly, she continued. Problems like thesecan be resolved just by talking themover for a few minutes.

Confalonieri also came here with aKorean spouse. She met her husband inItaly, where he had gone to study vocalmusic.

In Korea, she has become a celebritysince appearing on the popular KBS-TV show Minyeodeuleui-suda(Beauties Talk). She has also publisheda book of her experiences in Korea.

This success has provided her withthe opportunity to give back to Koreansociety.

She recently formed a volunteergroup of around 60 expats who frequent

the Yeoksam center. The group visits anorphanage once a month.

I will try to make a center full oflove, Confalonieri said.

Hussey came to Korea for the firsttime in 2003. He also had a hard timesettling in at first.

No one explained to him how toseparate trash, as local law requires, orgave a helping hand when his car broke

down.But as he began to overcome the dif-

ficulties, he said, he saw what Korea hadto offer. Now, he calls himself an ambas-sador for Korea.

I wish more people would visit ourcenter, Hussey said.

The Ichon Global Village Center,which serves mostly Japanese expats, isbecoming a window for promotingKorean culture.

Japanese housewives are very inter-ested in education for their children andare willing to learn the Korean languageand culture to help their children, saidLee Hye-young, a Korean employee atthe Ichon center.

According to Lee, the center getsfive to six calls a day from Japanesenationals asking whether the center hasany interesting cultural exchange pro-grams.

The Yeonnam Center is getting anincreasing number of calls inquiring

about marriage counseling.We are hosting a clinic for married

couples, said Kwon So-jeong, anemployee at the Yeonnam Center.

The Yeoksam center, located in theforeign business cluster in southernSeoul, receives a flurry of calls fromexpats hoping to get job visas.

The center in Seorae Village, aFrench community, and the center in

Itaewon-Hannam, mostly get inquirieson general information about living inKorea, including how to get home Inter-net access or a mobile phone.

About half of the approximately 200enquiries each of the centers receiveeach week are such calls.

Its not only foreigners visiting thecenters. Some locals living nearby aregoing to the centers to learn foreign lan-guages. The centers teach locals foreignlanguages for only 10,000 won amonth.

Ju Min-young, a Junggok-dong resi-dent, has become a regular at the Itae-won-Hannam Center since attending afine arts class there.

It is good to hang out with peoplefrom all over the world, said Ju.

A 39-year-old Indian who onlyidentified herself by her first name -Shanti - said she met her boy friend,who is a Korean, at the Itaewon-Han-namdong center. Now she is volunteer-

ing, too. I am working to open anIndian cooking class at the center,Shanti said.

The heads of the global village cen-ters are hired by Seoul City on two-yearcontracts as sixth-rank public employ-ees. They work a minimum of fourhours a day and are paid 1.5 million won($1,089) per month.

By Moon Gwang-lip

On Jan. 23, Seoul GlobalCenter celebrated itsfirst anniversary, and its

head Alan Timblick looks to thenew year as the one in which hewill try to really put the center onthe map.

Id like to see our services bet-ter known, the U.K.-native said.Well be more aggressive withmembers of chambers of com-merce and other organizations.And I am hopeful that well havemore budget to attend events andpublicize ourselves more.

Seoul Global Center, a divi-

sion of the Seoul MetropolitanGovernment, has a staff of 38 andoffers a wide range of services forforeigners, such as business-relat-ed consultation, advice on taxa-tion, medical care, immigrationassistance and language. Also, for-eigners can sign up for a creditcard and mobile telecommunica-tion services there.

The best part about these services? They are offered free ofcharge. The worst? The peoplewho need them the most may notknow the center even exists.

In the beginning, peopleobviously didnt know what we

did or what we were for, how easyit was to use us, what was the scopeof the kind of services and benefitswe could offer, he said. This hasbeen the year of not just doing[services] but telling people whatwe do.

Timblick said the center, which

handles an average of 400 inquiresper day, wants to take on more ofan advocacy role for foreignershere, by helping to make changesto regulations that might hindertheir businesses. There are regu-lations that exist that are obstaclesto making life good for foreignersand foreign residents, he said.When we identify those, we needto lobby to get them changed.

We have no statutory right todemand. But with the backing ofthe Seoul Metropolitan Govern-ment ... I think were in a goodlocation and good position to

[lobby for changes], as a channelof communication between for-eign residents and the authori-ties.

Timblick, who is an honorarySeoul citizen, fully understandsforeigners plights in Korea. Hehas spent more than three decadesin Korea and has worked for vari-ous companies and organizations.What has kept him in this countryfor so long? I guess its a constantdrive for improvement, Timblicksaid. Koreans arent satisfied withthe status quo, and thats excit-ing.

Timblicks one-year deal has

been renewed, and he is not readyto retire quite yet.

After this year, I dont know.Lets just wait and see, he said. Iexpect to be engaged in doingsomething. I enjoy [this job]. Ihave a lot of fun here.

By Yoo Jee-ho

Global Korea

Alan Timblick:With the backing o City Hall,he is well placed to lobby.

Lobbying for Changewith Citys Backing

Interview Alan TimblickProblems like these can beresolved just by talking themover for a few minutes.

Lau Yan o China, Canadian Paul Hussey and Christina Con-

alonieri rom Italy head help centers or expatriates.

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Kimchi, kimchi, it is good foryou and me

It is hardly a typicalscene, even on video: Three foreignboys rapping and dancing to an incur-ably catchy ditty that pokes affectionatefun at items including kimchi and locallagers. Meet the EV Boyz.

This is a video about how it is forwesterners to live and work in a small

town in Korea, said band member Bri-an Peterson.

The video and song, Kickin it inGeumchon, is both produced and per-formed by the Boyz, an amateur groupof three Americans living in Korea.

The video quality is no surpriseconsidering that the band members -Peterson, 25, Christian Zonts, 31, andMike Nance, 28 - were all in the enter-

tainment business back home. Theyhave been in Korea for about two yearson average now.

The group is named after the placewhere they live and work in Korea -Gyeonggi English Village (EV) PajuCamp, an English-language theme parklocated in the city of Paju in GyeonggiProvince.

English Village, a faux English townwith a pub, a Georgian city hall and evena miniature Stonehenge inside its walls,is a unique facility created by the Gyeo-nggi provincial government to providelocal people opportunities to practiceEnglish in a variety of everyday contextswhile immersing themselves in English-

speaking culture. Nance recently movedto Seoul, but the other two Boyz, Peter-son and Zonts, still live and work inEnglish Village as so-called edutainers- a compound of education and enter-tainers - who teach the language notthrough traditional methods, but viaunconventional mediums such as per-formance, game and music.

Kickin it in Geumchon shows

their ordinary life in Geumchon, a smalltown near English Village in Paju wherethe group usually hangs out. It featuresKorean foods like kimchi and bibimbap- and their local drinking den.

The video has became the talk of thetown, registering more than 120,000clicks after it was uploaded on YouTubein March last year and was awarded thesecond prize by the Ministry of Culture,Sports and Tourism out of all the user-created content made in 2008. It has alsoappeared on national broadcaster KBSprime-time news program.

The song was written by Zonts, whohas more background in music, and wasdesigned initially for performance at

charity events held in English Villageabout one and a half years ago. It nevercrossed the Boyz mind that their songwould create such a sensation . It is asurprise that it is still going on a year[after it was made], said Zonts.

And their next project? Soju Ching-gu, will be about friendships nurturedover soju, Koreas infamous tipple.

By Park Sun-young

EV Boyz fnd themselves

celebrities ater YouTube hit.

A group o oreign spouses married to Koreans de-stress beore the household chores o the Lunar New Year estivities start to bite.

EV Boyz Rappin on Korea

Sport Unites Foreign Moms

Edutainers findunderground hit withrap video.

It was Jan. 22 and some twenty for-eign women, their nationalities asdiverse as Japan, Kyrgyzstan and the

Philippines, were gathered at the gym of

Handle Elementary School in Jeonju,North Jeolla Province.

The occasion? With the Lunar NewYears festival about to begin on Jan. 26,the International Mothers Volleyball,or IMV, team was celebrating the onsetof the Year of the Ox in advance.

The women all came to Korea aftermarrying a Korean. And they all cur-rently live in North Jeolla.

The IMV was getting ready for afriendly match against its local counter-part, the Korean Mothers Volleyballteam, on the day. The foreign teamplayed a solid game in a united body, butstill lost by 0 to 2.

However, the players were not dis-spirited: Afterwards, they actively par-ticipated in a game ofyut(a traditionalKorean board game with wooden sticks)as well as an amateur singing contest

held after the match.I was able to get rid of the potential

stress I expect to get from lots of domes-tic chores during the New Years holi-

days in advance while spiking the ballduring todays game, Ajibekova Gul-barchyn, 32, the captain of IMV in JinanCounty, said with a giggle.

Participating in the IMV is like ashot in the arm as I c an de-tress as wellas mix with friends from various coun-tries, added Gulbarchyn, a Kyrgyzstaniwho came to Korea in 1999.

The IMV was established in Jeonjuand Jinan, both in North Jeolla, in April2006, and was the first team of its kindin the country. It was the brainchild ofSeo Ju-sang, 57, the president of theJeonbuk (North Jeolla) Volleyball Asso-ciation, which is affiliated with theNational Council of Sport for All. Seo

came up with the idea when a localpeculiarity - the large number of foreignwomen married to Korean men wholive across the region - came to Seosattention.

The drive continued in other partsof North Jeolla to produce similar teamsin Jangsu County in November 2006and in Gimje City last October. As aresult, a total of four IMV teams are nowactive in North Jeolla, with a member-

ship of around 120.However, Seo did not find it easy

first to run teams of foreign amateuThere was a language barrier a

most players were inexperienced anot much good at volleyball. It was adifficult to call out the players, who usually expected to stay home to tcare of their families, and who furthmore live scattered around the provinBut IMV has managed to carry onweekly practices and the team is nquite popular, being frequently invito friendly matches in and outside NoJeolla at least once a month.

IMV also plans to host various ctural events engaging multicultufamilies, which have been rapiincreasing in Korea in recent years.

Well hold a unique multicultufestival this Sunday (Feb. 15) in wh

the participants will not only play vleyball, but also enjoy various events,example, making bibimbap togethwhich will engage international couand multicultural family members, said.

Many events such as concerts, seinars and trips are also in the lineuphelp more expat mothers better adjto their lives in Korea., Seo added.

By Park Sun-yo

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Featuring popera diva Sarah Brightmfamous rock bands Oasis and X-Japan, a

jazz masters Five Peace Band and Fourpthe list of foreign musical talent visiting in

first half of 2009 proves that Korea is - at last - squaly on the international concert circuit.

Although the recession has forced people to tigen their purse strings, fans are expected to turn up ashell out for concerts - especially when those conce

offer chances to hear and see famed foreign musiciwho theyve been awaiting for years.

With such a star-studded guest list, the local muscene is expected to be pretty loud in the first months.

Rock Blooms in SpringA number of celebrated foreign rock bands w

make their high-profile entry to the country with onset of spring in March and April.

The first musician in the lineup is Scottish porock band Travis who dazzled Korean rock loversthe Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival last year. Tband was astonished by the reception they receivedtheir previous concert in Korea and by the supporTravis-lovers, organizers say. Travis will perform at Olympic Hall, Olympic Park, on March 1. The con

will feature songs from their latest album, Ode tSmith, among others.

We are extremely glad to be able to organize Tvis Korea concert, said Shirley Hong of Yellow Nthe organizer. We expect audiences to respond favably as we believe this band is one of the bands tperformed at Pentaport that Koreans particularly wto see again here.

Another popular British act - Oasis - will be viing Korea to perform on April Fools Day. This will

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a follow-up after their highly successful, sold-out concert inKorea in February 2006.

Japanese rockers X-Japan are another artist on the hit list.Band member Yoshiki promised to perform in Korea on his

visit to Korea last September, and the group looks set to keepthat promise.

The band will hold its first-ever Korea concert on March21, and another on March 22. X-Japan won an underground

following in Korea during the era when Japanese pop culturewas officially unavailable in the country. Thi s makes X-Japanthe leading band to breed Japanese music maniacs in Korea.

After disbanding in 1997, the group was re-united 11years later, and are now heading on a tour around Asia with

just one empty spot in the lineup: Band member Hide died in1998. According to Sony Music Entertainment Korea, theconcerts organizer, tickets that went into the first round ofsales on Feb. 3 are selling rapidly. In their latest press release,Sony announced that they had sold 99 percent of regular seatsin just three days. But the organizer also cautioned againstfraudsters riding on the bands popularity.

Although we have not yet even started to issue ti ckets,there are some posters online alleging that they have somegood seats at the concert and if people are interested, theywill send them to applicants at a cheaper price, said LeeSe-hwan from Sony.

Meanwhile, another Japanese visual rocker Gacktwill perform in Korea in April, though the exact date has

yet to be fixed.

Korea Awaits Queen of PoperaSarah Brightman, heroine of famous West End musicals

The Phantom of the Opera and Cats, opened the poperaera with the song, Time to Say Goodbye. Brightman is com-ing to Korea for the second time to perform in three citiesbetween March 13 and 20. The British soprano will be pre-

senting a super-scale concert: According to organizers, it tookfour years and more than 200 staff to prepare the produc-tion.

R&B singer John Legend, who campaigned for U.S. presi-dent Barack Obama with the song If Youre Out There, willalso be coming to Seoul for the first time on March 29.

Jason Mraz, who released his third album We Sing, WeDance, We Steal Things last year, will be giving a concert inKorea, as well. Mraz, a Grammy-nominated American singer/songwriter has performed with famous artists such as theRolling Stones, Bob Dylan, the Dave Matthews Band, JamesBlunt, Gavin DeGraw and Alanis Morissette. Many of his lyr-ics are based on powerful yet delicate observations, as seen inhis previous hit songs like Live High, If It Kills Me and ABeautiful Mess, among others.

Mraz visited Korea twice last year expressing his specialaffection for the country where he has a large fan base: Korea

is the first stop on his 2009 World Tour.By Kim Hyung-eun

Its about time, art expertssay, referring to the GustavKlimt (1862-1918) exhibi-tion at the Hangaram Exhi-

bition Hall in Seoul Arts Center,southern Seoul.

The exhibition, runningfrom January to May 15, claimsto be Asias first and largest col-lection solely dedicated to theAustrian Art Nouveau painter.

Gustav Klimt in Korea2009 includes some 110 oilpaintings, drawings, murals andinstallations.

You will get a full picture ofwho Klimt was, said AgnesHusslein-Arco, the director ofthe Austrian Belvedere Gallery,during an interview on Jan 31.Husslein-Arco was in townaccompanying some represen-tative pieces by Klimt from hergallery in Vienna.

The Austrian gallery con-tributed more than 30 paintingsby Klimt - some of which haverarely been displayed in previ-

ous exhibitions. Works by orrelated to Klimt were also con-tributed by private collectorsand galleries, including TheNational Gallery of Art inWashington, D.C. and the Gal-lery Saint Etienne in New York.

Husslein-Arco said that noother country in Asia would beable to see the wide range of

paintings exhibited in Seoul.Klimt - a member of the

Vienna Secession movement -produced brilliant and fancifulpaintings and drawings, concen-trating mainly on the femaleform.

Several of his major works ondisplay are Judith I (1901), anoil painting of a Viennese femmefatale; Adam and Eve (1917);

and Baby (1917-1918), thoughtto be the artists last work.

Though Klimts morefamous works like The Kiss(1907-1908) or Portrait ofAdele Bloch-Bauer I (1907)couldnt make it to Seoul fromVienna, sections from theBeethoven Frieze mural arehere.

The Beethoven Frieze waspainted by 21 members of theSecession movement group,including Klimt, for display atthe 14th Vienna Secessionistexhibition in 1902 in Vienna.

The work is a celebration of

the German composer includ-ing installations, painting, craftwork and music.

A movable copy of the mural,courtesy of the Austrian govern-ment, is on display here.

The exhibition has alreadyreceived favorable feedback fromKlimt fans in Korea and artexperts. By Lee Eun-joo

Klimt in KoreaAustrian masters biggest Asian exhibition.

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When it comes to Buddhist temples, aparticular set of stereotyped imagestends to appear in the minds eye.

First there are those ferociousguardians standing sentry at the gates in martial poses.The paintings on temple walls usually feature the fourheavenly guardians of Buddhism, with a range of evildemons defeated by them kneeling beneath their feet.Numerous statues of Buddhas - often golden - inhab-it the grounds and buildings.

This is the scenery the public is accustomed to attemples. The similarity between temples has also ledto complaints that temples only display the past, as

what stands for todays Buddhist culture appears tohave changed little over the centuries.

This is what makes the Sangdoseonwon Templestand out. The temple has embarked on a journey tocreate a new Buddhist culture that is creative andreflective of todays aesthetics. Visitors to the templewill see a blend of the old and new breathing together.Here, the future design of Koreas Buddhist culture isbeing born and bred.

Located behind Soongsil University in Sangdo

BreathingNew Lifeinto BuddhaA Seoul temple is taking a newapproach to Buddhist design.

pattern when seen from afar but are clearly Buddhas whseen close up. The lanterns hanging from the ceilings are aartworks in their own right as they are made fromhanji (Koan traditional paper.)

After its opening in November of 2007, word of mouspread quickly about the temples unique interior design aBuddhist artifacts.

Since then, it has been besieged by visitors ranging frcamera buffs to monks from other temples who are dispatchto find out more and take a clue from the temple in orderenhance their own temples image.

Commonly heard comments are that the new approachfresh, and that it was about time that someone broke fr

the past and brought forward creative change.Kim Jong-man official working at the temple, says that young monks frother temples visit Sangdoseonwon frequently. At this vmoment there are several temples benchmarking our desigsaid Kim. The temple welcomes all visitors and lets them rofreely around the temple to take pictures of the building athe interior.

I hope we can become a stepping stone in changing architectural culture of temples within the cityscape, sMisan. By Brian

dong, Seoul, near a forest of high-rise apartment complexes,lies the temple. It stands four floors high and has one storybelow ground. As soon as one crosses the threshold, the tem-ples unique style is revealed. The sermon hall is located in thebasement, but the stairs leading to it are made of red Bubingawood with the walls decorated with Buddha figures, impart-ing a very elegant atmosphere.

Descend the stairs and open the door. Chances are, youwill be struck silent for a moment: The Buddha t hat greetsyou is not the standard gold color but rather painted in acolor between silver and lead. The skill of the sculptor isnoticeable in the detailed clothing and long, thin fingers. Itsform, and the the atmosphere radiating from it due to the

material, make it very modern looking. Moreover, its outlinediffers from conventional figures that tend to have a ratherimposing nature.

Much of this new look is down to the duralumin used tosculpt the figure, explains senior monk Misan (who like mostmonks, uses only one name). Overall we used the Buddhafigure at Seokguram Grotto as a basic model, Misan, said,referring to Koreas most famed classical Buddhist sculpture.In addition, 450 small Buddha statutes decorating the wallbehind the large Buddha are displayed so that they depict a

A Seoul temple is es-

tablishing a new design

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religion.

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he queen will return.Local ballet patrons are agog over the recent news t

Korean ballerina Kim Ji-young will be returning to homeland in August.Kim, 31, a soloist with the Du

National Ballet, is known for a world-class technique that is at ondynamic, powerful and lively, yet as graceful and elegant as bacan be.

Ballet sources believe that Kim is following in the pracshoes of Kang Sue-jin, who joined the Stuttgart Ballet, Germanfirst major ballet company, in 1986. Kang and the German trouperformed John Crankos production of Romeo and JulietSeoul last November, garnering huge attention from the media athe public, while enrapturing Koreans with the beauty of the pformance and the performer.

Now, observers of the dance scene note, is the perfect time Kim to come back to her homeland, to take her place as the rmodel for the next generation of local ballerinas.

A key player in Kims decision to come back is Choi Tae-ji, director of the Korea National Ballet Company. Choi had been

young ballerinas biggest supporter when she decided to fly to Rsia to study while she was barely in her mid teens, as well as whshe became the youngest ballerina ever to get accepted by Korea National Ballet Company. She opened my eyes to ballsaid Kim of Choi.

Choi believes that the return of the star is crucial to reinvigora Korean ballet scene that has been suffering from stagnatrecently. But her return could sacrifice overseas fame.

Ji-young has solidified her position in the Dutch ballet s ceand other circumstances look more upbeat in the Netherlanthan in Korea, said Choi. I feel very grateful that shes made a bdecision, that took into consideration the bigger cause, rather thimmediate desi re.

Kim refers to Choi as her other mom - and that is tremedously significant, for mom is a heartbreaking word for the blerina.

In 1996, when she staged her graduate work at Vaganova Ba

Academy in Russia, her mother flew to the country specially to her youngest child perform. After the show, however, her motwas not on hand to congratulate her. Kims mother had collapduring her performance and was rushed to hospital. Kim hurrto her bed, but by the time she arrived, her mother had alrepassed away.

She is the best with her sense of speed, rhythm, coupled wtechniques said dance critic Jang In-ju of Kim. She has nadded the maturity that only comes from years of experience aheartbreak. By Kim Hyung-

Prima Ballerina ReturnsBallerina Kim Ji-young will

return home from the Neth-

erlands in August.

The imminent return of ballerina Kim Ji-young is spreading new hopethat Koreas dormant ballet scene will be rejuvenated.

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Korean Literatu

Poet of Tragedy and Hope

Ko Un (1933 - ), a Buddhist monkturned poet and pro-democracyactivist, was born in Gunsan, Jeol-labuk-do. His formal education was

interrupted by the outbreak of the Korean War,

and Ko Un joined a monastic order in 1952 asthe head disciple of Seon (Zen) Master Hyo-bong. For the next ten years until he left theorder, Ko Un traveled the country, immersinghimself in self-discipline and spiritual cultiva-tion. Ko began to write poetry during thisperiod, but it was not until the mid-1970s thathe emerged from the Nihilism and self-hateafflicting his early poems and transformedhimself into a passionate voice against socialinjustice. In works such as Going to MunuiVillage, Climbing a Mountain, and EarlyMorning Road, Ko tackled contemporarypolitical issues, be they the division of Korea orthe abuses of the military dictatorship, andexpressed a fierce determination to overcomeKoreas tragic history.

Kos strong faith in the power of history ledhim to lengthier, grander schemes later in hiscareer, two examples of which are the ongoingseries of poems Ten Thousand Lives (20 vol-umes since 1986) and the epic poem Mt.Baekdu (7 volumes since 1987). In lyrical lan-guage, Ten Thousand Lives brings together

portraits of the many different lives that com-prise the tumultuous history of modernKorea.

The transformations that Kos poetry haveundergone are intimately related to his response

to changes occurring in contemporary Koreansociety. At the same time, in more recent worksof both poetry and prose, notably in a series ofZen Poems as well as in the novels Avatam-saka Sutra and Seon (Zen), he has tackledspecifically Buddhist themes far more openlythan ever before, although he refuses to belabeled a Buddhist writer.

A prolific author of more than 130 volumesof poetry and essays, Ko has also been politi-cally active, serving as a central committeemember of the National Association forReclaiming Democracy, the president of theAssociation of Writers for National Literature,and as chairman of the Peoples Arts Associa-tion for Korean Artists. He was a YenchingInstitute research fellow at Harvard University

and a visiting professor at the University ofCaliforn ia at Berkeley. Kos poetry has beentranslated into more than ten languages includ-ing German, French and Japanese. His awardsinclude the 1974 Korean Literature Award, the1988 Manhae Prize for Literature, and the 1991JungAng Grand Prize for Culture.

Source: Korea Literature Translation Institute

Ko Un:Major worksGod, the Last Village o Language

(Sin, Eoneochoehu-eui Maeul, 1967)

Going to Munui Village

(Munui Ma-eul-e Gaseo, 1974),

Early Morning Road(Saebyeok Gil, 1978)

Ten Thousand Lives

(Maninbo, 1986)

Mt. Baekdu

(Baekdusan, 1987)

The Song o Tomorrow

(Naeil-ui Norae, 1992)

South and North

(Nam-gwa Buk, 2000)

Young Wanderer

(Eorin Nageune, 1974)

Shattered Name

(Sansani Buseojin Ireum,1977)

Wandering Man

(Ttoedoneun Saram, 1978)

Avatamsaka Sutra

(Hwa-eom-gyeong, 1991)A Boy

(Eotteon Sonyeon, 1984)

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As implied by his reputa-tion as the most prolific p oetin Korea, Ko Eun leads a lifethat cannot be separatedfrom the act of creating poet-

ry. Whethe r in public or private, Go Eun exhibits aremarkable ability to trans-form ordinary words orstatements into brilliantpoems. This verbal gift,merged with his profoundawareness of historical forcesand compassion for man-kind, has resulted in works of

remarkable frankness andeffortless rhythm that epito-mize realist poetry.

The first poem in thiscollection, Tomorrow

reflects on times past. Whatamong them all was truth-ful? the poet asks himselfand expresses his determina-tion to soldier on without apause ...in the brilliant nameof tomorrow. The darknessof the past can no longerdominate the future. InToday, the poet sings of the

ecstasy of being alive: Snflakes aflutter/We are alivhe proclaims and urges uraise ourselves once agand go toward the bra

new sound of drumbeats.It is not the poets inttion, however, to indulgebaseless optimism or dwon past mistakes. In ordewelcome a future filled whope, the poet suggests twe will need to reflect onpresent rather than dwellpast.

The Song of Tomorrow

The first in this continu-ing series of poems appearedin 1986; 20 volumes havebeen published to date. KoEun conceived the idea

behind Ten ThousandLives in the summer of 1980during his imprisonment forpro-democracy activities.Enduring torture and thefear of death, Ko resolved torecord the faces and spirits ofcountless people he hadencountered. It it this deter-mination that culminated in

his epic tribute to humanity.His fundamental belief in

the solidarity of mankind ismade clear in the prologue tothis volume where the poet

writes, Not one can be abeing unto himself/ In thisendless march of life, tomor-row/ O, a man is a manamong men, a world of men .Life, the poet declares, is aprocess of acquiring the wis-dom necessary for co-exis-tence and interconnection;as such, the source of a

brighter future lies in the webof human relationship s. Thespectrum of life Ko sketchesis truly remarkable, encom-passing the poets own family

and acquaintances, ordinarypeople as well as importantfigures from the past and thepresent. It is an encyclopedicrepresentation of Koreans,conveying in the process thechain of lifes joy and the joyof living on this earth that noamount of poverty or perse-cution can break.

Ten Thousand Lives

Flowers

Forty thousand years ago, in prehistoric times,

when one by one

people had moved rom caves

to live in huts,

i a ather was killed while hunting

his sons

would bring him home on their backs

then hang the body rom a tree

and spread owers on the ground beneath.

Forty thousand years later

in Chinan, North Cholla Province,

a our-year-old child whose ather had died in the war,

once a grave had covered his remains

spread owers there.

Behind him, his mother wept.A ew wild crysanthemums.

Paddy-feld

In the plains round Pyongtaek children used to laugh

girls used to sing.

In that hallucination

in the reshly planted paddy-felds

there were baby rice plants

a bright yellow-green.

Now its sunlight.

Water.

Ater a fnal weeding the rice ripens.

From being in the Republic o Korea

the feld became part o the Chosun Peoples Republic

then the Republic o Korea

then the Chosun Peoples Republic

then the Republic o Korea again.

Ater American jets had own over, the plains were silent.Dont be sad.

Your descendants have not lost touch with these plains.

In scorching heat the rice is ripening.

On the banks o the felds, homeless dogs are coupling.

Poems

That Old Woman

She knew many tales.

Living in a grass-rooed hut,

where millipedes used to drop rom the rotting thatch.

Falling raindrops were part o her amily.

Hard times were her element.

Cholera

or other common diseases never came to her.

Poverty

and bad spirits disliked her. The daytime moon was one o her amily.

When the nation was brought low, moonlit nights shone bright

under the Japanese

and later, ater Korea was divided,

she had only to drink a gulp o water

and she orgot a host o tales.

Once, Onnyon rom the village opposite came by ater gathering herbsand said, When you die

well make the memorial oerings or you.

I dont need oerings, she said,

and laughed, a rare event.

I she had no teeth

she still had gums.

Her gums laughter was all there was.

- Poems rom Ten Thousand Lives, Volume 17

Translated by Brother Anthony and Lee Sang-Wha

Korea through the

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[NEWSIS]

Moon Lanterns Wish lanterns glow

in the dusk as residents o Yeongwol,

Gangwon, make their way across a stream

Saturday to mark the frst ull moon o theLunar New Year. Koreans traditionally light

lanterns, build bonfres or swing canisters

o burning coals on the frst ull moon or

good ortune. (Above)

Fun, Fortune and Foreigners Over-

seas residents play a traditional Lunar New

Years game, designed to invoke good luck.

(Above, right)

Cold Dash Around 600 swimmers

brave the icy sea on Feb. 15 at HaeundaeBeach in Busan to take part in the Polar

Bear Swim Contest.

(Right)

Farewell, Teen Years -

Young men and women

take part in a coming-o-age ceremony in City

Hall Plaza, central Seoul.

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Crazy Skiers Costumed skiers take to the slopes o Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, Gang-

won on Feb. 15. It was the seventh year the event was held.

So Long The ourth batch o Dongmyeong Unit soldiers bid arewell to their sons and

daughters at a ceremony held in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, to mark their dispatch to Leba-non on a United Nations Peacekeeping mission.

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Sleepy Miracles Magic and Stem, two beagle puppies cloned rom stem cells der

rom at tissues. Seoul-based biotech frm RNL Bio - with a little help rom their surrogate

mother, a golden retriever - was behind the breakthrough, a world frst.

Mounds of Meju Residents in Gangjin, South Jeolla, store ermented soybean cakes,

meju, in jars to make soy sauce and soybean paste on Feb. 4, the frst day o spring. The viers sell the ood product across the nation.

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42 korea March 2009

Business & Technolo

March 2009 korea

Months after Incheon Bridgemade headlines for thecompletion of the over-seas section of what will

be the worlds sixth-longest bridge,

another Korean bridge is coming intothe global spotlight.Geoga Bridge, which will cross the

sea for 8.2-kilometers between BusanPort and Geoje Island in South Gyeong-sang Province, is in its fifth year of con-struction.

The bridge, being constructed byDaewoo Engineering and Construc-tion, is poised to be a Korean landmark,not just for its size but for its practicality.It will cut traveling time between thecity and the island from three and a halfhours to 40 minutes.

If completed as scheduled next year,it will enter the Guinness Book ofRecords, setting as many as five world

records in bridge construction.The records are all related to themethod of construction known asimmersed tunneling.

Under the plan, the bridge willinclude a 3.7-kilometer-long immersedtunnel along with two, 2-kilometer-longcable-stayed bridge sections.

An immersed tunnel is differentfrom an excavated tunnel that is made

by drilling into the hard surface of thesea bed. Immersed tunneling is a cut-ting-edge methodology that sinks con-crete boxes assembled on land into thesea, links them to each other using water

pressure, then buries them under thesea floor.It sounds difficult - and it is.The construction site is 48 meters

deep. There are no workers on the site.Dependent only upon a Global Posi-tioning System (GPS), the constructingcompany connects concrete tunnel box-es, which are 180 meters long and weigh45,000 tons in total, under the sea.

Only a 2-centimeter margin of erroris tolerable.

Weather conditions are anothervariable. Construction work is possible

Business & Technolo

World-record Bridge Takes Shape

180m

9.75m26.5m

Maximum depth(40m)

Weight: 45,000 tons

Immersed TunnelImmersion equipment

(Precisely controlled using computer)

Moving to immersionsite by towing vessels

Tunnel sunk by filling it with water.

Sections fixed. Water drawn out.

Total length of immersed tunnel: 3.7 kilometers

(Between Gadeok Island and Jungjuk Island)

Providedbythecompany

only when the wave height is 0.4 metersor lower.

According to Ku Im-sik, the headmanager of the bridge constructionproject at Daewoo Engineering andConstruction, the bridge is on target forfive world records.

Considering the engineering tech-niques being used, this is not odd.

Ku proudly explains ea ch of the fiveworld records the bridge is poised toset.

First of all, the length of each of the

tunnel blocks (boxes) to be assembledunder the sea is 180 meters long, hesaid. These are the worlds longest in abridge made by immersed tunneling.

The second record, he said, is the48-meter-deep construction field,which is also the deepest among anyimmersed tunneling bridges construct-ed - or under construction - anywherein the world.

Noksan Industrial Complex

Gadeok Island

Je Island

Geoje Island

BusanJinHae

GeogaBridge(8

.2kilometer)

Immersedtunnel

(3.7kilometers)

Busan~Geoje Fixed Link Project

Ku said it is also the worlds first tun-nel to be built on a frail sea-bed which iscomposed of a considerable portion ofmud flats.

Another record, he said, is that it is

the first tunnel to be built in a wind-tossed open sea, not an enclosed bay orharbor as is usually the case.

Lastly, he said, the bridge is the firstbridge to be built making use of thedouble-segment joint method in linkingconcrete blocks under the sea.

I am confident that this will be thesafest tunnel in the world, said Ku.

By Moon Gwang-lip

42 korea March 2009

B i & T h l

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Business & Technolo

Asiana Airlines became thefirst Korean carrier toreceive the Airline of the

Year award from the pres-tigious magazine Air Transport Worldlast month.

The award is considered one of thepremier prizes in aviation.

Yoon Young-doo, Asianas newpresident and chief operating officer,said this is the first time a Korean air-line company has won this award, add-ing that government regulations onairline routes should be less restric-tive.

Although by sales, Korean Air isthe leader, in terms of service, safetyand financial policies, Asiana is at theforefront, said Yoon, addressing jour-nalists in central Seouls Lotte Hotel on

Jan. 29.Yoon, who was appointed presidentlast December, said data provided bythe International Air Transport Asso-ciation forecast that this year passengerflight demand and cargo flight demandwill decrease 3 percent and 5 percentrespectively, compared to 2008.

Demand for smaller airlines oper-

ating routes between Korea, Japan andChina is decreasing steadily and Asi-anas role in this area will grow stron-

ger as a result, he said.With the Korea-U.S. visa waiver,agreement, we expect visitors to theU.S. to increase twofold in the nextthree years, Yoon said.

In step with this increase, we arelooking into making new routesbetween Korea and the U.S., he add-ed.

Despite the adverse circumstancessurrounding the local aviation indus-try recently, with high oil prices andthe Korean currencys depreciation,Asiana Airlines has been active inimproving its passenger service.

The company announced this yearthat it has invested a total of $70 mil-

lion in upgrading a variety of its air-craft cabins.Service improvements include big-

ger, more comfortable first-class seatsand individual monitors in economyclass seats in select aircraft.

The companys goal for this year isaround 4.5 trillion won ($3.3 billion) insales.

Although last year we saw a dedue to the wons depreciation agathe dollar as well as high oil prices,

expect to step into the black again year, Yoon said. Asiana Airlines batheir business plans for this year o$60 per barrel mark for crude oil 1,200 won per dollar mark for countrys currency.

By Cho Jae

In yet another world-first, SamsungElectronics has developed DDR2dynamic random access memoryusing 40-nanometer technology,

the Seoul-based technology giant saidon February 4 in a release.

A nanometer is one-billionth of a

meter, and 40 nanometers is the equiva-lent of one-3000th of a hair.With 40-nanometer technology,

we can enhance production up to 60percent compared with using 50-nano-meter technology, said Samsung, theworlds top chipmaker, in a release.

For chip makers, developing higherDRAM density means they can cut pro-duction costs and lead market trends byproviding the latest DRAM semicon-ductors at higher prices. Since chips areproduced from a wafer, the smallerchips are, the more chips are producedout of one wafer.

In the worlds chip market, the mostimportant thing is timing, said anindustry official. Success depends onhow much quicker than your rivals youcan develop the newest chip product,because nobody wants to purchase low-capacity chips even if their prices arerock-bottom.

In that sense, Samsungs develop-ment of 40-nanometer technology isremarkable.

Currently, Samsung and the Korea-

based world No. 2, Hynix, producechips with 50-nanometer technology.

Japan-based Elpida Memory willstart to produce 50-nanometer DRAMchips within the first half of this yearand U.S.-based Micron Technology stillproduces 60-nanometer chips.

The situation is worse for Taiwan-based chipmakers. Powerchip and Pro-MOS do not even produce 60-nanome-ter chips. Germany-based Qimondawent bankrupt last month due to thetough market conditions in the indus-try.

This gives Samsung a head start onits rivals and industry officials say it willtake two years for other chipmakers tocatch up.

Along with enhanced productivity,the 40-nanometer DRAM chip con-sumes up to 30 percent less electricitycompared to its 50-nanometer counter-part.

However, tough times continue inthe industry: Nobody knows when theworld chip market will rally.

Its hard to forecast when the mar-ket will rebound, said Brian Park, ananalyst with Prudential Investment andSecurities. When the financial crisiseases, the market will see a turn-around.

Samsung has been leading chipmarket standards by releasing world-

first DRAM products seven times overthe past 10 years.

The 40-nanometer DDR2 DRAMcomes two years and five months afterSamsung developed a 50-nanometerDRAM in September 2006.

Unlike flash memories, which store

information even when power is turnedoff, DRAM memory stores a greatamount of data but loses data whenpower is turned off.

DRAM chips are often used by ITindustries which are in need of storinga huge amount of data, such as subscrib-er information.

By Sung So-young

QW

44 korea March 2009

Asiana Named Airline of Year

Another World-first for Samsung

Samsung Electronics 40-nanometer DDR2 dynamic random access memory.

Flight attendants serve passengers in first class on an Asiana Airlines flight. The

airline company received the Airline of the Year award from Air Transport

World for its superior in-flight service. The company said it has spent $70 mil-

lion on upgrading passenger service since 2006. Provided by the company

Air TransportsAirline o the Yearaward winners

Samsung Electronics has rolled out its

seventh world-first chip in a decade.

Asiana expects visitors to the U.S. to

increase two-fold in three years.

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Source: Air Transport World

Samsung Electronicschip history by developingthe worlds frst DRAMproducts

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